Back To The Root - Francis Michael Bailey

Описание: Somebody told me the planet is dying,
somebody told me nobody is crying,
somebody told me that it’s okay,
somebody told me that there’s no way
somebody told me this shit is all wack,
somebody gave me alternative facts.
somebody done did a dance with the truth,
and now we all gotta get back to the root.

VERSE1
What’s a pretty polar bears to a man’s profit,
kill a couple snakes on the ends for a wallet put a
price on everything you just gotta call it, I’m about
to bring it down like a Yucatan comet,

Killing all the fish in the seas with the nets but
you can’t bring em all back with a million vets,
don’t say nobody told ya, say ya never knew,
you can use that knife but it won’t cut through,

Caught up in the In the mix with the hype with the perfect life
and the right type ads that we get fed,
while the ice caps melt and polars sink
and the beached whales turn up they’re all dead

In the end it’s sad, what a chance we had
do a little more good while it ain’t so bad
in the atmosphere, with the CO2 and the CH4,
It’s looking like


CHORUS
Somebody told me the planet is dying,
somebody told me nobody is crying,
somebody told me that it’s okay,
somebody told me that there’s no way
somebody told me this shit is all wack,
somebody gave me alternative facts.
somebody done did a dance with the truth,
and now we all gotta get back to the root.


VERSE2
I don’t disagree with science, nah
you can feed me to the lions, ah
I’m just looking at all the signs
looking at the signs of the times
to predict my fut-cha

Come round here see holes in the ozone,
now we got the whole damn world like a war zone,
Don’t look up, that’s what they said,
but I wanna find a way to put it in your head,
flashing lights, that’s code red,
why we gotta wait wait until everybody is dead,
Tor-na-do with the hundred mile,
Fire in the sky, you can see it for a while,
It’s so sad, can’t even smile,
this world that I leave for my future child?

I’m on the earth side, I’m on the north side,
see em shattering the poles with a bullseye
see the icebergs melt through a bird’s eye,
see the polar bears cry with their eyes dry.

see a mammoth in the mud like oh my,
but I know it’s gonna be worse If I don’t try,
if you don’t try, if we don’t try better ask
ques-tions now better know why.

there ain’t no planet B in the sky,
if we mess it all up then we’re all gonna
…

BRIDGE
Brands on that bullshlick,
Won’t nobody say it,
But that’s just how they play it,
I ain’t able with the bullshit.

VERSE3
Said they’re gonna fix it soon my friend but that’s a big if,
followed by a big when, everybody herd up down in the cow pen,
Gotta layer that up just like an onion,
everybody trying to fight for your opinion.
Feed you that dis-in-for-ma-tion
that’s why we stand in for-ma-tion.
gotta m ake a stand for cre-a-tion


Everybody out here, wanna live good but
at 2 degrees, nah it ain’t all good.
we keep digging the coal and burning that oil
clearing the forests and sucking the soil

We about fuck it up real good
killing all the vibes in the big hood,
cows roll up with the methane,
ice shelf lost in the blue ring,

Shout out to all my independent icebergs just doing their thing,
hashtag - raising sea levels…

CHORUS
Somebody told me the planet is dying,
somebody told me nobody is crying,
somebody told me that it’s okay,
somebody told me that there’s no way
somebody told me this shit is all wack,
somebody gave me alternative facts.
somebody done did a dance with the truth,
and now we all gotta get back to the root.

VERSE4
Every week now, wid a brand new style, fashionista
on the Insta profile,
sweatshop top with a drop top,
nah too hot, on the rooftop,
everybody wanna wear a better brand,
I don’t try to keep up with the Jones, I’m a better man
I don’t need to buy a pretty pen for a hundred grand,
I just wanna break it down real so you understand.

This is like a mayday, living in a heyday
waiting on a pay day living for a play date.
I just gotta say mate, Rome had it real great,
we ain’t gotta wait to make a change till a day late.


What about them? What about us?
What about the people you gon leave in the dust?
What you bout to do for the oil in the crust?
crucify the earth with nails in the rust
What about them? What about us?
What about the people you gon leave in the dust?
What you bout to do for the oil in the crust?
crucify the earth with nails in the rust

CHORUS
Somebody told me the planet is dying,
somebody told me the earth is crying,
somebody told me that it’s okay,
somebody told me that there’s no way
somebody told me this shit is all wack,
somebody gave me alternative facts.
somebody done did a dance with the truth,
and now we all gotta get back to the root.

Words and arrangement - Francis Michael Bailey

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