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“Take Yourself Easy” is a song about the environmental values we instill in children by the choices they see us make everyday. We must be cautious of the messages we are portraying to the young minds that will one day also decide the future for this planet.
lyrics
Take Yourself Easy
By: Jenna Loren Wright – Written May 8, 2006
Verse 1
Take yourself easy, don’t get too excited
Cause things they are changing
And tomorrow you could be expedited
CHORUS
Take yourself easy, don’t get too excited
Please be careful with the things you do and say
Cause kids they are listening, they are listening
They are the prey
Hunted by consumerism and caught everyday, everyday
Take yourself easy, don’t get too excited
Verse 2
The last building block has been set
And we are going to fall
This is like Jenga, but we’ve built our blocks much too tall
And we are going to fall
I wanna know when it all comes down, will it be alright?
Will we get another chance to make this old world right?
To think of our choices, hey what do they mean?
Forget cost effective, please consider what is green
Might seem costly in the short run, but will last in the long
CHORUS
Take yourself easy, don’t get too excited
Please be careful with the things you do and say
Cause kids they are listening, they are listening
They are the prey
Hunted by consumerism and caught everyday, everyday
Take yourself easy don’t get too excited
Verse 3
I wanna know where is the culture in your Starbucks?
Where are the nutrients in that Big Mac?
Where was that cow raised and where was that lettuce once growing?
I dare you to know the difference between Mars chocolate bar and fair trade
To think of our city blocks and how we drive ‘em in SUV’s everyday, everyday
We just don’t look back, we just wait and see
I am hoping we’ll be lucky
No luckier than lucky
CHORUS
Take yourself easy, don’t get too excited
Please be careful with the things you do and say
Cause kids they are listening, they are listening
They are the prey
Hunted down by consumerism and caught everyday, everyday
Take yourself easy don’t get too excited
Take yourself easy…take it easy
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