If you've ever hung out
With unsavoury sorts
Then you've probably been laughed at
For sharing your thoughts
But if ever that memory
Has stopped you from speaking
When you think of something
That others should be seeking
Then imagine if Jenkins
Or John Logie Baird
Gave up on their ideas
Because they were scared?
"What, small moving people
Inside a big box?"
If that ridicule had stopped them
We'd now not have Fox
Nor the cinema. Game of thrones.
The BBC!
Yes, these people invented
The early TV.
And imagine the laughs
As two brothers walked by.
"What!? A human to soar
Like a bird in the sky!?"
Did the Wright brothers stop?
No, they built the first plane
Despite mocks, despite jeers
They pressed on through the pain.
The earth being round
Seemed so crazy at first
And when Darwin first spoke up
His theory was cursed.
From Einstein and earlier,
To Bill Gates and after...
The people who make it
Just shut out the laughter
And I'm not saying all your
Ideas will hit...
But if you never try them,
They'll always be shit.