The Ancestors' Song | By Brother Peace

All my ancestors' ancestors'

ancestors' ancestors told me

Remember to remember to remember

to remember me

All I worked for and strived for

and lived for and died for

all my mistakes and heartbreaks

and hot takes and half-baked dreams

Now I've been here and been here
and been here

and been here enough times

And I still don't I still won't

I still can't know what it all means

I just keep rooting down

through the earth who embraced you

letting sunlight

come shine through my leaves

And you said...

Let me die so you can live

So much joy you have to give

Remember child whatever you do

We'll always love you

After years without reprieve

you set out to relieve your sorrow

To the room filled with wounds

and the doom of the soon someday free

Would you let go and bring woe

And say no to end this tomorrow?

Would you give it all up

in a brief moment of agony?

Now we pick up the pieces

we learn what releases our suffering

There's a path leading fast from the past

that will last till the spring

When we learn how to stop sound

and look round at glowing pure beauty

taking care of our feelings

there's no end to the healing it brings

And you said to me...

Let me die so you can live

So much joy you have to give

Remember child whatever you do

We'll always love you

Let me die so you can live

So much joy you have to give

Remember child whatever you do

We'll always love you

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Yes, that's The Ancestors' Song