Not Settlin'

Are we just destined to be the same?
Maybe the largest fear of my life.
When you stop and view the life around you
And all you see is its endless cycles that all repeat themselves
Forever discouraging that anything could ever be different
That people could maybe be better than you think they are
Maybe I'm just wrong and blind by hurt, pain, or bitterness
Maybe people are beautiful and astounding
It might be so
It might be true
Actually I know it's true
But where is it
Where are they
Why did they give up
What made them give in
We all see the stupid cycle
Passed from generation to generation
and we're young and we see
and we're kids and we've been effected by it all
so we say our whole lives "I'll never do that, I'll never be like them"
And then you grow up
and the world smacks you in the face and knocks you off the only two feet you've known
and you thought you might be able to handle it cause you saw it all your life
you knew about it, and you had it all figured out: How to not become them.
And then life laughed at you and said "Here take this you prideful soul"
as if to challenge every living adult soul to even dare be happy about life.
What is lifes problem?
What makes someone want to rob joy out of life? And life its joys?
And why, if even a child can see it
Do we let ourselves grow up and ignore something that we knew was so wrong
And why do we learn to care less
And how could we ever dare to care less
As if everyone is just supposed to accept that growing old turns you into a cold hearted lil bastard.
It doesn't.
And I don't have to just accept that.
And just become it because everyone before me did.
The least I can do is be aware of it all
And try as hard as a kid does daily by just seeing and not doing.
How could we just settle and accept that we're going to become exactly what was before us?
Obviously that has been the largest influence in our lives, and it's hard not to become something you've always known.
But isn't that the point?
Just because its hard to do differently than them, leave their habits they've always taught you, learn from the mistakes you've felt the results of, get out the comfortable routine, probably stand alone and apart from everyone because everyone doesn't dare to leave...
None of it is an excuse to settle and accept it
Maybe we won't beat it
Maybe we won't be much better
But that's hardly possible if you're at least trying.
As far as I see it, if someone is trying at all... they're doing better than the majority of everyone else.
Actually maybe all we really gotta do
Is just put others before us
Think about them over you
Love them more than you love yourself
Care about someone else's opinion more than your own
Be nice for no reason other than the fact that people are humans and created by God
Don't accept that you're just destined to be everyone before you.
Don't accept that you'll just turn into a lil grown bastard
Don't become the emotionless, selfish, blind, hurt, bitter hearted robot because all of this is your reality and it's harder than hell to be different than it.
Don't accept that you're destined to become everyone else.