VERSE 1: Ignorance is a way of life for you, Selectively choose it when you need to. Close you eyes to what you know is real, Remove your heart so nothing you will feel. Take a look!, All around, See what you've done now abounds. Nothing lost is nothing gained, But all is lost when nothing remains! VERSE 2: Free to think, we have the right to know, When we find out, which way do we go? Take a stand or do we run away? Let someone else do it another day. We tend to run, from our fears, But that just seems to bring them near. We must prepare to attack, The time is now we must react! PRE CHORUS: How can you tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been? Is all progress that we're making or just wishing thinking? For the greed of a few, so many have to pay About this legacy we're leaving, we still have a say! CHORUS: We are the future; We still hold the keys, To hold back the hands of fate, And then change our destinies. Promises have been broken, We've trusted fantasies We'll speak the words that were not spoken, A brand new legacy. BRIDGE: We've got to take a stand, we can't back down. It's time to stop running and stand our ground. VERSE 3: The time has come and changes must be made, Our own existence on the line is laid. The simple choices we make every day, Affect the future in a peculiar way. Ring the bell!, School is in, A brand new education, Learn the facts, they can't refute, Then using wisdom execute! PRE-CHORUS: We won't know where we're going 'til we learn just where we've been. Change doesn't come from without, it must come from within!, The powers that be must be made accountable today, About the legacy we're leaving, we must have a say! CHORUS: We are the future, We still hold the keys! (HEY! HEY!), To hold back the hands of fate, And then change our destinies! Promises have been broken, We've trusted fantasies, (HEY! HEY!) We'll speak the words that were not spoken, A brand new legacy! The lies that we've been told they bring us all disgrace! The legacy we must leave, WILL BE A BETTER PLACE!