Circa 1986

Media tells you,

Society tells you,

Make yourself marketable,

Get into the business

Where making money is profitable.

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I had to be pressure treated.

I had to be hard pressed.

I didn't know what was in store

Until I got hit hard on the head

By the 2 x 4.

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Somewhere,

Sometime,

You have to sort it out.

Get down to the nuts and bolts

And remove doubt.

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You can follow society's lead.

You can be led into cement.

I didn't know what I wanted more

Until I got knocked out

By the 2 x 4.

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Question yourself.

Question the sales pitch

That you got and you give.

There's a hot lead-in wire

That shocks you to live.

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You'll learn the answer fast.

You'll answer it yourself.

I didn't know life was hollow at the core

Until I got slapped by the guy

With the 2 x 4.