Ancestor Song
Ancestor Song
https://soundcloud.com/orygun/ancestor-songJust trying something new. I'm not sure what this genre is even called. Hip hop I suppose.
So does this sound too dense, like there's too much going on? I wanted to bring out the bass more but then it was too much and then too little, so I don't know how it sounds now.
Thanks for listening.
Ancestor Song
My ancestors did it all themselves
They wandered where impulse led
They’d navigate by the sun and stars
The cold hard ground their bed
They didn’t mind the weather too much
They all were a hardy bunch
Whenever they got hungry
They’d have a mammoth for lunch
I've got digital and I go online
They had their spears and arrows
Feeling pretty smug about my high tech world
But I've no idea how any of it works
I don’t know where North is
Don’t know how to start a fire
I take to my bed if the power goes out
‘Cause the situation’s too dire
I hunt and gather at the Safeway store
My shelter is air conditioned
My clothes are more for looks than warmth
I love my television
Bug spray, sun screen, Eddie Bauer boots,
I can now venture out of my car
But only if it’s sunny out there
And the scenery isn’t too far.
Fight or flight never happens to me
Except with that big dog down the street
Survival instincts only come out
Fighting all the traffic during rush hour
If I get stranded on a desert isle
And my cell phone, tablet and laptop die
Then it would likely occur to me
So how do you make electricity?
Everything I have, everything I need
Was made by someone smarter than me
My ancestors tho did it all themselves
I guess they too were smarter than me
My ancestors they had it pretty rough
But they made a new generation
Life gets better moving up the family tree
It's been a long road to you and me
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