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My Ancestors

from Rewild Or Die (2012) by Zack de la Rouda

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I am mad on behalf of my ancestors. On behalf of my ancestors.
I am mad on behalf of my ancestors. On behalf of my ancestors.

I am mad on behalf of my ancestors, cause my grandparents' grandparents' grandparents' grandparents had more love for this damn planet
than a hundred of us young dumb ungrateful bastards messing with our heritage.
I'm unabashedly angry at the way we smash what they gave freely.
And I ain't really a conservative. It's not traditions that I'm tryna preserve,
I wanna stop killing all the people who used to live their lives here -
raised a couple babies till eventually they died here.
They are basically the reason you and I are here,
and I ain't chilling while we kiss 'em all goodbye.
I'm on blast on behalf of my ancestors,
cause they ain't worked very hard, but they was hard working as nothing.
I'll be damned if they all gon get eradicated.
If they wanna ask why he mad then I tell 'em

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They assumed that when they would be erased,
they would leave a legacy for the ones who'd come after 'em.
They always gave for the next seven generations.
We take our ancestor's land without asking 'em.
We make large dams, pave all the ground -
we was running of gas, now we're drilling in the tar sands.
We working jobs to get paper for bills. Our ancestors didn't have money
and they still lived well. The planet struggles but we ain't budging.
We let the shit hit the fan like it's nothing and we say "fuck it."
This is the desert before the deluge, and the rain's coming.
I gone mad, bout to break something.
But lately I'm learning, cause I been advocating for
my ancestors' murderers deaths.
That's in the past, though and the world's still turning,
so now I'ma be happy on behalf of my kids.

I am mad on behalf of my ancestors, and I'ma be happy on behalf of my kids.
I am mad on behalf of my ancestors, and I'ma be happy on behalf of my kids.

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from Rewild Or Die (2012), released November 4, 2012

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Zack de la Rouda Portland, Maine

i write songs and rap about weird stuff like love self-actualization civilization depression anarchism and taoism i like to eat from the garbage even though it's kinda hard to find organic stuff there i spend a lot of time alone somehow i am still releasing music ... more

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