Grand Inheritance (feat. Peter Rono)

Now my roots are planted in the ground

And spread towards the (center of the earth)

My branches reach desperately for the sky

My tendrils grasping (far out of our reach)

Now we command the oceans

The waves and winds propel our vessel's sails

No harsh terrain or temperature

Can keep us from our grand inheritance

Flowers of knowledge have blossomed and bear fruit

The seeds they blow (idly through the wind)

We ride the currents to the corners of the earth

Fated to germinate (sown in virgin soil)

And still we're sailing onward

Safe underneath the starry moonlit sky

No blackened night or scorching day

Can keep us from our grand inheritance

As they travel unaware of a looming presence

Ever thinking no greater force can bring forth their slated demise

With brashness they must have forgot

The essence of their adolescence

And as I approach (closer their)

Confidence in self becoming wilted

A sudden realization that they are only human

And try as they may they cannot control the forces of nature

It seems we are not the elite

All these resources we lay at our feet

They mean nothing in the greater scheme of things

We thought ourselves to be

All-powerful

Ever-knowing

But now that we are brought to our knees

We crawl at the mercy of

Here I write to you offering all

I have left please accept my apologies

(Will we ever know the purpose of our existence

Is it possible one day I'll find where I fit within it all)

Now that I'm sinking far out of my league

I can see we were way too far over our heads all along

(Will we as a people ever learn?

Maybe the living could still know

A paradise before they reach the benthic)

Here I stand with the blood and ink on my hands

Penning my will to whomever will receive this

(Receive the burden of your consciousness

This is your grand inheritance

Let it not become corrupted keep your head up)

Could it be a gift or a curse?

This sentient mind has left all warm nostalgia behind

(And to those who receive this

The stubborn survivors

Please ask yourselves will we ever learn?)