Story Behind The Song
The song was inspired by hearing someone on radio discussing how the US has five percent of the earth's people and uses twenty-five percent of its resources.
Song Description
Shouldn't we be wiser as human being in meeting people's basic needs for food and health care, and protecting the environment?
| Song Length |
5:03 |
Genre |
Jazz - Contemporary, World - Reggae/Caribbean |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Welcoming |
Subject |
Justice, Earth |
| Similar Artists |
Najee, Tracy Chapman |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Spirit of stone
River, lake and sea
Prophesy
What our lives will be
If we walk
Further down this road
What?s the price
That we will owe
If we?re older
Shouldn?t we be wiser
If we?re younger
We have that excuse
But it?s our children
Who?ll reap the whirlwind
Of a vision
So destitute
Three thousand years
Have the prophets warned
But we hung
Them at the gates
Feed the hungry
And care for the sick
Rich man says
They?ll have to wait
If we?re older
Shouldn?t we be wiser
If we?re younger
We have that excuse
But it?s our children
Who?ll reap the whirlwind
Of a vision
So destitute
Three thousand years
The poor have waited
For the tide
That will lift all boats
Economists
Say poverty?s purpose
Is to keep
The world afloat
If we?re older
Shouldn?t we be wiser
If we?re younger
We have that excuse
But it?s our children
Who?ll reap the whirlwind
Of a vision
So destitute
Most of us
Aren?t poor or wealthy
Just commuters
On this train
But if we see
That a crash is coming
Shouldn?t we call
The driver?s name
If we?re older
Shouldn?t we be wiser
If we?re younger
We have that excuse
But it?s our children
Who?ll reap the whirlwind
Of a vision
So destitute
We all elect
Our driver leaders
So there?s no-
One else to blame
When we?re fall-
ing off the mountain
We must make
Our choices plain
If we?re older
Shouldn?t we be wiser
If we?re younger
We have that excuse
But it?s our children
Who?ll reap the whirlwind
Of a vision
So destitute
We who are five percent
Of the world?s people
Use a quarter
Of the earth?s resource
Yet forty million people
With no health insurance
Says it?s time
We change our course
If we?re older
Shouldn?t we be wiser
If we?re younger
We have that excuse
But it?s our children
Who?ll reap the whirlwind
Of a vision
So destitute