Cedric Till - Navajo's Fire Dance lyrics

[Verse 1] Beware of the man who does not talk And the dog that does not bark These are the lessons that we learn in life And our first teacher is our very own heart Which becomes hard when we move away from nature Big city water supplies are running short Cause we bring saws to the trees, genocide to the bees Drills to the soil just to fuel cars We forgot it's more dishonorable to be dishonest Than it is to be poor People wanna judge with the sword, but be judged by God And they cower when they're faced with the ghosts that they called And still, you wonder if the TEPCO executives Would be best served to commit seppuku For endangering the planet, with their lies And the damage, all they seem to care about is the revenue But who's gonna be the kaishaku-nin? Is the strike to be made by an environmentalist? Or a panelist for economic interests that are shared By some rich white gentlemen? As they say: Take one for the team On the global chess board there just are no queens It's funny how the managers are hunters And the hunters can't manage but indulge in their greed... [Interlude] Humankind has not woven the web of life We are but one thread within it Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves All things are bound together All things connect [Verse 2] Deforestation in Romania and Two thirds of people want a tyrant back The Aral Sea is turning to a puddle Once the area is dry, it's dead A thin blue hose is the water source For a favela in Sao Paulo The government didn't formulate a backup plan For the drought forecast like a pretty long while ago... You can be the ruler of this world, but believe That the planet is a lot more powerful It can wipe whole towns out, with floods and quakes And storms, then you say "They only hit the poor" Arrogance to be sure Call it pride before the fall But egotism never takes down just one It'll take many more Fracking is safe, so they say The polluted groundwater seems to argue otherwise But Nestlé keeps bottling millions of liters So everything's supposed to be fine, right? Like saving rainwater is a crime, right? OceanaGold suing for mining rights While poisoning the soil of El Salvador Taste of the future, watch'em talk in hindsight Ghana's cracking down on the gold mines That are run illegally by the Chinese Centuries later and Africa is still Being raped by outside invaders Renewable energies are affordable Look at Iceland running on geysers While wars are being fought over fossil fuels And the price of the resource keeps rising Technology is there, but they block it Cause companies are scared of losing profits See, the natives have warned us One day we will regret if we ignore them Technology is there, but they block it Cause companies are scared of losing profits The natives have warned us We will regret if we ignore them [Interlude] When all the trees have been cut down When all the animals have been hunted When all the waters are polluted When all the air is unsafe to breathe Only then will you discover you cannot eat money