For those parents, teachers, and children interested in raising awareness about the eminent extinction of polar bears, elephants, and more, I’ve written a rap/chant. There are two versions. This one has only the words.
This one has pictures.
You are free to use it in any non-commercial pro-conservation activity. Please provide a link back to this page or my youtube site.
Here are the words:
extinction
Down in the trees
Where the elephants roamed
We built a dam
And flooded their home
We took their tusks
for ivory keys
Made some do tricks
On painful knees
Now we must ask
Do we not realize
When the elephants die
They’ll be gone for good
Down on the plains
Where the rhinos ranged
We built a farm
And the land was changed
We took their horns
To make strange brews
And locked the calves
Inside of zoos.
Now we must ask
Do we not realize
When the rhinos die
They’ll be gone for good.
Up on the ice
Where the polar bears swim
We made it hot
And hard for them
To find ice floes
Where they can sit down
As they hunt for food.
But now they drown.
Now we must ask
Do we not realize
When all the bears die
They’ll be gone for good
Deep in the sea
Where the whales reside
We hunted them down
While their families cried
We chopped them up
For ribs and oil
We sold their meat
Causing great turmoil
Now we must ask
Do we not realize
When all the whales die
They’ll be gone for good
In the northern woods
Where the grey wolves howl
We trapped their legs
When they were on the prowl.
We stuffed their heads
And sold their skin
Now there’s so many deer
For us to thin
Now we must ask
Do we not realize
After all the wolves die
They’ll be gone for good
By the ocean shore
Where the starfish sleep
And the coral grows
The fish swim deep
We dragged our nets
Caught dolphins and more
Threw the dead waste in
Sank them to the floor
Now we must ask
Do we not realize
If the sea life dies
It’ll be gone for good
In the big cities
Where there’s always a crowd
And car horns honk
Everything is loud
We’ll be alone
No life to share
The earth with us
It’ll be all bare
Now we must ask
Do we not realize
After everything dies
It’ll be gone for good
So what can you do
If you’re just a child
To save the earth
And all things wild
Fight for life
You can begin
By living green
And being vegan
Now you must ask
Do they not realize
After everything dies
It’ll be gone for good
Gone for good
Gone for good
Bonnie Ferrante - Books and More for Children 