By Derrick Brown (Email) (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)
Why oh why can't Johnny READ?
Probably because the brother's name is Khalid
Yet the majority of so-called experts agreed
On the cultural ideas they would force-feed
Why oh why can't Johnny WRITE?
'Cause instead of him creating he just has to
recite
We offer him a perspective that he finds quite
trite
Then have the gall to try to label him as
"not too bright"
Why oh why can't Johnny do MATH?
Might it be that he fails to see the relevance of
its path
He'll tell you that he's tried to get it, but
that not yet he hath
Its oddities sometimes confuse and ultimately
draw his wrath
Why oh why can't Johnny LEAD?
'Cause we've instilled in him a false way to
succeed
Servitude and loving take back seats to greed
Destiny and purpose are supplanted by need
Why oh why can't Johnny CREATE?
Perhaps it's because the boy just can't relate
To the stark & cold reality that continues to
await
Solutions to the problems of our existing state
Why oh why can't Johnny THINK?
Maybe we've not yet shown him the missing link
Between ideas and paper and that pen of ink
That leads the horse to water, and also helps him
drink
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