Change is Needed (Poetry-2/2000)

An education is needed to make a change...
   ...we have to get back to normal, outta the strange.
Back to learn about the days in the west...
   ...when those with the fastest draw was the best.
Learn about the times when they resorted to guns, Blue Steele...
   ...when the gun proved to a man it was real.
No one could dis' your homie, not a civilian, or cop...
   ...If this was done, like a short-fused firecracker, it'd pop.
But not in your hand, in your face...
   ...next thing you'd know, you'd be in a whole different place.
A place like heaven; blue and white everywhere...
   ...all your homies, you'll see anywhere you turn your stare.
The land of the dead down below and blue skies up above...
   ...much violence possible, but peaceful as a dove.
These are the times we need to emulate...
   ...bringing the '30's up-to-date.
A time when flags weren't held off the ground...
   ...but dropped when acts of war came around.
When people never rolled alone but in groups of four...
   ...cuz alone you couldn't bone rush that door.
Yes, an education is needed...
   ...cuz a change is eminent, in how we're treated.
And those who don't know...better beat it!