(For All My Caribbeans and for those who feel me)

"Bun down di system, keep dem fore yuh burning
Teach the youth what dem need to be learning"
- Collie Buddz

I say burn it down..
Democracy doesnt work..
Here..or over there..
In Haiti a school building collapsed and kids some kids..
The government does nothing..
Reacts as if it was just something normal..
Moms..
Dads..
Have no where else to turn ..
No money for a better school...
I say burn it down..

Africa cries out for help..
Not just aid or food..
But a release from the pain..
A cut from the money that the system keeps from em..
Sierra Leone ...
Sudan...
Ethiopia..
Kenya...
Just to name a few that have children that die from no help..
A call like S.O.S....for Jah Jah to bless em..
They reach out..do we reach back..
And take their hand out of the disgusted positions..
I say burn it down...

In the land i live..
Homeless children is no joke...
Yes..homeless children..
If you didnt know every city got em..
And they sleep in outreach houses..
Cars...halfway homes..
Basement of churches..
And at times..i they sleep wherever..
But they push on..and attend school..
Parents leave em..
Parents abandon em..
And some try their best to take care of their seedlings..
We spend money on the election..
Why not a portion to their education..
Or even a hotel room for the school year..
Just someplace for them to reach a level of satisfactory living..
I say burn it down...

Everyday...this happens..
And we are so stuck on ourselves..
Our media driven society..
Is missing the compassion ..
Daily we see on the news...
Killings..murders...homelessness and poverty...
So why cant we fix it...
We can figure out how to get more miles per gallon to a car..
But not how to fix some child's life..
Or how to make it better..
In the words of Collie Buddz..
Bun Down Di System...

***Note: i dont know how many of yall know about this. But the children are called "The Invisible Children"...you rarely see them and if you do you wouldnt know they would be homeless. They are in our Middle schools, High Schools, Elementary schools. I came across this one sunday nite on tv..and entire hour singled for it. And it opened my eyes to how horrific it is...and it home real close cause in Tampa, Florida (im from Orlando..a 2 hour drive)..more than 30,000 Children are homeless there. And since ive seen that ive been partial to everything...even the historic election. We spend all this money on frivolous things and we could easily put up a homeless family in a hotel for a couple hundred dollas, not millions or thousands...but thats just week and they need an entire school year. One guy was living out his truck with his daughter and he broke down on camera cause he trying to give his daughter all he can...and she doesnt fully understand how bad it is. Another man had his wife leave him and he takes care of both his daughters living out of a church basement..a little girl said she tries not to get her clothes dirty cause thats the only clothes she got. So i just decided to post this..so i could pass on the message there is more we can do..if you want to do it..Thanks for reading***