Written and performed at 17 years old on behalf of The Lorax.
Lyrics:
How does a shortish, oldish, weird kind of a man, try and make
a difference throughout all of the land,
Aggravating by advocating for everything that he sees,
When all he wants to do is speak for the trees
The orange colored, Supporter of sea to shining sea,
Realized, that there was something really wrong with our trees,
But it was not just the trees, it was the whole world as we knew it
Save the earth, he decided he would pursue it
Day by day one step closer to the extinction of our species,
So he gathered up his lessons and decided he would teach these,
From the top of his lungs he screamed this ain’t a hoax
It ain’t no joke
Mother nature is crying from all this smoke
Many hurricanes have came, and devastation has reigned
We have seen our future drip, dripping down the drain
All these catastrophes are ruining our lives,
You better hide yo kids and hide yo wives.
So go ask the Onceler and see what he thinks
I bet he would say what he did really stinks
Enough with the polluting, there's too much back lash
It is time to find an advocate. One with a mustache.
His name is The Lorax
And won’t you help him if you can
Make this world a lot better
We can do this together, do this together
The more trees that go down, more green turns to brown
These rising sea levels mean that we all could drown
So think before you swing with another ga-Zump
You never know when a short orange guy will appear out of that stump
So care about the environment, forget about the money
Because where we are heading it ain’t very funny
A place I can promise that nobody wants to be
Living in a world where you can’t find a tree
There’s gonna be nothin’ left to do
We need some change from all of you
This info should be nothing new
We get one shot, no deja vu
So start workin’, we sure can achieve everything that we believe in
Try and rid the world of our huge carbon footprint
The earth is getting hotter now, let's see if we can stop it
Figured out the temperature, now let’s see if we can drop it
We know just what we need to do so let’s get up off our butts
The only real finger we can point is at us
This message is not a negative one, I promise it’s not
So please don’t take it that way, you simply cannot
We have to invoke change, there is no time to cope
But I am not that worried because when I look out I see hope
The hope comes in you, the hope comes in me
The hope comes from the entire Pingree community
We have to quit this laziness get up on our feet
We are all advocates now, our new identity
And We are all smart enough, that we can all comprehend
That we don't want to see this world coming to an end
So I’m asking you I’m begging you I’m telling you now
We gotta flip this whole thing upside down
Believe in yourself that you can be the change
Make it so we don't have to become estranged
From this wonderful place, that we call home
Remember this is a team fight you are never alone
I got one last thing to say
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it’s not.
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