Weeping Planet

Weeping Planet

by Ruhudeen Ali

May 12th, 2013

Chop down these trees

we need more factories 

acres upon acres in miles of greed

cuz you see they're stackin these

with more mouths to feed

that exotic cuisine not that mac n' cheese

they mack and make cheese

roll up their sleeves

industries seeking G's

so bullets they squeeze 

at the animals in leaves

chop off their heads 

leave their bodies to bleed

in livestock farms consecutively 

kill the poultry it aint nuthin- its paltry

we need more leather for upholstery

and beef for our teeth

We say we want peace 

but we just want our piece of meat

like depleting the world's fisheries

what about the birds & the bees

not sexually- I mean the species

we call our sweeties 'honey'

but honeybees sufferin lately

thanks to pollution from our luxuries

and our need to chase the money

mankind killin off species

piling up our feces

new diseases- how do we treat these?

i'm saying please reconsider your itineraries

Dwelling only on our human dramas

what about the pandas & iguanas

big cats might disappear

maybe within fifty to a hundred years

dog is man's best friend cuz he doesn't bark

unlike some scary ones, that's why we kill the sharks

and what about the dolphins and the whales

forget about them man- focus on the jails

destroying the environment

saving for retirement 401ks

not saving 401k kWh on Earth Day

digging mines & blasting mountains

for man-made projects, paradises with fountains

not realizing we're terrorizing the planet

corporations approve and stamp it

destruction of ecosystems

ensuring we'll be the last of them

puffed up in our egosystems

claiming we're the victims

why do we hate mother Earth

when we were created in her womb from the dirt

going back one day to lay in rest

we were sent here to be the best

life is a test and we're the vicegerents of this home

lets work to fix the roof in our ozone

I'm not really sayin anything that hasn't been said

lets revive the planet before life on Earth goes dead!