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For Granted


We take for granted the motions that we are allowed to make For granted that every breath we take Is owed to another who took their last In a time almost forgotten in our past That opinion we express Many could not care less That another had to fight For each and every for granted right I remember those less respected And wish that sooner my ancestors interjected Now while I look back To myself I make a pact To never treat another less than me Because of what other were forced to see
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