Youth of Today

I am a youngster. I am part of the youth in the universe. They say that the youngs are hopes for the nation. But do you really think the young people now are concern about this? Are youngsters youth of the nation? Teenagers nowadays are into many things which are not suitable for them. But before the story goes, here's something to reflect upon-P.O.D's song for the youth.....


The last day of the rest of my life
I wish I would've known,
Cause I would've kissed my mama goodbye

I didn't tell her that I loved her and how much I care
Or thank my pops for all the talks,
And all the wisdom he shared

Unaware, I just did what I always do
Everyday, the same routine
Before I skate off to school

Who knew that this day wasn't like the rest
Instead of taking the test,
I took two to the chest

Call me blind, but I didn't see it coming
Everybody was running
But I couldn't hear nothing

Except gun blasts, it happened so fast
I didn't really know this kid
Though I sit by him in class

Maybe this kid was reaching out for love
Or maybe for a moment,
He forgot who he was.
Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
Whatever it was,
I know it's because

Chorus:
We are, we are.... the youth of the nation
We are, we are.... youth of the nation
We are, we are.... the youth of the nation
We are, we are.... youth of the nation

Little Suzy, she was only twelve
She was given the whirl
With every chance to excel

Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell
She might act kind of proud
But no respect for herself

She finds love in all the wrong places
The same situations
Just with different faces

Changed up her pace since her daddy left her
Too bad he never told her
She deserved much better.

Johnny boy always played the fool
He broke all the rules
So you would think he was cool

He was never really one of the guys
No matter how hard he tried
Often thought of suicide

It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
He put his life to an end
They might remember him then

You cross the line and there's no turning back
Told the world how he felt
With the sound of a gat

Chorus

Who's to blame for the lives that tragedies claim
No matter what you say
It don't take away the pain

That I feel inside, I'm tired of all the lies
Don't nobody know why
It's the blind leading the blind

I guess that's the way the story goes
Will it ever make sense
Somebody's got to know

There's got to be more to life than this
There's got to be more to everything
I thought exists

Chorus

Yeah! What has gone to the teenagers today? What had happened to the expectations and hopes of the nation for us young people??? Have we let our elders and mentors down? YEAH! No question! I suppose all of us here are aware and are witness of what's happening to the world right now. The most significant are the very odd and bad metamorphoses of the youth. Can't we wake up to reality and change everything right? I think its never too late for a good change. I know that we can always make things orderly. We can always help each other out.


The issues-young prostitutes, criminals, riots, drug-addicts, rebels, maniacs, and gangsters!!! Whoooaaah! What's wrong with the world? Can't the parents discipline too? Why has the youth left out, forgotten, not attended to, and went bad? Can you just imagine, young boys holding pistols, armors, knives, and other weaponries and they don't even know that its very dangerous! Plus, why can't anyone scold or teach them? Is it just too l late for that?


I mean, what are we here for? What's our purpose here? The police, why can't they teach and discipline people? The parents, why don't they watch out for their kids and not just for themselves? This is so pathetic! I just don't get it. It makes me thing that as parents and guardians, its your obligation to train kids for the better. I thought that if they had done their part, maybe the problem is with us after all....

Teenagers engaging in very scandalous businesses like drugs, gambles, gangsters and fraternities, having too many piercings, and smoking. Young girls being abused, raped, and exploited. Prostitutes, sex workers, cyber sex, premarital sex, and even homosexuals!!! Robbery cases mostly include young robbers and thiefs. Rugby boys, bloody pacts, roits, rebellious acts, running away, dropping out from school and bad influence from friends!!!


The youth has been wasted and doomed! What will ever happen to our future?! Will there be still good representatives, models, and idols?! Do we really want to look cool, new but scary and weird?! Are we maniacs? People born of lame lives? People who didn't experience love, care and attention ? People who had a teary and bad past? Everything matters from our parents, the way they raise us, treat us, train us, to the way we discipline us, take care of ourselves, and towards the people you meet and talk everyday. Everything is a chain and the effects are really grave.

When you become a mother someday, would you want to see your daughter dancing in a night bar? Would you allow that your son got shot because he was part of this gangster? We don't know if we would become parents someday but we don't know the possibility so to be safe and to be not sorry and feel regretful, do something good today that will make a big difference in this world especially to the youth.


By now, you should be asking yourselves. Have you contributed a lot for the betterment of this world? Or have you contributed to the problems and destructions in our very existence? To the parents, have you raised, treated, and trained your kids with unconditional love and respect? To the youth, have we let down the hopes, dreams and supports of our nations? Have we done something good at all? What are we doing youngsters? Are we just wasting everything that was poured on us?