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Dumb It Down

You want me to dumb it down and write something simple If I did that, I'd expect Shakespeare to come back from the dead and stab me with a pencil This world is too sensitive you need to harden up I won't dumb it down, You should Smarten up If it ain't about Girls, partying or having fun they won't want to hear it If it's an opinion based on real life stuff then don't you dare share it This generation don't really care about what's going on around them But I speak on the issues they need to hear, hoping they listen so they don't drown them I'm a genius, because i realized there's a Genie in us so I don't wish no more I do it myself like the brand with the tick I could get drunk every week and stand next to chicks But that chick and alcohol won't save you if we go to war Blood on pavements,tears shed, flowers left as a memorial People passing by daily, do you think the price is affordable? Could you live with yourself knowing you left a kid fatherless? Put the gun and knives down, Don't over react over a stupid argument The government are the real criminals, but because I wear a hoody They'll make you think its me, so you wrongly judge me I'm always going to be who I am, they won't change me I warned you about them, so when they do you wrong, don't blame me You want me to talk about girls and say she's got a Sexy body and there's nothing more to it Nickname her Nike because I want to just do it If I wrote something that simple I hope every poet would torture me and stab me with pencils You want me to dumb it down and write something simple If I did that, I'd expect Shakespeare to come back from the dead and stab me with a pencil This world is too sensitive you need to harden up I won't dumb it down, You should Smarten up

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Date: 5/5/2017 7:26:00 AM
You tell 'em Alex, if people aren't ready to hear the message, screw 'em. I've been told for decades to write something simple ~ DON'T DO IT! Stay true to yourself, your audience will find you.
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Alex Duffy
Date: 5/6/2017 4:24:00 AM
Thank you, some will get the message when its too late, hopefully then they'll learn to listen, I don't think anyone should write anything that's not in their heart, good or bad write it. Thank you

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