Ecology Poem - Mutabaruka

Now you mixin' up fantasy wid reality

Cuttin' down de tree

No leaves to stop de smoke

Chokin' our lives to death wi fret

An' wanda why people die

De earth breathes

An' no one feels

Can’t you se we

Are usin' up our time

It’s a crime

Downright insanity

Mixin' up fantasy

Not knowin' reality

Ozone depletion

No discretion

Soon mutation

Man pollution

Man destruction

Wen will we see

That fantasy is not reality

Disregardin' health

Storin' up wealth

Is this a joke

We might all go up in smoke

Take a look at you and me

Check what is been done to de sea

Fishes cannot breathe on lan'

Talkin' about mutation de forest

De birds animals too

Tell me wat are they supposed to do

Wen you build your world of pollution

Is total annihilation your solution

So what are you going to do

To help us get through

This seemingly cloud of gloom

That could bring man’s doom

Wake up to dis gift around

Listen to de soun'

Of de earth the trees the sky

Den tell me why must we die

Because u can’t tell fantasy

From reality

Tell me why must we die usin' vanity

Trying to save humanity

With your insanity

Mixin' fantasy with reality

Tell me why