Spare the Rod Spoil the Child

Temptation's all around
You're itching to get in it
You dare not though
Consequences being you'll get it.
You spare the rod
You spoil the child
The Bible teaches this
A lack of and they may grow up buck wild.
From teachers to neighbors
Or anyone who was a grownup
They all had unspoken permission to unleash
Whenever and wherever you slipped up.
But there were always a few
Who didn't require as much
Just the threat of a butt-whipping
Really kept those few in touch.
And as for all the rest
I'm not saying their heads were hard
They'd slip up once in a while
Only to be confined to the yard.
And if penalized to confinement and a whipping
They really had screwed up bad
But once the grownups were through with them
They'd wished they never had.
Which is why most kids today
Act the way that they do.
The law has gotten involved
And the law don't allow you to punish the way they used to.
But take this advice from me
And your kids will turn out just fine.
Don't let anyone tell you that you can't
When it comes to whipping your kids' behinds.
'Cause when we were growing up
Of whippings we had our share.
Seemingly every move we made
Someone from the village was right there.
'Cause it takes an entire village to raise a child
But today the village walls have been knocked down.
Take a good look at the current situation
The main wall, daddy, is not around.
And as for the rest of the village
They are into their own thing.
They dare not say anything to many kids
Or a whipping they may end up taking.
Then the establishment wonders why
There's such an increase in teen violence
Spare the rod, spoil the child
It's not at all rocket science.

4-4-06

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