Your Generation
Challenging Your Generation: Justifying Actions and Taking Chances
Lyrics
Trying to forget your generation
Expressing a desire to forget or disassociate from the speaker's own generation.
You know all the ways when in what I see
Observing the various ways and actions of the generation being referred to.
The ends must justify the means
Suggesting that the outcomes or results should morally justify the methods employed.
Your generation don't mean a thing to me
Stating that the speaker does not find the mentioned generation significant or meaningful.
I say your generation don't mean a thing to me
Reiterating the lack of importance or meaning of the mentioned generation to the speaker.
I say your generation don't mean a thing to me
-Might take a bit of violence
Considering the possibility of resorting to violence.
But violence ain't our only stance
Emphasizing that violence is not the only approach or position taken by the speaker.
Might make our friends enemies
Acknowledging the potential transformation of friends into enemies for a cause.
But we gotta take that chance
Embracing the necessity of taking risks or facing uncertainties for the cause.
There ain't no time for substitutes
Rejecting substitutes or alternatives in a determined manner.
There ain't no time for idle threats
Rejecting empty or meaningless threats, emphasizing a need for meaningful actions.
Actions are rather hard to place
Reflecting on the difficulty of evaluating actions because the consequences mirror the efforts.
'Cause what you give is what you get
Highlighting the reciprocity principle – what one gives is what one receives.
So, that's your generation
Repeating the assertion that the mentioned generation lacks significance to the speaker.
It's your generation
-Well it's your generation
-It's your generation
-Trying to forget your generation
Reiterating the speaker's disregard for the mentioned generation.
You know all the ways when in what I see
-The ends must justify the means
-Your generation don't mean a thing to me
-I say your generation don't mean a thing to me
-I say your generation don't mean a thing to me
-Might take a bit of violence
Revisiting the consideration of using violence for the cause.
But violence ain't our only stance
Stating that violence is not the sole approach adopted by the speaker.
Might make our friends enemies
Acknowledging the potential consequences of turning friends into enemies.
But we gotta take that chance
Emphasizing the acceptance of the necessity to take risks or face uncertainties.
There ain't no time for substitutes
Rejecting substitutes or alternatives firmly.
There ain't no time for idle threats
Rejecting empty threats and underscoring the need for meaningful actions.
Actions are rather hard to place
Highlighting the difficulty of assessing actions due to the reciprocity principle.
Cause what you give is what you get
Restating the principle that one receives in kind what one gives.
So, that's your generation
Reiterating the lack of significance of the mentioned generation to the speaker.
It's your generation
-Well it's your generation
-It's your generation
-To the end justify the means
Repeating the idea that the ends must morally justify the means.
To the end justify the means
-To the end justify the means
-To the end justify the means
-It time for generation
Stating that it is the time for a new generation.
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