I can’t help?

I’m an insect

A fly on the wall

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I can see what’s been happening

when I reach out and call

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I’m lost in the woodwork

Roots hold me down to the ground

The head of the town

Tramples forests and mountains

When they come around

They don’t notice the buzz in the air

And they don’t seem to care

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They are protected

With a screen and by a crown

They may ignore completely

Or hover over and pound

They are being unfair

But some don’t even know

We share the same air

Think they’re fast

But they’re slow

They are humans unaware

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We are every living creature

And the river’s undertow

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They hide behind walls

Like I do myself

We work hard for our living

They just want more wealth

I’m denied when I crawl

But they are beaten down and broken

It’s so convenient that the system

sets back loving words spoken

Brush us off

we are all a nuisance

With feelings and soul

I honestly sense

Karma’s patience grows old

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Talk the talk

Walk the walk

I’ve been here before

It’s a lovely place

It is freedom’s shore

People were killed so you could be born

And many still suffer because of our scorn

We have a hard world

But our worlds is not torn

Like so many before us

Covered in orange

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I can’t help?

I’m a reptile

A snake in the grass

I can see what’s been happening

And I’ll take a hard pass

I won’t crawl under a rock

I work to cover more ground

The country we “found”

Has forests and mountains

Will humanity rebound?

They don’t notice the lies being told

Or the souls that are sold

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Some find protection

Being mean, wearing a frown

They may ignore completely

Or stay above and push down

They are being too cold

But some don’t even know

While they’ve been told

Think they are fast

But they are slow

They think that they are “in the fold”

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We are every living creature

And the bright sun’s warmest glow

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They hide in the grass

Like I do myself

We work hard for our living

And care for our health

I still smile when I crawl

So I don’t feel beaten down and broken

It’s ridiculous that the system

sets back loving words spoken

Brush us off

We are all a bad joke

With feelings and soul

It is common sense

Humanity should not be bought and sold

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Talk the talk

Walk the walk

They were here before

It’s a permanent place

For some: Freedom no more

People were killed

Hope will be reborn

Yet many suffer more

because of our scorn

This is everyone’s world

But their world is torn

Help culture restore

Show up in orange

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I can’t help?

I’m human

A man with a plan

I can see what’s been happening

just how I understand

We work on this project

Can we get it off the ground?

Try to share what we’ve found

Cities, forests and mountains

All come with a sound

While injustice is the buzz in the air

Hope folks can change

And start taking care

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We can protect more

Living beings all around

We can’t ignore completely

Real feelings we can’t discount

I mean come on: fair is fair

Make it all that we know

We must clear the air

Think we are Fast

But we are slow

Make more people aware

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We are every living creature

Science and religion will show

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They hide in the plans

Like I do myself

We work hard for our living

With our books on a shelf

I’ve decided, I’ll crawl

So no one is beaten down and broken

I’m just here to see that the system

won’t set back loving words spoken

Brush us off

we are all abusive

With feelings and soul

It makes perfect sense

No one should be left out in the cold

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Talk the talk

Walk the walk

We will live before

It’s a beautiful place

True freedom’s hard core

People were killed

so we could be born

No living being should suffer

And never through scorn

Their is only one world

Aim for a world

Where no mind is torn

With days to restore

Respect in orange

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