Brain Dead

This generation is going to be the 1st generation that won't surpass its previous generation.
Whenever I hear this I can't help but shake my head.
We're more technologically advanced but it seems as though we're slinking behind.
Technology should be pushing us forward but it's just dumbing us down.
Time spent in front of television and computer screens could be used reading a book or solving a problem.
Niggas is brain dead, can't even READ!

'To be educated is to be enlightened, independent of thoughts and ideas and wisdom.'
But no one wants to be independent and think for themselves.
Following the pack and following the crowd is a whole lot easier than standing up following your own self.
Niggas is brain dead, can't even THINK!

We've become a stagnant generation.
Lukewarm, neither hot nor cold.
Stuck in a constant state of limbo wondering around aimlessly.
How is it that haven't even really progressed much, still sitting on the couch glued to the television screen.
Niggas is brain dead, can't even MOVE!

We'd much rather listen and make foolish music and defile our women than to teach them to be proud Black women.
We'd much rather kill our Black men and sell each other drugs than teach them how to be better fathers.
Everybody wanna grow up fast instead of cherishing their childhood.
Niggas is brain dead, can't even LOVE!

Can't you see how we are hurting one another?
We are blind to each other's pain.
Stop watering the crops of our dreams with our people's blood.
Dry up the Lake of Tears.
Niggas is brain dead, can't even SEE!

I wanna uplift my people and give them hope.
We don't have to stay stuck in that bottomless pit.
We have options and no longer have to live in darkness
We have books, let us READ.
We have knowledge, let us THINK.
We have bodies, let us MOVE.
We have hearts, let us LOVE.
We have sight, let us SEE!
We have LIFE, let us LIVE!