Message From Mother Earth
Frankie Armstrong, 1990
I am the soil that harbours the seed
I am the crops the good soil yields
Remember, I give you birth
Remember mother earth
I am the wood, the forest, the trees
I give the buds, take back the leaves
Remember...
I am the rain, the rivers, the sea
All creatures born must drink of me
Remember...
I have been here since time was new
but now I fear what your time may do
Remember...
You plunder me for coal and for oil
leaving me scarred, leaving me spoiled
Remember...
You clear the forests, uproot the trees
poison the air, pollute the seas
Remember...
Pure air, pure rain, for millions of years
Now on the wind come acid tears
Remember...
Why can't you hear? Why can't you see?
You kill yourselves if you kill me