The Herd - Superweeds lyrics

SAMPLE "It is time to act" END SAMPLE (x2) "It's not about what I cannot do, I'm gonna try not to waste today, Break my pattern into something new, I gotta hear what I need to say. It's not about what I cannot do, I'm gonna try not to waste today, Break my pattern into something new, I gotta hear what I need to say." END I try to think global, Remain hopeful, Act local, Necessarly vocal, And so social, I ate now I'm so full, And bloated to excess. On the plate there's nothing left, Gotta take it to the chest. Complete it like a test, Or maybe not Should I not be saying yes? Knowing when to stop Looking for the best place for a great feast. In the U.S., half the population is obese. Meat follows soup, Move your feet if you can see 'em. Seems we're all consumers, But rarely human beings. The soup's got controls Caviar and gold plates Environment raise down more ways (?) We grew food Genetically engineered more food More processed food These factories to force you to get in touch with your chemical side Your pesticide This whole enterprise makes me question why We've got it so wrong One too many swan songs (?) Is sustainability long gone or what? Am I right to call out these criticisms? A full bellied outspoken straight contradiction I look into the face of those who are starving Asking myself am I just making noise With half the planet poised, waiting for an answer I hold my place in the protest with an anchor "It's not about what I cannot do, I'm gonna try not to waste today, Break my pattern into something new, I gotta hear what I need to say." I try to think global, Remain hopeful, Act local, Necessarily vocal, Annd so social. I'm noble as the next man And that's generally poor We're self absorbed and hard to deplore And in order to afford it Wack it on the plastic Snap it like a brittle wooden match stick Come with me To gluttony Accumulate and destroy Repudiate and employ Rejuvinate and enjoy Hormone injected burgers Make them little cattle bones grow quicker The skin sits but quivers (?) These God damn fast food chains Food looks strange Let alone like anything the ads claim Marketed to families Get 'em young Do the sums Sell it by the tonne Where to run? One ad campaign across the whole planet So we can sing the same jingle they branded This is my candle-lit vigil I'm standing fearful We got pulled in by a lame ritual I'm not a rock I think despite what I'm not I'd sink It's over when we blink in unison on the brink Well I pump myself up with more pharmaceuticals Add more life to my expectancy It may affect your pregnancy But it might be profitable Jump blindly into whatever's possible "It's not about what I cannot do, I'm gonna try not to waste today, Break my pattern into something new, I gotta hear what I need to say." "It's not about what I cannot do, I'm gonna try not to waste today, Break my pattern into something new, I gotta hear what I need to say."