Intelligence

I truly believe that intelligence must come first That it is for vast knowledge you should thirst I want to see the quickness in your eye As you let all the ideas in your mind loose to fly I want to argue and toss ideas about Don't matter we argue a bit and shout As it is for knowledge I implore And I want my ideas strait for sure I want to stop hiding behind alcohol, gossip and strife And all the mass media hype of life The petty talk that makes my mind go numb Sitting lost and content just, to be dumb I want to live where my mind expands With the history and lessons from so many lands As science changes our beliefs day to day I want to know I analyzed it not just my own way I want to see as culture changes and molds the minds As new reality is created with discoveries of all kinds But as we get to know more and more As the past becomes nothing but a bore With our job, diploma or degree Are our minds really that free? What has humanity really learnt As every generation gets more burnt We fail to understand even ourselves Ideas and dreams packed away on shelves In a world racing with info and technology Soon it'll just be the reading of our eulogy So what could we really achieve? If we could truly in us believe Get to know our own benevolence And know the power of true intelligence.