It Takes a Village Freestyle

A friend of mine (T.A.) wrote this freestyle and I wanted to share! 

"They say it takes a village to raise a child, but what if those who apart of that village are broken themselves
What if its only false hope that they're holding themselves
How can something damaged or unsure show the fresh minds that are pure
How to be whatever it is in their dreams they see,
How can the villagers hold them up, when it seems that someone let them down once before,
How can they ask them to fly, when they themselves have never soared,
How can some not relate, but act as if the advice that they give is great,
How can those we teach have faith when they look in the villagers face and feel so misplaced,
How can we say we will do everything in our will to protect them and yet when we leave the village they are not safe,
Why is it we are losing this battle at a rapid rate,
They say "well if I saved one child my job is done"
I say "I want to save them all" so the real victory has yet to be won,
How can one person in the village sleep at all,
Since I am also a part of the village I have no room to speak at all,
Cause if the foundation isn't laid correctly it will be weak and fall,
So when one child is left behind,
Its every villager's fault that they cannot see a good future, we have left them blind,
So why would I confine myself to just my title,
I want each and every child to make it out the village, I'll go beyond my call of duty for their arrival,
How did we get to this point of our children being so angry and some growing up so fast,
How can we tell them to be "just kids" when they wear so many masks,
They have seen more hurt through their young eyes than a child should,
Just be that "kid"..I wish every child could,
We need a village of people who should focus less on the 'he said she said' and the gossip it brings,
A town where it isn't  about us but the kids, the important things,
So the village that is raising...educating our babies is capable to correct these wrongs,
But it seems to be a melody on repeat that keeps singing the same song,
So I pray I can save as many as I come across and see,
Because at one point the kid(s) I'm trying to save was once me....."