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.

 

Baha'u'llah and the New Era

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