Society, pick up your game by Safwan, Christian Brothers’ College St Kilda
Like fools we preach rules yet we don't even follow our own?
So what do you follow? What do you believe?
Me... Simple, Allah the Qua’ran and Muhammad peace be upon him.
But sometimes I feel hollow within.
Knowing that there are people out there who call themselves
Muslims but then go out and drink and blow money on nothing,
Not knowing that there are people out there who would kill for that something!
Women disrespecting and selling themselves for that something.
Children all over the world walking 1000s of miles for that something.
But we as a society simply just don't care. Selfish, self-indulgent and no shame,
please society I ask you of only one thing... pick up your game.
Understand that violence kills what it intends to create
So stand up against it and put down the people that discriminate.
Why do we stick to the same routine?
As if someone injects ‘Us’ with limitless morphine
You don't even know what you have seen
And lose sight of the simple beauty around u, please...
Realise that life means more than drugs, sex, alcohol and money,
Now when you get home tonight I ask you to do something for me...
Go into your pantry and drizzle the slightest amount of honey...
Upon your tongue then STOP.
THINK that this slightest amount of honey came from a bee
Which sacrificed its life so that we could think of our Weetbix as being satisfactory.
Cause we as a society...
Are unhappy with those bland Weetbix.
SELFISH, self-indulgent and no shame
Please society I ask u of only one thing,
Pick up your game control your spending,
Definition tame and one last thing don't just throw
Or kick
Or hit
I ask you to actually aim.
Whether it be to climb the highest mountain or to give money to the less fortunate
if you get it done you can put it up in a frame, be proud even put it in a portrait.
Then I want you to breathe, and when you go into something but you’re not sure if u should do it; ask yourself why not?
Think of it as being possible and never believe that it is a long shot.
They tell us to be kind to each other;
But instead we go and insult one another.
Not thinking about the feelings of who you insult,
Then that person goes and hangs themself as a result!
And do you wanna know the scariest thing about this?
It is all non-fiction
Then it suddenly becomes an addiction
As if you’re injecting yourself with heroin with no restrictions,
Yes that’s right folks, attention is an addiction,
Getting a laugh from your mates gives you such conviction,
Jesus died on the cross through crucifixion
And He did it all for us.
But we as a society are selfish self-indulgent with no shame please society I ask you for only one thing pick up your game.
Why is racism a topic that needs to be mentioned in the news? Why can we just accept that person for who he or she is? Are you telling me that the person is different based on their views?
And please do not tell me that he is different to me due to his colour. If he is black, if he is white, if he is red or yellow or green, he would still be the equivalent to me. If he were Muslim, Buddhist or Jedi he would still be the equivalent to me please society just let the man be.
Like fools we preach rules yet we don't even follow our own?
So what do you follow? What do you believe?
Me... Simple, Allah the Qua’ran and Muhammad peace be upon him.
But sometimes I feel hollow within.
Knowing that there are people out there who call themselves
Muslims but then go out and drink and blow money on nothing,
Not knowing that there are people out there who would kill for that something!
Women disrespecting and selling themselves for that something.
Children all over the world walking 1000s of miles for that something.
But we as a society simply just don't care. Selfish, self-indulgent and no shame,
please society I ask you of only one thing... pick up your game.
Understand that violence kills what it intends to create
So stand up against it and put down the people that discriminate.
Why do we stick to the same routine?
As if someone injects ‘Us’ with limitless morphine
You don't even know what you have seen
And lose sight of the simple beauty around u, please...
Realise that life means more than drugs, sex, alcohol and money,
Now when you get home tonight I ask you to do something for me...
Go into your pantry and drizzle the slightest amount of honey...
Upon your tongue then STOP.
THINK that this slightest amount of honey came from a bee
Which sacrificed its life so that we could think of our Weetbix as being satisfactory.
Cause we as a society...
Are unhappy with those bland Weetbix.
SELFISH, self-indulgent and no shame
Please society I ask u of only one thing,
Pick up your game control your spending,
Definition tame and one last thing don't just throw
Or kick
Or hit
I ask you to actually aim.
Whether it be to climb the highest mountain or to give money to the less fortunate
if you get it done you can put it up in a frame, be proud even put it in a portrait.
Then I want you to breathe, and when you go into something but you’re not sure if u should do it; ask yourself why not?
Think of it as being possible and never believe that it is a long shot.
They tell us to be kind to each other;
But instead we go and insult one another.
Not thinking about the feelings of who you insult,
Then that person goes and hangs themself as a result!
And do you wanna know the scariest thing about this?
It is all non-fiction
Then it suddenly becomes an addiction
As if you’re injecting yourself with heroin with no restrictions,
Yes that’s right folks, attention is an addiction,
Getting a laugh from your mates gives you such conviction,
Jesus died on the cross through crucifixion
And He did it all for us.
But we as a society are selfish self-indulgent with no shame please society I ask you for only one thing pick up your game.
Why is racism a topic that needs to be mentioned in the news? Why can we just accept that person for who he or she is? Are you telling me that the person is different based on their views?
And please do not tell me that he is different to me due to his colour. If he is black, if he is white, if he is red or yellow or green, he would still be the equivalent to me. If he were Muslim, Buddhist or Jedi he would still be the equivalent to me please society just let the man be.