Grandma 's Got it Going On

This is my favorite poem

Everyday Grandma would come into my room and i'd hear her say
Rise and shine
The world has a window that holds a sign
There's help wanted out there somewhere young man
So i rose and i shone put on my shoes and i was gone
See Grandma bought me my first phone
She said don't bother calling the people who care call the people who don't
And i learned at a very young age where my Grandma's rage came from
The entire congregation of God - never ask Grandma about god
I'd argue with her every day and all she say was
Go down to the store, buy some light bulbs
And then go out and buy some more
Because the light at the end of your tunnel needs to be maintained
You can't let it be staineed by "their beliefs are better than your beliefs"
And you can't gisagree because they're f***ing wrong
It's not the strong have got lazy
It's just your vision's a little hazy
You're not sure what it is you want but what you've got is all you need
It falls to greed for every hypocritical churchgoer
Who won't walk past the beggers cause they can't spare a dime a gram
I said f*** man, I don't talk to God because i ain't got the time and yeh it struck me as strange everytime i walked past a brother who said can you spare some change
Because yes i can but you see
I don't carry change around in my back pocket
I don't wear it on my neck on a chain in some locket
I keep change on the tip of my tounge
So i climb the rung of the ladder to a better place
I forgot about saving face my Grandma told me save your grace
I keep Change in the tip of my pen
And it seems like every now and then it spurts out angry ink
That makes me think maybe
The writing on the wall could use a little revision
Grandma told me stop trying to calculate the difference between people
People don't need division
Gotta stick together gotta love each other
Mother, father, sister, brother, uncles, cousins, aunts
Forget about the chance, the cheers, the jokes, the jeers
After two thousand years you'd think we'd know by now
We will only find equality in our number of cheers
And she was right
Because i don't know what injustices you've suffered
Based on size, sex, race or religion or the political pigeon
s***ting on the shoulders of us versus them
Like i Bethlehem when a man said
Hey i dunno i could be wrong but can't we all just get along
No, so we nailed him to a tree see
Justice isn't justice it just is
And i can't change it and you can't change it
We just gotta try and rearrange it
And i cut off people mirror image cause they can't see what i see to see the way that people see me because believe me if you see what i see you wouldn't want to see any more
But i've got a little surprise in store
For every man that looks at me with judgement in his eyes
There's a woman who looks at me with a wetness in her thighs
Because i am the world's greatest overweight lover
And you might just laugh and you might just gulp
I'm not going through makings of sticks and stones
These names are just pissing me off
Grandma told me young man
You can't be concerned with whatever it is that they've got
The only reason they think they're beautiful
Is the same reason they think you're not and
Young ma you have beauty beyond measure
You are a treasure entrenched in this earth
You can't let others determine your worth
Rise and shine!
So i rose and i shone, i put on my shoes and i was gone
See my Grandma bought me my first phone
She said young man from time to time i too need a smile
Would you do me a favour and keep me on speed dial
Yes Grandma i will
And still to this day i can call her up and hear her say
It's a game
You play you win you play you lose you play!
Rise and shine
The world has a window that holds a sign
There's help wanted out there somewhere
But young man if you are playing to win the first thing to have to do is apply within

Shane Koyczan

that is a great poem babe love it