Gifted to Regular- Ode to the Economics Class

Follicles on my brown strands

Never connected to the power source

eyes and ears, see and hear

I couldn't revive what I once knew in here.

New in here?

No, I'm not new 

The blonde hair, blue eyes

Held the A+ truth

Truth is, I was sick of it.

I liked being right- so I left

Gifted to regular

I was no regular in this room

First day in, my greeting was cold stares

Hickies on their necks, tattoos on thier skin,

They were stupid and high

Yet filled with life- I didn't fit in.

You're teaching Government?

Economies you didn't teach us to fix

It's like you're just raising welfare-awareness

Everyone in the room made me sick.

It wasn''t until one day

We learned The Man proposed "free community college"

As if it were his to give away

Quiet all my life, but I had a say.

The people all cheered in excitement

I finally felt comfortable enough to break my silence-

"Why the hell do any of you deserve a free education?

I've worked my ass off and I dare The Man to give you compensation.

I'll sail the stream made of the hard worker's tears

Straight to the White House and yell in his ears."

I paused.

"You all are so ungrateful of the government that gave 

you free k-12 and you wasted it away.

I've respected the school and the law, so what makes

you deserving of an award after all of your careless f*cking mistakes?"

In that moment, I had no flaws

In that moment, I knew it all

My hair turned blonde, my eyes turned blue.

I realized I had finally spoken A+ truth.

Willingly, they alll gave me their attention.

They respected my opinion for giving them comprehension.

The follicles on the brown strands

Was never connected to the power source

Eyes and ears, never minded to see and hear

Today they finally understood what the hell was going on in here.