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Parents Today


The problem with children today
Is their parents,
The problem with their parents
Was their parents,
And their parents had big problems
With their parents.


Parents lead children astray
So parents should pay,
Where are the parents
That taught innocent children
Smart bomb creation,
Who taught children how to succeed
In the Slave Trade,
Who on earth taught lost explorers
How to discover ancient civilisations.


Whose parents dare to
Send other parents
To war
Creating
Single
Parents?
Where are the parents?


Parents were sitting at home
Whilst parents burnt the city,
Parents were sent to stop parents
Burn the city,
Parents preach that parents are the problem
And parents told the preacher he was wrong,
And now that parents are on the agenda,
Parents are after the parents vote
And they will get it
One way or the other.

Written by Benjamin Zephaniah

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