Baba Brinkman - Worst Comes To Worst lyrics

"As man advances in civilization, and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend his social instincts and sympathies to all the members of the same nation, though personally unknown to him. This point being once reached, there is only an artificial barrier to prevent his sympathies extending to the men of all nations and races." Charles Darwin, Descent of Man Worst comes to worst, my people come first But my tribe lives on every country on earth I'll do anything to protect them from hurt The human race is what I serve Some people got good friend; I've got disparate friends They live on different ends of earth, but just pretend We actually get to the end of the time of tribalism Like Obama said, and dissolve the lines of difference As man advances in civilization And small tribes expand into larger bases And communities, the truest reason tells each individual That's it's not that difficult to extend our instinctual Sympathies to all members of one nation Like, for instance, notice how everybody loves Canadians Overseas, even if they're personally unknown Well so do I! But not so much when I come home But I know there's nothing to stop me extending this basic Sympathy to the people of all nations and all races By the way, those are Charles Darwin's statements Paraphrased, a man ahead of his time Extending his imagination and formidable mind Into a future where all human sympathies combine Worst comes to worst, my peoples comes first But my tribe lives on every country on earth I'll do anything to protect them from hurt The human race is what I serve In the South Pacific Islands, there's certain animals that don't Experience fear, like Galapagos iguanas They never had predators, so their adaptive responses Evolved to be as calm as a pack of Dalai Llamas So then, why do we have to live with violence When this whole planet could be like a pacifistic island? Do we need fear to escape invading aliens? The only predators here are called h*mo sapiens And yeah, we can be dangerous, but we can also be Motivated by affection and reciprocity Or by that Old Testament animosity: an eye for an eye But that philosophy's got the whole world blind Let's not pretend it's gonna be a cake-walk to end it If violence is an instinct it's not entirely senseless But the logic of human destiny is reciprocal altruism Yes we can change our perspectives And as soon as this is widely comprehended Then I predict we'll be as calm as Galapagos finches Worst comes to worst, my peoples comes first But my tribe lives on every country on earth I'll do anything to protect them from hurt The human race is what I serve