the offspring
not the one
I'm not the one who made the world what it is today  I'm not the one who caused the problems started long ago  But now I deal with all the consequence that troubles our times  I carry on and never once have even questioned why   I'm innocent  But the weight of the world is on my shoulders  I'm innocent  But the battles started are far from over   We 're not the ones who leave the homeless in the streets at night  We're not the ones who've kept minorities and women down  Still we grow and then the problems they become our own  We carry on without even realizing why   We're innocent  But the weight of the world is on our shoulders  We're innocent  But the battles left us are far from over   We're not the ones whose pollution blackened our skies  And ruined our streams  We're not the ones who made the nuclear bombs  That threaten our lives   We're not the ones who let the children starve in faraway lands  We're not the ones who made the streets unsafe to walk at night  And even if we try and not become so overwhelmed  And if we make some contribution to the plight we see   Still our descendants will inherit our mistakes of today  They'll suffer just the same as we and never wonder why