Ancestors Dan Bull

[Chorus]
What's a man but a naked ape?
Just trying to make it from day-to-day
'Cause what's a man but a naked ape?
But with fantasies of making a great escape
What's a man but a naked ape?
It's amazing, spectating it taking shape
What's a man but a naked ape?
But every generation makes the same mistake
(What's a man but a naked ape?)
(What's a man but a naked ape?)

[Verse 1]
Yeah, Darwinian, carving our lineage
Into the Stone Age with shards of hard DNA
In the beginning, we didn't need an Adam or Eve
Our ancestors inhabited trees
And handed down every habit that would have us succeed
At an increasingly gathering speed
Rapidly reproducing, how deep are the roots of your family tree?
How many branches on it? How many leaves?
And what's the plan when we leave for the savannas and plains?
As we abandon the rainforest, expand our terrain
Typical humans, look, they're at it again
Never happy with the same thing, they have to seek change
And that's the reason why they keep succeeding at everything
That life throws at them, treating every challenge as a game
If you fail to adapt, you will gradually endanger
The traits that made your race faster in the race
You want to die like that? Thought not, so fight back
Your genetic code isn't even written yet, so write that
Knowing you're otherwise gonna die is quite a catalyst
You're on a deoxyribonucleic acid trip
From Ardipithecus Ramidus to Australopithecus
To an Instagram influencer chuckin' another pic at us
Picture this, we're a pick and mix of different bits
That tilt and shift, tip and pitch, twisted up in a helix