Spoken Word + Lyrics: ‘EDUCATION’ By @RohunBatra

By Rishma Dhaliwal • On Poetry , , , , ,
‘Edu­ca­tion’ by Rohun Batra (Pro­duced by ShoXstar)
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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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Rishma Dhaliwal

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.

About 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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