step lightly

i'm choking there's no air to breathe

all these chemicals are poisoning me

i feel like i ain't got no space

i got to get out of this place

'cause everybody's moving to fast

all i want to do is relax

i don't want no heart attack

don't wanna work 'til i break my back no

i don't wanna see no more construction

to me it looks just like destruction

just want to protect her and all she's done

she has provided for everyone so

step lightly

you are trodding on sacred ground

step lightly

there is beauty to be found

look all around

step lightly

for you don't wanna leave a scar

step lightly

or for your children this will be no more

the buildings just keep getting taller

open spaces dem a getting smaller

they're building more universities

and destroying diversity

but where will all the little animals run

to find shelter from the burning sun

if we let them cut down all the trees

and spread their industrial disease

have they heard the ocean so deep

or witnessed the waterfalls weep

do you think that they could be so blind

to bring the end of humankind

oh mama

i see that you're bleeding

oh mama

i feel your pain in my soul

mama i will do my best to teach them

mama not to hurt you so

i see them use you

see every day how they abuse you

oh lord how they break you

see every day how they rape you

step lightly

you are trodding on sacred ground

step lightly

there is beauty to be found

look all around

step lightly

for you don't wanna leave a scar

step lightly

or for your children this will be no more

they're cutting down the forests

filling up the landfills

blackening the skyline

choking out the sun

'til there's nothing left but garbage

steel

concrete and sorrow

people this doesn't have to be our tomorrow

if you listen closely

you will hear her crying

do you even care that she is slowly dying

we got to make a change now

if not for yourself then do it for your children

who can deny that things have been getting so strange around here

and who can deny that it's been getting harder and harder to breathe

and who can deny that the species have been disappearing by the dozens

daily

and who can deny that it's been getting hotter and colder and hotter and colder every year

they're sucking the blood of the earth

they're scratching at the heart of mama earth

they're fracturing the body of mama earth

they're sucking the blood of the earth

and we all play a part in their plan

we all play a part

overstand

we all let them lead us by the hand

and watch as they destroy our homeland

our motherland

and who will stand with me and fight