Rhymes For Our Times
by Rickshaw
Don’t talk about it
Be about it
If you can’t write about it
Read about it
You can read the news
Or make the news
It’s up to you
Only you can choose
If you got your hand out
Or got your brand out
You’re making a statement
With that, there’s no doubt
What do you want people to see?
What do you want to be?
Take a look inside and you may be surprised
What you wanted the most you’re pushing aside
Life is full of things to do
You should never forget to look in the mirror
Know why? Cause it’s you
You who controls your fate
So brush your hair and don’t be late
Today is here and then it’s gone like gas
Yesterday’s dawn and tomorrow’s pass
Most of all don’t forget
To water your own lawn
That’s your best bet
It’s where we are
It doesn’t seem to be
What my father always talked about
Has not yet come to be
We may be on track
I’m not quite sure
The crack sure isn’t helping
Or the diamonds or the furs
Decades ago people were all about love
Singing about housing people in the street
Singing about doves
Life, like sex, needs an ounce of prevention
You can’t just depend on divine intervention
We need more generosity if our goals we are to meet
There’s got to be enough money
And shoe’s for everyone’s feet
Can someone explain, the children in the street
No need to point fingers, to lay or feel blame
It’s time to stop talking
Time to start sharing the grain
Wall Street is great to maintain control
However the money made there
Should not leave the rest of us paying a toll
Richard (a.k.a. Rickshaw) is a Canadian writer who recently completed his first book titled A JOURNEY BY RICKSHAW THROUGH THE CARNIVAL OF FLEAS, the first of a series of books of rhymes for the times. He would also eventually like to write for the music and television industry. Email Rickshaw at: rhymesforthetimes@yahoo.com