Have you read the press today? Have you read the press today? I guess you read it's a holy war But do we really know what we're fighting for? Have you read the press today? Have you read the press today? About the little girl who took life They say she didn't think about it twice
She was the queen of the Senior Prom The Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude one Papers say she'd just birthed her newborn son But that didn't matter 'cause the girl just wanna have fun! So she buried him in a plastic bag And for the record, the one regret she said she had Was that the plastic was thin enough to hear The screams of her child as she dumped his body near
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The inner city teacher Had always had but one dream To show his students better water Than the ghettos they's been drowning in He took them to his apartment Gave out his number, made them tea His goal? To show that a better life Could really be a possibility
When photos of his bloated body where presented to the jury as evidence His former student- alleged assailant- had this one thing to say in his defense: 'Yo, man, I didn't do it. It wuz my homey. 'He pushed the Teacher in 'Drowned the Teacher in the Hudson River 'I guess the Teacher really couldn't swim'
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These are our children These are our neighbors These are our next of kin These are our hope for the future These are the people we put our trusts in
In a world ruled by infomation How could we have become so misinformed We have not conveyed the idea that Human life is a precious thing The most important lesson of all
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