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Johnny(June 28, 2002)

Why oh why can't Johnny READ?Probably because the brother's name is Khalid

Yet the majority of so-called experts agreedOn the cultural ideas they would force-feed

Why oh why can't Johnny WRITE?'Cause instead of him creating he just has to reciteWe 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 hathIts 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 awaitSolutions 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

Copyright 2002 by Derrick Brown