Human Nature (Now Breathe)

Since the serpent and the apple

In the Garden of Eden

Earth to satisfy man’s need, not greed

Ignoring direct orders

Forbidden but still eaten

Mankind getting pulled over for speedin’

Sunset, pollution brings a beautiful haze

Rich red waves, orange lavender fades

Breathtaking in a number of ways

Real hip display, kids struggle to play

They manufacture as long as the haves grab it

Have nots want it as long

As the haves have it

Read the product codes on

Bags made of plastic

Mountains thrown away like

Trashcans are magic

It takes a lot for the boss to feel the loss

Smoke billowing, chariots expelling exhaust

Into the sky, deep, now peep the new heat

Smog looks like fog rolling in on the street

Now breathe

Understand that I am the breeze and the trees

Oceans and seas

Truth is inconvenient at times, nonetheless

When I call it how I see it it rhymes

I’m one of the best

Greenhouse conspiracies, Exxon secrets

Icecaps melting, oceans swelling

Voices conflict but they clearly yelling

But I don’t buy the climate

Or the fear they selling

Reality is scary enough

Easing the plane down

Out of baby blue skies into LA, gray-brown

You, feels like it’s you against billions

I know

Homies trip ‘cause you mad at oil spills

The furs, the baby seals

How big business kills

That we don’t inherit Earth

We borrow it from our children

The whole system is outta order

Chickens coming home to roost

Clucking round the corner

Real power we can give to

Our sons and daughters

Is the knowledge of the power

Of the wind, sun, and water

Now breathe

Understand that I am the breeze and the trees

Oceans and seas