TLC RAP

Written by Ms. Berman

They call her Ms. B, she's a teacher of Science

She strives to help kids who act out in defiance

"Daonlyyoungone" was his Screen Name in '03

A 14 year old Freshman in Honors Biology

A genius she pegged but unclear of his place

Now "ChrisYoungtheRapper's"  on YouTube and MySpace

Ms. B says to Chris you can seek all you desire

This poem's from your mentor, now go out and inspire

TLC Rap

now i don't presume to be a rapper

i'm a middle aged woman,  no whipper snapper

but i've dedicated most of my life to giving

comfort to teens who don't want to go on living

and i know that drugs are evil and toxic

they hijack the mind when someone has lost it

and for our society to have the blatant audacity

to settle with this truth haunts my mental capacity

i have seen troubled youth ending up with slashed wrists

stints in mental hospitals, lives taking downward twists

i will never stop trying to convey the statement

there are ways to avoid lying face down on the pavement

my message is deeper as i speak from the soul

as holding on to my mind is my number one goal

for by now all who know me have confirmed the rumor

that i underwent surgery to remove a  brain tumor

benign though it was, it was the treatments that followed

that made my thought processes become muted and hollowed

so i scream out to young people please listen and cherish

your brain cells are awesome, do not let them perish

for when you load up your bodies with mushrooms and E

you're eroding your brilliance and disrespecting me

 i ask you to try other modes of getting by

running and hiking... a natural high

i believe it's a crime to waste a bright mind

if you allow for some detox i trust you will find

that there's work to be done one step at a time

life's not all about you and your being sublime

the world needs us all to give more than we get

one person one gesture start repaying your debt

 if you grasp this message then you are ahead

 of the lost grieving souls whose spirits are dead

 go fight for yourself and those whom you love

hold on to what matters and rise above

this tainted environment of substance abuse

savor those neurons and put them to use

life is about choices and the control is with you

think hard before you throw back that next shot or two