You pollute our planet
Money rules your life
You are nothing but a bandit
Taking away our rights
You spilled toxins in our water
And didn't even care
Not worried about a slaughter
You continue to foul our air
You are killing us slowly
You contaminate our wells
We unknowingly drink your poison
As you cash in your company's shares
Almost Four-Hundred Thousand gallons of dumped oil
A poisoning in North Dakota
Keystone Pipeline's second spill Contaminating the soil
Over a million gallons leaked total
6,600 fracking waste spills in four States
Poisoning the watershed in all those places
So your pockets can be lined with green
While Republicans keep up deregulation
Flint, Michigan still don't have clean water
D.C to allow fracking and drilling in national forests
Our climate continues to get hotter
Coal companies blowing up mountains don't matter
You are killing us slowly
You lace our children with cancer
We continue to drink your poison
You never give us straight answers
Water is a necessity of life
But corporations like money more
They don't care if we live or die
Bribes give our leaders a big score
You are killing us slowly
Death will come early for us all
You can't drink money
It will be America's downfall
© 2019 Michael Messinger(All rights reserved)
Nov 27, 2019
Nov 27, 2019 at 2:59 PM UTC
You pollute our planet
Money rules your life
You are nothing but a bandit
Taking away our rights
You spilled toxins in our water
And didn't even care
Not worried about a slaughter
You continue to foul our air
You are killing us slowly
You contaminate our wells
We unknowingly drink your poison
As you cash in your company's shares
Almost Four-Hundred Thousand gallons of dumped oil
A poisoning in North Dakota
Keystone Pipeline's second spill Contaminating the soil
Over a million gallons leaked total
6,600 fracking waste spills in four States
Poisoning the watershed in all those places
So your pockets can be lined with green
While Republicans keep up deregulation
Flint, Michigan still don't have clean water
D.C to allow fracking and drilling in national forests
Our climate continues to get hotter
Coal companies blowing up mountains don't matter
You are killing us slowly
You lace our children with cancer
We continue to drink your poison
You never give us straight answers
Water is a necessity of life
But corporations like money more
They don't care if we live or die
Bribes give our leaders a big score
You are killing us slowly
Death will come early for us all
You can't drink money
It will be America's downfall
© 2019 Michael Messinger(All rights reserved)
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