Word in the Town- by Larica Jacko

Word in the Town- By Larica Jacko

Word in the Town

Education has been limited

And all scholars want to do is be gifted

Somehow the funds for education has been shifted

Word in the town

Teachers pay checks have been dropped

Leaving them at a standstill with minimum guap

It’s just a change cycle to the minimum wage drop

Go to school, attend college, and get your doctorate

But at what cost?

It’s sure not to be struggle free and well off

Word in the town

She’s 60 with 60,000 dollars in debt

And has a 2nd mortgage as a pet

With a Doctorate and masters she should be set

Long hours

Frustration with test

Just so the government can test your intelligence and STILL NOT GIVE YOU THE BEST!

Word in the town

There are graduation expectations

And bills are over due

Some students sleeping in their car without a clue

No method of survival

So they say Forget College I AM THROUGH Check the dropout rates FOR PROOF

And I can tell you it is some truth to that

Struggling has become a fact

Word in the town

Classrooms are over loaded and teacher’s knowledge is being soled

At a sacrifice, gender equality

And racial discrimination has become the price

Have you ever heard of a teacher not being able to keep on the lights?

I’ll tell you it is some truth to that

That’s a fact

When the government overruled

Not leaving enough room

For our histories to be taught in our schools

They’re not playing fair by the rules

And part of that battle has been won

But teachers’ buckling is no fun

3% that aint just

What if they all quit

Forcing the government

To create promotions to get rich

Word in the town

The government wants to discriminate

They like to segregate

Word in the town

They government will hate, they never will appreciate Teachers and students interlocked

Man that is no shock

We stand together like socks and shoes

Career benefits are what we choose

Now, pay teachers their dues

Not to conclude, but I stand here with the truth

That contract is 99 days over due

And we are not through

That drama the government can keep, like MLK I will preach

Hold hands get acquitted

And just think

The education barriers are steep

So we as a community must teach

Equal education and teacher solidarity

Is all we speak

The drama the government can keep

The system will beat

Word in the town

They like to hate, they never cooperate

And they say schools a democracy

This is not hypocrisy

More like a sovereignty amongst the richest

And unlike God I will never forgive this

Word in the town

They don’t want us to self-rule our schools Word in the town

They say they get the picture

WELL THE PICTURE HAS GOTTEN BIGGER

The financial hold of teachers has taken a toll

Leaving their pocket books in a crisis

Man this fights getting old, give teachers what is theirs

Reconstruct, Rebuild

Start by funding human affairs

On down to education repairs

Word in the town

She is not being paid fair

Where the hell is her share?

Word in the town she and he is on the same ballet

Nominated for the greatest IQ balance

Word in the town

She is going broke and her bank account has been chocked

Chaining her to the unemployment line

Like a slave chained to the poll

She is told to play a woman’s role

Word in the town

His pocket books have gotten fatter

I mean is it gender

The education system is after?

Or is it the mind with goals that matter?

Word in the town She is not getting paid what she deserves

1600 dollars a class less than him

Is it what’s dangling between his legs that helped him get ahead?

Or the knowledge in his head

Or is it the books that fed them both, helping them to Equally climb

The same education rope

They are swinging with the same degree

Yet equal pay is burning people of color more

And yes, RACISM AND SEXISM still go that deep

In the country

We so call believe is based on equality beliefs

Word in the town

LET’S TURN THE HEAT UP

BEAT ON

THE DRUM

AND KICK FOR WHAT

WE BELIEVE!