Would you be willing to help this planet Earth
From the tips of her poles to her steamy girth
Her inhabitants batter her every square foot
Covering her with harmful gases, waste and soot
Cutting through her crust to exploit the riches within
Never bothering to make a mend to this fragile skin
Always looking down, never looking forward or back
Her minerals and her oceans are always under attack
Every venture for profit is fully exploited and explored
They have drilled holes in the ocean's floor and onto the surface they
have allowed oil to pour
Looking at the unrepairable damage that these carpetbaggers inflict
Would make any conscientious citizen in his stomach to be sick
But can any person or group keep this ongoing rape from occurring
With money for votes into politician's pockets the flow does keep
pouring
Who's going to stop these greedy Earth rapists
They sell what they are doing with an arguable twist
They say that without these jewels that they mine
Earth's inhabitants would not be so fine
It is their money that takes the risks
So they are not obligated to make any fix
The governments around the world feed their every desire
If it weren't profitable, they wouldn't bother to recycle
a single tire
Their enterprises pollute our oceans, rivers and streams
They would argue that this is necessary to fill everyone's dream
But without the support of governments they would have to accomplish
their deeds
In a way that wouldn't pollute the air killing birds and bees
They would have to accomplish their goal of making billions
Without destroying the Earth's acres by the millions
Obviously there has never been any sensible entity in charge
To steer the fulfillment of man's needs and dreams
Saying that the end justifies the means to accomplish goals
that are large
What does the provider of these resources think
about our nefarious schemes
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