You begin to walk, you begin to listenEvery step is a chance to glistenAs you learn they explain these rules“Why must I follow these rules”, asked the foolWith delight the answer drew“Because I said so! No more query!You will know when you are ready!” This is how the youth is raisedTo follow others and to praiseWe want leaders yet we beat them into followersBut that is the least of all your troublesFollow along the path of disciplineOnly then will they reminiscent Of the youngsters you raised so well Yet they struggle to understandWhy the must follow down this path They ask again, “Why oh why must I obliged?”“Because I said so!”, was the reply Piece by piece they are destroyed Into followers they conjoinedPressured by their peersThey dropped school and hoped for the bestLeaders they could be But leaders know the ‘why’Where as they are lost at seaA sea their elders had built‘Because I said so’ was their willGreatness slammed to weaknessBecause they feared they would raise hooligansNow their elders face them so Asking why they changed and became so low “I do what I want”, was their respond Filled with torment they asked, “why”“Because I said so”, was their reply