Would you live in the imposing castle
That once looked down upon you with scorn?
And live with regal splendor with no hassle
While the realm outside becomes poor and forlorn?
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Would you sell your children\’s future
To fight the banshee wails of the present?
Without any prospect of a decent life to ensure
Or any promise that has yet to be sent?
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Would you sell your pride and self-worth
For a small plot of land that cannot be passed down?
Upon which there is dust, decay, and dearth
And no tools guaranteed to lay around?
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Are your enemies everywhere and nowhere
Who lurk in your heart and encamp in your mind?
Would you build a world from the earth to the air
With blindly followed fears taught by your kind?
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To those who sit with unresolved anger
And ambitions unfulfilled and undone
Your family may treat you like a stranger
But your ancestors treat you like a son
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Far or near, you could find that cloud of tyranny
At any time that it impacted your family
For within you is a noble legacy
Which cannot be taken away freely
And self-preservation against all you see