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I'm Matt And I do as I please Thousands and thousands Of hours Human condition Downloaded 20th century history Downloaded I'll tell you What "I do" I read books And take notes And learn about history And other societies I'll tell you What you do You watch the television And water the lawn That's what you do I've had enough No one tells me To do anything I have images Of Mujahideen warriors Driving out the Russians To defend Their way of life And while others fight To defend their way of life I will fight to defend my way Of living It will be a war with words I am a man of Tao You do not tell me To do anything Whoever "you" are You have a lot of nerve Suggesting that I get A part time job On the weekends To pay my bills I'm a substitute teacher That means working Two days a week I have no intention No intention No intention Of ever teaching full time Of ever teaching full time Full time teachers don't make much Anyhow And they dedicate 50 hours a week To what they do I have too many interests I like to read And hike There are too many Beautiful things to see Mother As I drive Drive around Get away from the TV This nation is in trouble I will not work part time Over the summer You will pay my bills If you want a war Bring it on! You can't picture a time When our society has collapsed When we are eating canned goods When the shipments sent To the markets are infrequent I can, I know I know That our country is in Some trouble And no I won't work Part time For a minimum wage Because I do As I Please If that makes me selfish So be it
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May 30, 2016
May 30, 2016 at 8:35 PM UTC
I Do As I Please
I'm Matt And I do as I please Thousands and thousands Of hours Human condition Downloaded 20th century history Downloaded I'll tell you What "I do" I read books And take notes And learn about history And other societies I'll tell you What you do You watch the television And water the lawn That's what you do I've had enough No one tells me To do anything I have images Of Mujahideen warriors Driving out the Russians To defend Their way of life And while others fight To defend their way of life I will fight to defend my way Of living It will be a war with words I am a man of Tao You do not tell me To do anything Whoever "you" are You have a lot of nerve Suggesting that I get A part time job On the weekends To pay my bills I'm a substitute teacher That means working Two days a week I have no intention No intention No intention Of ever teaching full time Of ever teaching full time Full time teachers don't make much Anyhow And they dedicate 50 hours a week To what they do I have too many interests I like to read And hike There are too many Beautiful things to see Mother As I drive Drive around Get away from the TV This nation is in trouble I will not work part time Over the summer You will pay my bills If you want a war Bring it on! You can't picture a time When our society has collapsed When we are eating canned goods When the shipments sent To the markets are infrequent I can, I know I know That our country is in Some trouble And no I won't work Part time For a minimum wage Because I do As I Please If that makes me selfish So be it
MattG
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May 30, 2016
May 30, 2016 at 8:35 PM UTC
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