By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.
When I grow up I want to live without fear
Without the struggle to survive in trying times
I don’t want riches
But wealth in knowledge I do seek
Cause money runs but knowledge is power that stays
Knowledge makes money
Money doesn’t make knowledge
Fear isn’t a real emotion
It is but the absence of courage
Courage to face reality and conquer that void
The void is an expansion of thought triggered by lack of focus
Forever lost unless seized by the freethinker
The truth of the matter is we are brainwashed into a thought process
Hindered by the media and the latest trend
Take me back to the thoughts of my ancestors
Pure in thinking and free of polluted additives
Truth of the matter is I am a man seeking knowledge
So as I may educate my fellow brotha and sista
So I can pull our thoughts out of the one track we fell on
Hatred isn’t real it is but the absence of love
Love is the emotion that is hard to embrace
It loves us and nurtures
Then it rips us apart
Piece by piece till we are reborn anew
Able to love again
