[Verse 1]

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This is one for the future generation

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You can ignore this if you want

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Who am I to tell you what to do

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Or not to do

But don’t do what I did

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Do what I didn’t do

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Make the choices I didn’t make

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Support your community

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Start with your neighbor and walk outward

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Introduce yourself by name

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Why not go for that coffee

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You always end the conversation on?

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Spend time with your friends and family

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Call them, text them

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Write them a letter if you’re feeling nostalgic

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It might be hard, but tell them you love them

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They won’t be around forever

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Respect the ground you walk on

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Your kids are gonna walk on it someday too

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And their kids after that

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And you don’t want your grandchildren

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Only seeing elephants in picture books

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Get up every day

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Make the bed all nice

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And fling open the curtains

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Feel the sun on your face

Love your body

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Look into the mirror and think

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“Wow, I’m amazing”

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Don’t dwell on Instagram

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There far better things to do than that

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But if I have to tell you one thing to change

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Smile more

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Just smile more

[Interlude]

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[Verse 2]

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Put down your phone

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See the world through your own eyes

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Create memories, not in JPEGS

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Be creative

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Draw, learn a language

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Dance even if it feels really awkward

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Why worry about something now

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That you won’t worry about a year from now?

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Remember, no matter how difficult things get

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The sun will always rise again tomorrow

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Pay someone a compliment

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The checkout assistant, the postman

You’ll probably make their day

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I know it would make mine

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Challenge yourself

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Challenge others

Ask more questions

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Bring something out of someone

That even they didn’t even know was in there

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Look, no one knows where they’re going

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You don’t have to follow a path or

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You don’t have to follow anything

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Just do what feels right

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But if I had to tell you just one thing to change

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Just smile more