BGM - The People
Priority Seats
People who are disable, pregnant or less able to stand
Got no chance against earphones or gadgets in their hands
It's bad enough we stare at screens poker faced
Hiding with denial, what a disgrace!
Yes, keep your head down, sit in your chair
Pretend to concentrate, like you're not aware
Keep your tunnel vision on your hand held device
Priority seats, do we have to say it twice?
This is my journey on a particular tube line
My bum is on a seat, "this is all mine"
That's what they say to convince them self
Without consideration for the old man's health
Yes that's right, walking-stick and grey hair
Wobbling and struggling, does anyone care?
Yes they do, but are they going to move?
No! Earphones in deep and into the groove
Is that a pillow? No she's pregnant!
Drop the baby standing, is that what you want?
Give up your seat, can't you see what she has to carry!
What if that was your sister, your wife or your mummy?
'Please mind the gap', 'let the passengers off first'
What about, 'give up priority seats', not much to rehearse
People who are disable, pregnant or less able to stand
Got no chance against earphones or gadgets in their hands.
In my mind
Some people can see
Yet still blind
Some people can hear
Yet still not listen
To the world around
That they’re missing
If only they would stop
Pause and ponder
If only they make time
To have a wonder
At what is around them
Would they ever consider
People’s feeling
That they deliver
Hidden in body language
And their face expression
Without talking
Left to interpretation
Or they can ask
How are you today
How are you feeling
Is what they could say
Yet it is bombarded
With opinion and suggestions
Inside of just letting them
Answer the question
Speaking and listening
Is a skill
And when done right
It is a thrill
The fulfilment
Of giving someone attention
Let them feel heard
With whatever they mention
It’s like a gift
To give and take
As it’s free
For goodness sake
Still, on my mind
Some people can see
Yet still blind
People Fight
People fight for a cause
When they get what they want they pause
Confused, still not got enough
Too blind to see the real stuff
Talking loud, saying nothing
Did I miss something!
Haunted by the little they have not
Than being thankful
for what they have got
Sometimes I Wonder
Some people are very good with words
Some people are loud so that they can be heard
Sometimes I wonder
Is this the plan
To stab and shoot
Whenever we can
After all, weapons - adults provide
Business first, everything else aside
Even Ironman had a wake up call
When he watched his technology kill them all
Kill them all, that was the command
Just to invade more land
And so did the Black Panther
Saw the light of day
He told his past generation
‘This is not the way’
We say, ‘2 wrongs don’t make a right’
Yet, look at how some fight
We talk about segregation
Yet some only protect their own nation
This goes out to troops
That protect each other
With little thought
That we are all in this together
Children are taught
To listen in their classes
To be like the norm
To act like the masses
A bit like the army and prison
How it’s regimented
Eat, sleep, work, rest and play
Only when we say, that’s right - obey
Yet we say, the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
How can they lead
When they are told to follow
What can they say, when shut down
Whether they whisper or hollow
We demand for children to respect rules
Yet without children, there’s no schools
We say - children should fight for their rights
Yet shut down if they see the light
The light of the future
The light to stand up and lead the way
The light to change the present
The light to create a better day
Sometimes I wonder
Is this the plan
To stab and shoot
Whenever we can
Some people are givers
Yet have not got the skill
To give the listening ear
To really want to at will
Cause some people want to speak
As they try to multi task
Give face expression
Which is just a mask
Some people are givers
Give opinion and suggestions
Do they really hear
Is that their intention?
Some people are givers
However, scared to deliver
As what is in front
Is a force field from receiver
Some people are givers
That have to learn to read
Body language and voice tone
Needs and deeds
Some people are givers
With sincere deliberation
Truly understands
Communication
Let me give you some history
About our world and the countries
Many times we celebrate the Empires
The conquerors and the discoverors
It is not mentioned how they got there
How they rob and steal like they don’t care
Taking what they say belongs to them
Then with pride, put it in a museum
Because they say that they are the founders of these merchandise
As they become wealthy and leave behind poverty lives.
Entwined with slavery as they take away freedom
People used for labour and worthless lives they become
Can’t believe the Slave Trade got compensation
When freedom was given to the black nation
Even now, some might say that the system is broke
Even now, some might say that justice is a joke
Even now, our taxes is not just for hospitals and schools.
We are also paying for the slave masters back pay like fouls
Let’s not forget equal opportunities
For what jobs we apply
Filling the ethnicity section
Then from the application denied
Some might say that the power of wealth is a disgrace
That the understanding of life affects the human race
That we must be mindful of the world we live in
To be aware of the outcome of our body, soul and the minds within
Let’s go within systemic racism
How it has affected of what we have become
How past generations has been beaten day and night
Disregard for their privileges and their rights
Now we face the privilege to lead a country
The rights to go to specific universities
How we go to the toilet and drink water
Where it happens, should not matter
Segregation played a major part
Judged by skin complexion right from the start
How is mankind going to survive
When from fear end up killing lives
Buildings and statues still exist today
Entry fees as we queue up in a line
Paying for history
Not just financially
Because we are paying for the pain
The suffering and torture gained
Giving to those with darker skin
As the price is paid deep from within
Let me give you some history
About our world and the countries
Many times we celebrate the Empires
The conquerors and the discoverors