Our magnificent planet is in peril
These notable facts we can't fake
Hear now what is exactly at stake?
The glorious Earth's ecosystem
Brilliant and rich in biodiversity
Overlaps dire human poverty.
Meanwhile biological treasures
In the rainforests are decreasing
Multinational corporations feasting
As they chainsaw, bulldoze, and burn
Short-sighted governments approving
Land owners aggressively slashing
Carelessly inflaming and consuming.
Yet we the people are greatly losing
137 plant, animal and insect species
Every single day from deforestation
50,000 species a year termination
Not a fear tactic, nor exaggeration
As the rainforest species disappear
So do many possible medical cures
For life-threatening illnesses and diseases.
Rainforest precious and prized ingredients
Make up 25% of Western pharmaceuticals
121 prescription drugs sold worldwide
Come from plant-derived natural sources.
Rainforest deforestation is a deadly course
Which we the people must fight and divorce.
Our health and sustenance is more important
Than leveling forests to tear down timber.
Now is the time, this next century's quarter
To stand in the gap and globally protest
Before we lose the Earth's rainforest
Half of the world's species of plants,
Animals, and microorganisms threatened
That comprise the planet's vital ecosystem.
Rainforests once covered 14% of the Earth's
Land surface. Now a mere 6% say experts
Who estimate the last remaining rainforests
Will be consumed in less than 40 years.
A statistic that will bring some to tears
But sadly not trouble or bother most
Because we are a kind, hospitable host
To greedy governments and corporations.
We don't want to deal with deforestation
It seems we've got better things to do
Like watch ESPN, MTV, and the news
Entertainment is preeminent, not activism
Besides we favor capitalism and consumerism
Enough with the environmental mumbo jumbo
It is just simply fear mongering and hogwash.
Now let us attend to Hollywood and being posh
Drive gas guzzling SUVs and smoke furiously
We toss cigarettes out the window carelessly
Litter beaches on holidays indiscriminately.
Throughout the world what will you see?
Filthy people disposing of trash anywhere
Aimlessly throwing rubbish without care
Foul farming and frivolous ranching operations
Destroying the environment without hesitation
World giants like Unocal, Mitsubishi Corporation,
Texaco, and Georgia Pacific profit handsomely
Their commercials and lobbyists say differently.
Nevertheless the truth will prevail mightily
The corporate crooks will pay severely
Dearly both now and throughout eternity
Public awareness will increase exponentially
The tragic consequences for industrial countries
Who disregard their land for exorbitant fees
Abandon environmentalists wise policies
Developing and destroying simultaneously
Building economically, breaking environmentally.
These shall have to answer to God and humanity.
Amazonian Indians and indigenous tribes are gone
People living off the land numbered in the millions
Today displaced and dead they're less than 200,000.
With them have gone centuries of outstanding insight
Accumulated knowledge of priceless medicinal value
Irreplaceable knowledge about medicinal plants
With the loss of each medicine man, we too suffer
Losing a library with a wealth of wisdom and skill
What shall we do when we ourselves feel strangely ill
With an incurable disease nobody can seem to heal?
"The leaves of the trees are for healing the nations"
God Almighty said it in His Word without disputation.
Endangered animals are now nearing extinction
Suddenly, sadly, and not surprisingly disappearing.
Their distinct sounds animals lovers aren't hearing
Poachers in Africa, India, and elsewhere don't mind
As long as you pay them for what they kill and find
Illegal traders of animals in Myanmar and Thailand
Will happily take money from your guilty hand
You are contributory in negligence and murderous
For being disregarding, deluded, and devours.
Go and have a word with animal rights activists.
Umbrella species sustain numerous habitats
Money hungry traders don't care about that
Some however care about conservation efforts
They are tigers, the swift fox, and sturgeon
The mong seal from the Mediterranean,
The gray kangaroo and giant panda,
Elephants, rhinos, and the gorilla,
Malayan sun bears and the grizzly,
Blue whales and sharks unfriendly,
Hippopotamus, great apes, and chiru
The songbirds who sing lovely for you
The chimpanzee, Amazon river dolphin,
The great white shark with the big fin,
Snow leopards, Mexican prairie dog,
The Florida panther hiding near a log
The grevy's zebra, and harpy eagle
The American bald eagle most regal,
Ethiopian wolf and whooping cranes,
Unfortunately many people disdain.
These lovely and unique creatures
Seeking to hunt, capture, and lure
Them into a trap or brutally attack.
Let's protect and welcome them back
Be good stewards our Earth
Revive, renew, and give birth
To environmental consciousness
Lest we be overcome by perilous
Times and tribulations turbulent
Because of the many arrogant
Disinterested people in our planet
Who curse, pollute, and damn it
Blatantly disregarding and defiling
Purporting, reviling, and denying.
Accurately the Jewish prophet told it.
We are despicable and truly desolate.
Humbly read Isaiah 24:3-6 and see
Our transgressions certainly many
Our hearts froward and haughty
Impending judgment nears quickly
Our planet falling apart rapidly
Let us therefore awake and repent
Be environmentally cautious and relent
Priceless natural resources we've spent
Let's reform and protect the environment
Consistently recycle plastics and metals.
Properly dispose of oil, tires, and chemicals.
Don't permit toxic pesticides to get inside
The Earth's surface and core deep below
Stop agricultural runoff and honor H2O
Without which we can't stay alive you know.
Protect wetlands. Conserve the habitat.
Use safe wildlife products to protect species.
Use renewable fuel to increase efficiencies.
Incessant air pollution causes you to sneeze.
Kindly confront and correct litterbugs please.
Protect polar bears from global warming
Employ special measures to be conforming
To environmental standards and initiatives
Choose good wood and save our forests
Say yes certainly to sustainable seafood
Conserve, clean up, don't be so crude.
The Earth and animals don't like lewd
Fellows who are obscene and indecent
To terrorize the ecosystem and planet
It's time for us to become intolerant
Of those who abuse our precious planet
And irreverently take it for granted.