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I want to live life duty free
I want to live without responsibilities or obligations.
Let my instincts take the lead
I want my natural impulses to guide me.
I want to take what I can get
I desire to acquire whatever is available to me.
Don't want to choose don't want to beg
I don't want to make choices or plead for things.
I want down from this family tree
I want to detach from my family lineage.
I don't need no upward mobility
I don't desire upward social or economic advancement.
I want to unlearn what I've learned
I want to forget what I've been taught.
Want to unearn what I've earned
I wish to not deserve what I've gained.
Want to burn my bridges down
I want to sever connections with people or places.
Find a place I can't be found
To find a place where I can't be located.
This is my manifesto destiny
This is my firm belief about my future.
Tear down this awkward mobility
To dismantle this uncomfortable advancement.
Because I'm tired of standing upright
I'm tired of societal norms and expectations.
The taller we become the more dollars we can grab from that highest branch
The more successful we are, the more we can exploit others for money.
And then step on your back given the chance
I won't take advantage of others, preferring to retreat.
But not me I'm a bipedal backpedaler just as sure-footed as I can
I won't exploit situations, preferring to be cautious.
I'm no high society man
I don't fit into elite social circles.
No suit and tie, no Dapper Dan
I don't conform to formal or affluent appearances.
I'm no happy family man
I don't embrace traditional family values.
I'm no husband, ain't no dad
I'm not interested in marriage or fatherhood.
I'm a goddamn caveman
I see myself as primitive and unrefined.
This upward mobility is more than I can understand
This societal climb is beyond my comprehension.
I won't stand, no, I won't stand for it
I refuse to accept this societal structure.
I won't stand, no, I won't stand for it
I won't tolerate it, I won't stand for it.
I won't stand, no, I won't stand for it
I won't accept or support it.
I'd rather be all hands and knees
I'd prefer a more primal existence, humble and close to the ground.
Yeah, I'd rather be swinging in the trees
I'd rather live a simpler, more natural life.
With the monkeys and the junkies and bums and sloths and jailbird canaries
Identifying with those who live freely, unconventionally.
Yeah that's me I'm a bipedal backpedaler from sea to shining sea
I embody the contradiction of rejecting societal norms.
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