Hateful Hate

In the dark night a giant slumbered

Untouched for centuries

'Til awakened by a white man's cry

"This is the Eden I was to find"

There were lands to be charted

And to be claimed for a crown

In this dangerous land of hateful hate

Curiosity, filled the heads of these

There was an upper room, they had to see

Curiosity, killed the best of these

For a hero's hometown welcoming

Still they moved on and on and

Who came building missions?

Unswerving men of the cloth who gave their lives in numbers untold

So that black sheep entered the fold

Captured like human livestock, destined for slavery

Naked, walked to the shore where great ships moored

For the hell bound journeys

Bought and sold with a hateful hate

Curiosity, filled the breasts of these

With some strange ecstasy

Curiosity, killed the best of these

By robbing their lives of dignity

Still they moved on and on and

Calling men of adventure for a jungle bush safari

Come conquer the beast, his claws and teeth

See death in his eyes to know you're alive

European homesteads

Grew up in the colonies with civilized plans

For wild hinterlands, their guns and God willing

Such a hateful hate, such a hateful hate

Curiosity, spilled the blood of these

For their spotted skins and ivory

Curiosity, filled the heads of these

Madmen with the lies of destiny

Curiosity, spilled the blood of these

Then blotted their lives from history

Curiosity, filled the heads of these

One man claimed all that he could see

Curiosity, still entices these

Madmen with a lusting and a greed

Their legacy, legacy