Spoken Word + Lyrics: ‘EDUCATION’ By @RohunBatra

By Rishma Dhaliwal • On Poetry , , , , ,
‘Edu­ca­tion’ by Rohun Batra (Pro­duced by ShoX­star)
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI1Mb19I29A[/youtube]
Can you remem­ber who you were before the world told you who you should be,
A clas­sic case of bul­ly­ing, per­man­ently,
I mean, remem­ber when you got told off for being too loud,
Just to con­form your beha­viour and make ’em all proud
We go in through the doors of schools being ourselves,
Just to be taught these so called man­ners that func­tion in the world,
To make us obed­i­ent, and nev­er ques­tion the sys­tem,
Feed us lies, in the media we listen
We exit edu­ca­tion with the same atti­tude and think­ing,
If it was­n’t for rebel­li­ous times, we’d have coer­cive blink­ing,
Free­dom is in the pro­cess of extinc­tion … why ?
Because we listen in an instant,
How can paper determ­ine your intel­li­gence,
Regur­git­at­ing the inform­a­tion they want you to know,
So they can make money and put you on a few award shows,
Then you just for­get what you remembered, is that really how this world grows?
Gates, Bran­son, a few among the many,
Failed school and people thought their minds were blunt as pen­nies,
But look at them now, got more money than you can ima­gine,
Money isn’t everything, but look at what they could fathom
Think to your­self, define intel­li­gence,
Does it come from remem­ber­ing a num­ber of words,
Or does it come from life skills, like hunt­ing to pre­serve,
Think to your­self and you will get what you deserve,
Learn without the use of med­ic­a­tion and look to the herbs,
Kerb your mind from being held down,
Release, embrace, and keep those thoughts loud,
Oth­ers will fear you when you’re dif­fer­ent from the crowd
I think its time for me to say peace and sign out
Yeah …
Learn­ing is good, but the edu­ca­tion sys­tem is bad,
Its unequal; you can­’t judge a fish’s intel­li­gence by telling it to climb a tree,
We’re all dif­fer­ent indi­vidu­als,
THINK FOR YOUR­SELF
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Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voice­less. Cur­rently work­ing in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media know­ledge to I am Hip Hop and oth­er pro­jects by No Bounds.

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About Rishma Dhaliwal

Rishma Dhaliwal
Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless. Currently working in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media knowledge to I am Hip Hop and other projects by No Bounds.

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