Ancestors

from Ancestors (EP) by Backburner

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Let us fight for a new world.
A decent world, to do away with greed.
With hate and intolerance
(Oh) Let us fight!

We have become accustomed to the way we live our lives.
Searching for substance in nothing.
The fountain of youth will not ensure that your mind stays pure.

Through age come knowledge,
but not morals.
My fathers father was an amazing man.
So accepting of others.
He always believed that you could never fight to change another person.
So now i'll only fight myself.

I'll only fight myself.

Soon we will be grandparents ourselves.
We will be ancestors looked up too.
Do you want to leave an impression on this world of hate and intolerance?
I guess you do,
cuz' you're a heartless bitch.

Let us fight.
Oh let us fight.
Fight to change the world.
Fight.
Fight.
Fight to change our worlds.
Fight ourselves.

"My grandfather meant the world world to me. He was just a man, before he died he was just one of the greatest people ever. He was somebody who influenced who I am today. He influenced how accepting I am of other people, or how I don't judge a book by it's cover. I don't judge two people because they want to get married and they are the same sex or I don't judge people by race and that's just things I got from my grandfather cuz' he was just such an amazing person. He is truly one of our ancestors and one of our, one of our heroes."

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from Ancestors (EP), released January 12, 2014

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