How many Kids Will Die ?! Final Exam

Remember those, high school kids  
who dressed in black  
becoming night knights, in the day light  
to fight the world that  
looked away from them like they were just glares son
  
Remember those high school kids
“Columbining” their school
bet they looked right at them like they were fucking scared
for this final exam unprepared    
  
Like those Shortys who wore short skirts and booty shorts
who took a shortcut for cash  
out of class, to shake to shake their ass  
to be with small minded men
who in the long run
ended their lives by cutting them
    
And those who wore red long sleeves  
like Valentine’s Day
dripping off their wrist
because no one wanted to talk to them  
or hold her hand long enough  
for the loneliness to stop    
    
But the violence never stops    
And they couldn’t end the abuse  
or hunger at home
so they fed off anger  
and took it out on kids
who couldn’t defend themselves
just like themselves    
    
Carrying knives in their lunch box    
AKs in their backpacks    
Inhaling chalk and gun powder    
as shots ring louder
I want you to write this 10 times on the board:    
    
“I will not bring a gun to school.”    
“I will not bring a gun to school.”    
  
I will not!  
    
Watching teachers become heroes    
student survivors become activists    
    
We lost our principles
we failed our students    
    
When I was a kid meeting someone on the playground after school with dangerous    
  
Wearing your fresh Jordan’s to gym class was dangerous    
    
Til’ I was Taught a freshly sharpened #2 pencil
and a creative mind…
could be dangerous!
  

   
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