The Places We'll Go

from Professional Development by Jigs

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lyrics

(Can we go?)
Oh! The places we’ll go… If we could…
Oh! The places we’ll go… If we just…
Oh! The places we’ll go… If we would…
Oh! The places we’ll go… If we just…

Shut up for a minute. Listen, every opinion
Just doesn’t need to be written in stone and shared through the internet.
Put a sock in your mouth, and now shove your phone in there with it.
Cuz you’ve been running your mouth and you need to plug it, admit it.
Now, who you tryna convince? It’s not a high school debate. (Boy, sit down)
In the history of the internet no mind has been changed
From a comment that counters the kind of common complaints
We can’t help but consume until we’re blue in the face.
I mean, imagine what would happen if you talked to a person.
You must be sophophobic, terrified of actually learning. (Look it up)
Be careful what you work for you might actually earn it;
And what you wish on other people you might actually deserve. It
Isn’t that complicated. We just over debate it.
It isn’t that calculated… Wait, oh what am I saying?
The whole premise of the internet is manipulation.
And every like will fill the ego til it’s over inflated. And POP.

Congratulations! Today is your day.
You’re off to scroll away your time. You’re off an away.
If you got brains in your head, you better put em to use
cuz everybody’s tryna tell you which direction to choose. I’m sayin…

Practice what we preach. I thought we learned this in preschool…
Treat people as our equal so we’re golden is the rule.
We disagree. The truth is in between me, you,
And everybody else’s view the world’ll be seen through.
Just know there comes a time when agreeing is necessary
Without it we bound to be headed straight to the cemetery.
To speak in superlatives guarantees an emergence
Of all our weakest emotions. And so we call in our military. But
(Can we go back?) No scratch that… Cuz that back’s
Like a bad rash, it’ll spread when you scratch. That
Narrative is toxic, contagious, and you can catch it.
So quit scratching and pass on the backtracking.
Keep moving forward for survival of society.
The science of sovereignty lies in violent rivalries.
If the people decide to be unified and can mindfully
Listen to a new a point of view. We will grow. Finally. But…

My condolences, I’m sorry to say…
We’ll be chained inside this cage until the day that we change.
If you like J’s on your feet, you better lace up your shoes
Because somebody’s gotta kick it off. It’s time that we move. I’m saying…

You know we…
We going places. We got places to go!
My homies…
We going places. We got places to go!
We going…
We going places. We got places to go!
You know we…
We going places. We got places to go!
We learning…
We going places. We got places to go!
We growing…
We going places. We got places to go!
We living…
We going places. We got places to go!
Let’s get it…
We going places. We got places to go!
Ayo…

credits

from Professional Development, released February 3, 2024
Lyrics written by Matt Jurasewicz. Additional vocals by students from Middleton High School's Hip-Hop class. Audio recording by Matt Jurasewicz. Composed and produced by Matt Jurasewicz.