To The Rhythm

[Verse 1]

Think about it

I don't understand what's going on

I'm trying to figure out the world around me

It seems we make the same mistakes over again

An I can't understand why

Tell me about it

Why do we walk in the footsteps of our ancestors

In a monotonous fashion

Recreating the same failures and crimes of passion

Help me understand our fascination with bloodshed and violence

What happened to the notion of the evil days being behind us

Are we too lost to find salvation or could it be

We don't want salvation to find us

Are we content with the changes that bind us

[Chorus]

We go on and on

To the rhythm

On and on

To the rhythm

We go on and on

To the rhythm

On and on

[Verse 2]

There's something else on my mind

Ain't it strange when we make change

We end up with dollars and no sense

Progress is a false pretense

From and Cain & Abel to any ghetto

Tiannemen Square to Soweto, apartheid to Jim Crowe

Are these problems incurable

We can charge stars invisible to the eye

But we can't find the solution for oppression or learn

If we can't live together we're all going to die

[Chorus]

We go on and on

To the rhythm

On and on

To the rhythm

We go on and on

To the rhythm

On and on

[Verse 3]

Hatred, racism, war, killing for sport

Got to change the way we look at each other

Abuse, rape, murder, neglecting the poor

Look at the pain we're going through

Selling our souls just to make a profit

(Respect yourselves my sisters and brothers)

Using addictions to deal with our problems

It's up to you

When we going to stop it

Generations come and generations go

Time is the rhythm to which we all flow

Help me to realize cause I don't understand

Why does every generation have to do

The same thing again and again

[Repeat Chorus]

We go on and on

To the rhythm

On and on

To the rhythm

We go on and on

To the rhythm

On and on

[Verse 4]

We're not destined to lose

It's about the paths we choose

How long before we get it

The value of which you get is measured in how much you're

Willing to sacrifice

Life's too short we can't waste a minute

So how much is it worth to you to save your life

And the lives of your children

How much must we go through

We have to change the words to the song before

We can truly enjoy the rhythm

It's up to you, It's up to you

[Chorus]

We go on and on

To the rhythm

On and on

To the rhythm

We go on and on

To the rhythm

On and on

[Bridge]

Life beats

360 degrees in a cycle to the rhythm

Time beats

Repeating things in a circular fashion to the rhythm

[Chorus]

Hearts beat

To the rhythm

Love beats

To the rhythm

What are we going to do about it [2x]

To the rhythm

Time we got ourselves together

To the rhythm

Cause we can't let hate beat to the rhythm

To the rhythm

Can't let lies beat

To the rhythm [2x]

Bloodshed no, no

To the rhythm

There's nothing new under the sun

Hold on to the good

To the rhythm

[Outro]

We're doing the same things over and over and over

Hold on to the good

'and over and over'

Stop the madness

'and over and over again