Existence on this planet
\nIs currently under fire
\nThe realization of what is being done here
\nIs so dire
\nFor me it is undeniable
\nWhy corporations feel
\nAnd they all appear indestructable
\nWhatever they conceal<\/p>\n
The pipelines now criss crossing
\nAmerica today
\nUsing eminent domain
\nTo clear people out of the way
\nUnbelievable distances
\nFrom fracking pads to where
\nRefining is then going on
\nAnd no one seems to care<\/p>\n
From the tar sands in Alberta
\nThe black peanut butter rolls
\nNow under our farmland
\nWith unremitting goals
\nThe people bear the greatest risk
\nFor water is afterall
\nLife and all these spillages
\nMake us out to be the fool<\/p>\n
For ever signing up to this
\nThey are arteries so foul
\nRunning close to where we live
\nShould we have thrown in the towel
\nGive up and just expect the worst
\nOr imagine all is well
\nThese pipes are carrying the crudest oil
\nThat ever came from Hell<\/p>\n
Spillages are one a day at least
\nAccording to
\nStatistics gas and crude and
\nHazardous liquids do
\nThey tell us they are as safe as houses
\nBut of course thats one big lie
\nAnd risking life and limb for them
\nIs foolish and you can see why<\/p>\n
At DAPL thats a 750 mm size
\nGoes around the standing rocks land
\nNow thats a big surprise
\nThey tried to route near Bismarch
\nBut all the white folk there
\nSaid sod off with your black snake
\nJust run it somewhere<\/p>\n
So they without permisssion
\nRan it by standing rock
\nCarving up their sacred lands
\nEminent domain big shock
\nWhen the indigenous people
\nSaid we don’t want it here
\nThen they got a great big shock
\nBeing presented with some fear<\/p>\n
The mercenaries came to town
\nThe law enforcement too
\nThe national guard oh yea
\nThey are hard
\nIn what they chose to do
\nHumvees water cannons rubber bullets they
\nFired bean bag rounds at the elders
\nStanding in their way<\/p>\n
With prayer sticks and with smudge sticks
\nThey were pepper sprayed
\nMaced encased in chemicals
\nIn them they all laid
\nSo much force and evil
\nAnd the media didnt care
\nThey were getting beaten up
\nEvery blooming where<\/p>\n
And so they called for back up
\nAnd hundreds of tribes did come
\nThousands of people hit the road
\nNo they were not so dumb
\nAnd then there was a stand off
\nAnd many injured souls
\nMost on the indigenous side
\nBeaten up by trolls<\/p>\n
And there have been big spillages
\nRecently as well
\n176,000 gallons
\nDoesnt that sound swell
\nInto the ash coulee creek it went
\nFrom a six inch pipe
\nThe monitoring equipment failed
\nAs usual corporate tripe!<\/p>\n
3 years before 200 miles away
\nFrom this new line
\n840,000 gallons spilled
\nWas there a sign
\nNo 11 days later
\nThe farmer noticed oil
\nBubbling from his wheat field
\nComing through his soil<\/p>\n
He notified Tesoro
\nThe corporation who
\nHad put in the pipe line
\nTo see what they could do
\nHis livelihood totally ruined
\nHis massive wheat yield lost
\nTo clear it up 4 million dollars
\nBut reality shows the cost<\/p>\n
Three years and three months later
\nThe remedial work will cost
\n60 million dollars and the work he lost
\nAgain the so called pipe controls
\nDidnt work at all
\nThe corporation apologized
\nBut again who is the fool?<\/p>\n
For believing what they tell us
\nAnd what if this pipeline here
\nGoes ahead and theres spillage
\nInto the water its clear
\nWould really be significant
\nAnd awful in the extreme
\nWith fresh water being impossible
\nAnd no way to redeem<\/p>\n
DAPL Must be cancelled
\nThey really tried it on
\nThey bypassed the reporting stage
\nSegregation gone
\nThey hoped to use their muscles
\nAnd frighten folk away
\nBut came up against the indigenous
\nAnd the order of the day<\/p>\n
The world became aware of it
\nVia facebook and live feeds
\nWe watched the bloody law enforcement
\nAnd their dirty deeds
\nAnd the lies they put out daily
\nThe sheriff and his crew
\nDressed up in the warring kits
\nTo do what they did do<\/p>\n
Brave men of the nation
\nKitted robo cops
\nFighting pregnant women
\nAnd elders full of strops
\nFiring rubber bullets
\nAt women and children too
\nThis the bravest law enforcement
\nThats what they did do<\/p>\n
And everyone could see it
\nTheir mouths were full of lies
\nBeating up young warriors
\nWas that a surprise
\nNot really they were cowards at heart
\nRobots in the field
\nRiot police in army gear
\nAnd with weaponry did build<\/p>\n
A kind of violent staging
\nOn the hill and on the road
\nShouting out their messages
\nTrying hard to goad
\nThe warriors who didnt have weapons
\nThey just stood their ground
\nMost just with their prayer sticks
\nGetting beaten and the sound<\/p>\n
Of cannon fire and concussion grenades
\nAnd helicopters over head
\nIt was surveillance 24\/7
\nEven in their bed
\nShining bright lights
\nThrough their teepees that was what they did do
\nPutting the fear of god up them
\nSo therefore nothings new<\/p>\n
And with obama in the white house
\nLetting it go on
\nThe sheriff telling loads of lies
\nAll of that a con
\nActors and personalities arrested
\nAnd in jail
\nStripped searched some left naked
\nAnd, some with no bail<\/p>\n
Thats what they were doing
\nWorking the corporate through
\nAs for the tax paying natives
\nTreated like fools what to do
\nWait to get beaten up daily
\nSend in the vets was the cry
\nThey called for 1000
\nAnd 4000 came and another 500 no lie<\/p>\n
Wells fargo and citi bank banking
\nAnd other banks backing these lines
\nDivest is the word they were using
\nWake up and just see the signs
\nMoney began pouring into the camps
\nAnd more people joined up as well
\nIt was all growing and growing
\nETP though felt like hell<\/p>\n
The contract was due to expire very soon
\nAnd they wanted to carry on
\nBut obama embalmer got off his proud horse
\nAnd said shut it all down or be gone<\/p>\n
So now what we must do all over AmericA
\nIs realise that these pipes
\nAre coming the drumming
\nyou better be hearing
\nAny of you they will be clearing<\/p>\n
Your homes your farmland your gardens
\nThats what they are going to do
\nAll the wild creatures that live on the land
\nWill be killed off, that is true<\/p>\n
All the wild forests all the green spaces
\nPark lands and gardens those airs and graces
\nSoon will be dug up and frack pads installed
\nMethane and noise you will be over ruled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Existence on this planet Is currently under fire The realization of what is being done here Is so dire For me it is undeniable Why corporations feel And they all appear indestructable Whatever they conceal The pipelines now criss crossing … Continue reading