Friday, May 18, 2012

On Competition:

An example of punk attitude. -gw
 
Pennywise
The Fuse (2005)
 
Competition Song
 
Within all of us is the instinct to survive
And to win at any cost
In the fight to stay alive
We fear the foreign cultures
That are different from our own
And make enemies from strangers
Who are just people we don't know
 
(2X)
We fight amongst ourselves
We obliterate ourselves yeah yeah
 
And we compete until we die
Even though we don't know why
We believe in ancient lies
We compete until we die
 
We struggle against each other
To get things in life we need
And even more to give us the status
Which in return will help us breed
We separate ourselves by the color of our skin
And the country where we're born
And which god we believe in
 
(2X)
We fight amongst ourselves
We obliterate ourselves yeah yeah
 
And we compete until we die
Even though we don't know why
We believe in ancient lies
We compete until we die
 
And we compete until we die
We believe these ancient lies
If we could only change our minds
maybe then we'd all survive
 
 
We live in a world, however, where from time immemorial obedience to the commands of the Prophets has been the exception rather than the rule; where love of self has been a more prevalent motive than love of God; where limited and party interests have taken precedence of the interests of humanity as a whole; where material possessions and sensual pleasures have been preferred to the social and spiritual welfare of mankind. Hence have arisen fierce competition and conflict, oppression and tyranny, extremes of wealth and poverty—all those conditions which breed disease, mental and physical. As a consequence, the whole tree of humanity is sick, and every leaf on the tree shares in the general sickness.
 

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