Man Is Five (The Child Is the Father of the Man)

What's the haps little man? Little sun? Little sand? Beach bumming on the edge of land? Little limbs catch a little tan? Freedom and the ease to laugh Splashing where the waves crash One finger on the hand stretched for Every annual span you have Grab a cup, fill it full Stack em up, then improve Towers and a wall and soon Channels and a moat to loop But in the center core you pushed To dig the deepest hole you could To send a friendly message through the globe To all your Asian analogues Silly goose, don't you know the Earth's core's just an iron ball of Molten metal lava that'll thaw to Liquid ore any solid arm If you knew a thing about geology You wouldn't waste your time at all Save your strength for something Like the task we've set before you to resolve But don't touch anything Don't break anything Don't add anything Don't say anything If there's an issue with it Better get used to it kid This is how it is There's a lot of years that you've gotta live Young man, what you gon' do? Kick dirt 'til it grows food? Live off land and turn wood? Build a home with your own two? Freedom in the leaves and grass? It's greener than a lack of cash Five fingers on the hand stretched for Every annual span you have Get a job. Learn the rules Make a name then improve Build a stack of checks and soon Pay the rent and debt accrued But shuttered in your room you gave The words and music that your raised The gravity to trebuchet The listener away to outer space Idiot, don't you know the World turns on a pecking order Oriented to the floor who best can Navigate to working up the ladder? If you knew a thing you'd saddle up And get in line. What you think Every man with a five iron Drives arcs through the skylines? Just do what I tell you Just move when I let you Just use what I sell you Consume what you're meant to If there's an issue with it Better get used to it kid This is how it is There's a lot of years that you've gotta live Man-made. Manhandled Manifest. Manacle Manage. Mangle Mantra. Mandible Mansuetude. Manic Manqué. Manuscript Manual. Manual Handshake. Flat slap Clenched fist. Strong grasp Push off. Give dap Come here. Stand back Clapped palms. Tight squeeze Restrain. Release Manual. Manual