There Is No Excuse For Ignorance

There is no excuse for ignorance You must know when you were born There is no excuse for ignorance You are sucking the energy out of the popcorn And fooling everybody about your naked charity There is no excuse for ignorance When you pollute the entire land There is no excuse for ignorance When you pretend to be a bad man I got up this afternoon and walked through the door Where I was going, I was not sure I took my bike and circle around some corners That was not tolerant to foreigners An unsettling feeling sprang up in my stomach I got it from eating junk the previous day Soda biscuits, instant noodles, and local sweet jack fruit It inflated my stomach with gas and I had to detox I am still cleaning out the residue so that I can go through There is no excuse for ignorance when you are a grown man There is no excuse for ignorance When you occupy twenty percent of the global land I have been here before and I know what is hiding behind the door There is no excuse for ignorance when you visit the convenient store The food is spoilt the price is high and the label is wrong I rode my bike down the little park and climb up the steps No excuse for ignorance was the subject that bellowed out Here I am sitting in the park looking for a new start The temperature is rising the wind is blowing And some people still don’t know where they are going The sun is spilling hot heat and I am listening to drum beat There is no excuse for ignorance Every time I see it more and more The saying that a house is not a home is so true It is sending a powerful message to me and you I must teach the children before they are grown Not when they are sitting on the throne Good morning means good morning Good evening means good evening Good night is good night and Good afternoon is good afternoon And daylight is daylight There is no excuse for ignorance Teach the children to be polite to strangers Teach the children to respect big brothers and big sisters Teach the children not to throw garbage on the floor And to say excuse me when we meet at the door There is no excuse for ignorance Who is sleeping in my marital bed, Get up, look at me and stop pretending as if you are dead I am never suspicious of my best friends They will be there for my loyal defense Remember that everyone, doesn’t like me There is no excuse for ignorance My best friends might have an agenda and they can do what is improper Don’t be naïve get up and roll up your sleeves There is no excuse when you kneel down at the altar Remember that you are in the belly of the beast Move your mouth slowly like when Hannah prayed for a son Eli the priest watched her lips moving but no sound was coming out Don’t let the breath escape from your mouth Whisper deep down in your throat You will soon know what this is all about There is no excuse for ignorance when the devil is moving about I do not trust my father, my mother sister or brother When you are king and the queen You cannot eat at the local canteen And you must pay attention to the French beans Open your eyes and look there is beauty all around And my friend wants to enter the campground I must speak with dignity and full authority and don’t give in to mediocrity I have the ability and experience I know that some things are not foreverbody I follow their orders play by the rules but I am not a fool I don’t trust the doctors, corners and headquarters My bodyguard is there to protect me He must not sleep in my bed; he is not my boyfriend There is no excuse for ignorance.