What Would I Change?
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Change the way people think
about each other
they way they talk
about their brothers
and sisters and mothers
the way they talk about girls'
bodies and boys' swag
and what she did with who
and when was the exact moment
she became a slut
and a whore, and a bitch
or the fact that she always was.
Change the way we do it now,
we could stop pretending we're friends
and maybe actually become that,
and actually listen.
listen to what your teachers are saying.
take the advice your parents are giving,
don't listen to the ads, the tvs, the popular music,
stop turning up,
and getting high,
cause you're not thinking
of the words coming out of your mouth
of the feelings of the recipient
mostly cause they're not human to you,
but if they were,
would you change the way you think about them?
and talk of them as if they had feelings?
maybe?
maybe not, because we've gone too far
we're all self-centered and mean,
making high school a hell-hole
that we just gotta get out of
that we can't wait any longer
or we'll die
because that's we want to do
when we're there
we rather die than face those people
that are ripping us to pieces
an inch at a time,
but if we could
change the way these kids are thinking
they way they are talking about each other,
I'd hope we would
you know, ... if we could.