I WAS A KING IN A LAND BEAUTIFUL AND BLESSED RICHES UNTOLD DIAMOND AND GOLD ALL THIS I POSSESED EVERY WHERE I LOOKED I COULD SEE PEACE LOVE JOY AND HAPPINESS THE KING WAS ALWAYS KIND AND GENTLE WISDOM KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING WERE ALL FUNDAMENTAL BUT DEEP INSIDE ME STILL LURKS A PRINCE THY WILL BE DONE GOD'S LAW COMMENCE WHEN I SEE YOU I SEE YOUR SOUL AND I APPRECIATE THEN WE TALK AND DEBATE MY WIFE WAS A QUEEN MOTHER OF NATIONS AND FRIEND TO MANY IF I SEARCH THE WORLD OVER I COULD NOT FIND ONE BETTER GODS AND MY COMMAND SHE WILL OBEY TO THE LETTER BUT DEEP INSIDE HER STILL LURKS A PRINCESS GODS WILL BE DONE GODS LAW COMMENCES GOD IS NOT MOCKED YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW IF THE KINGS WORD ARE NOT OF GOD INTO THE EARS OF A TRUE QUEEN THEY WILL NOT GO I AM THE SON OF A MISSIONARY WOMAN NAME THELMA MAE KNIGHT SHE TOOK PEOPLE TO CHURCH IN HER CAR AND I HEARD PEOPLE WOULD RUN AWAY FROM HER THAT DID NOT WANT TO GO TO CHURCH MY MOTHER WAS A BLESSING TO ME BECAUSE SHE TAUGHT ME TO BE TENDER HEARTED AND COMPASSIONATE TO MY FELLOW MAN BECAUSE AS A CHILD I WAS KNOWN TO FIGHT ALOT AND TO HAVE A INCLINATION TO TELL PEOPLE TO GET AWAY FROM MY MOTHER BUT MY MOTHER SAID DO NOT DO THAT I PROBABLY TOOK AFTER MY FATHER WHO WAS A NICE GUY BUT AS HE WOULD SO ELEQUENTLY PUT IT HE WAS NOBODIES CREAM PUFF AND MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME AND MY BROTHER TO TALK AND READ AND WRITE AND DO MATH AND MY FATHER SIMPLY SAID DON'T SAY NOTHING AND YOU BETTER NOT SAY NOTHING BECAUSE IF YOU DID YOU WAS IN BIG TROUBLE PARTNER I CAN REMEMBER GETTING A WHIPPING FROM MY DAD AT ABOUT 4 YEARS OLD AND I NEVER GOT ANOTHER WHIPPING BECAUSE THAT ONE PUT THE FEAR OF GOD IN ME EVEN THOUGH I WOULD GET MAD AND SAY LOTS OF THINGS UNDER MY BREATH BUT I KNEW NOT TO LET HE SEE ME MAKING FACES OR SAYING NOT EVEN ONE WORD SO HE COULD HEAR IT THIS GENERATION NOW COULD NOT HAVE ENDURED WHAT I ENDURED BECAUSE BACK THEN THE GROWN FOLKS WAS NOT GOING TO PLAY WITH YOU AND BE YOUR FRIEND YOU WERE GOING TO STAY IN A CHILDS PLACE AS THEY WOULD SAY AND BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD AND YOU WERE ONLY AT SPECIFIC PLACES AT SPECIFIC TIMES NOW MY DAD SPENT A SIGNIFICANT TIME AWAY FROM HOME AND THEN I WENT TO LIVE WITH MY GRAND PARENTS FOR A WHILE AND I LEARNED ABOUT THE BIBLE AND CHURCH AND MORE DISCIPLINE MISSISSIPPI STYLE AND GOT A CHANCE TO EAT SOME REALLY GOOD FOOD AT GRANNYS HOUSE AND MY GRAND FATHER WAS A LOT OF FUN HE TOLD GOOD JOKES AND MADE FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE THAT HE MET AND MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A ONE ROOM SCHOOLTEACHER IN THE SOUTH SO SHE WAS VERY GOOD WITH HELPING ME WITH MY HOMEWORK AND WITH STUDY HABITS BEING DEVELOPED I WAS INTERESTED IN GIRLS EARLY WHICH MEANT I WAS EASILY DISTRACTED IS WHAT THE TEACHER USED TO ALWAYS SAY AND IN MY MIND I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AT ALL COSTS NOW I WOULD ALWAYS TRY TO DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE MY PIERS LAUGH OR WOULD ASK EVERYONE ABOUT NEW JOKES AND OF COURSE WE PLAYED PRACTICAL JOKES ON EACH OTHER AND OCCASIONALLY WITH CAUTION AND MAJOR RESPECTIBILITY WE DID OUR TEACHER NOW TEACHERS BACK THEN COULD ACTUALLY WHIP YOUR PHYSICAL BEHIND AND THIS BEHAVIOR WAS SANCTIONED BY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY BACK THEN BUT TODAY IF YOU LOOK AT SOMEONES CHILD TO HARD THE MOTHER AND FATHER IS UP AT THE SCHOOL WITH ALL THE CONVERSATION IN THE WORLD ABOUT IT WHICH MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE THEY ARE BABYSITTING FOR YOU AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID AND DID NOT TEACH YOUR CHILD SO IF YOU CREATED A MONSTER YOU NEED TO LOCK IT IN THE HOUSE WITH YOU AND THEN NO ONE ELSE HAS TO BE TORMENTED BY YOUR ORIGINAL CREATION AND THIS IS WHY I SAY FORGET ABOUT WHIPPINT THE CHILDREN UNTIL YOU CONFRONT THESE PARENTS WHO CREATE THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE NOW IN SOME CASES THERE ARE NO PARENTS SO THE VILLAGE MUST STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS TODAY TOMORROW AND INTO THE FUTURE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WILL NOT GO AWAY UNLESS YOU MAKE IT GO AWAY AND IT IS A GLOBAL AND NATION AND STATEWIDE AND CITY AND FAMILY PROBLEM THERE WILL BE COLLECTIVE SOLUTIONS AND THEY ARE MANY LET US IMPLEMENT THEM ALL NOW