80's Babies

Oh no, tell me why!
Our youth continue to die;
With the pull of a trigger or stabbing of a knife;
Young people have no regard for the human life.

Drug dealers, pushers, gang-bangers & young hookers;
Turning on the news, seeing more and more;
This is an issue across racial boards.

So many past struggles, so many lives lost;
And young people don’t realize the cost;
From segregation to education;
Slavery, concentration camps and race relations.

What is it going to take, to make them understand;
The worth of the lives of boys, girls, woman and man?
Stop the violence and the genocide;
Wake up and realize;
The value of life and its worth;
From the conception to the birth.

80’s babies, what went wrong?
This world needs you to be strong;
Be powerful, positive forces and leave the B.S. alone;
Sit down, pick up a book and learn where you come from.

The advantages that you have, that were not here before;
You can walk through a brand new door.

Show the next generation a positive light;
And do away with the senseless fights;
The killing, stealing – the hurt and the pain;
Give life a chance and start to live again.

80’s babies, you are a special kind;
So always keep in mind;
The world is yours, with so much good to do;
It’s an open playground and what it’s missing is you.

Copyright © Yolanda Jackson | Year Posted 2008

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