From the recording Voice of the Forest
The Amazon Rainforest, being used for raising cattle. The forest is cut down to make grazing space. That particular soil has the potential to provide grazing for only one year, then it is stripped of nutrients FOREVER. Then they go and cut down some more.
Lyrics
Yeah,
Mmmmhmmm
(Don’t eat the red meat)
They’re tearing down the garden just to graze cattle
(Don’t eat the red meat)
We’re burning down the forest just to raise beef
(Don’t eat the red meat)
We’re poisoning the river just to make fast food
(Don’t eat the red meat)
Do you want to trade our garden for the burgers we eat?
We better get the message
It’s a life and death battle
(That bloody, bloody thing)
We traded in our garden
For a place to raise cattle
(That bloody thing)
Erosion washes the soil away
All that’s left is a desert
(That bloody, bloody thing)
Rain stops falling in that region
And all that’s left is a desert
(Don’t eat the red meat)
They’re tearing down the garden just to graze cattle
(Don’t eat the red meat)
We’re burning down the forest just to raise beef
(Don’t eat the red meat)
We’re poisoning the river just to make the fast food
(Don’t eat the red meat)
Do you want to trade our garden for the burgers we eat?
(Don’t eat the red meat)
We better get the message
It’s a life and death battle
(That bloody, bloody thing)
We traded in our garden
For a place to raise cattle
(That bloody thing)
Erosion washes the soil away
All that’s left is a desert
(That bloody, bloody thing)
Rain stopped falling in that region
And all that’s left is a desert
(All that’s left is a desert)
(Don’t eat the red meat)
Push it away, forget about it