Making a difference

Voice & Lyrics: Kunal Y. Sevak

Music: "Ghetto Gospel" – Loyal to the Game

Wake up in the morning

Stretch your arms, rub your chin

Start worrying about the day that begins

"Gosh! I'm late again!"

"Will the boss be mad?"

"I hope the car runs fine"

"Is the traffic jam bad?"

While you worry about your petty little problems at hand

There's a world beyond your world, coming to an end

And while you've been sleeping,it has been suffering

It's time you open your eyes and see it my friend

One world sleeps, another's awake

It can't afford to be dozing; survival is at stake

3 billion people live on a dollar a day

And tonight, 20,000 won't see the light of the day

20 million on the streets, a quarter billion with AIDS

But on this side of the Earth everything is okay

10 percent of the richest possess 85 percent of the wealth; I'm just saying

"Yo, man! Stop showin' me the stats.

I'm already late for my movie show! Rats!"

"I'm not a super-hero; I've got my own problems"

"Just lost a thousand bucks in last week's market-crash"

If that's a problem, think of thousands living in the tents

Beaten by war, eaten by hunger, driven from their plats

Whatever happened to the joy of giving?

Didn't momma tell us not to keep our good-luck to ourselves?

While your kids are busy with their Playstations

Across the nations, they hack and burn for rations

Ever wondered how every man to his kid is a hero

but when it comes to saving a stranger, he doesn't hasten?

We blame the government for showing apathy and indifference

Forgetting the power we have in us to go the distance

Your heart is the birthplace of a revolution

Little changes go a long way in making a difference

Did you know, a billion trees are slashed

every year, to meet our rising paper demands?

Did you know, the leftover, you just trashed

could feed a family of four in rural Sudan?

Did you know, a quarter of kerosene

is enough to light up an entire house in my land?

When I close my eyes I see: To fetch a bucket of water

some moms and daughters walking for miles, hand in hand

These are a few things we'll never know

Unless we say hello to conscience and search for our souls

Unless we give up being stone-cold

Unless we open our minds and let our hearts unfold

But how can we, Jesus, money is our only goal

And the greed inside, to us, is dearer than gold

Who gives a shit about the Ozone hole?

We won't stop until the last drop of oil is sold

That's right; this is the story untold

of our times The doom staring us in the eyes

But we've still got hope Yeah, we still got time

Even the darkest of cloud has gotta have a silver line

Act now, before it's too late

And let's write a new beginning, starting today

Global warming can't be reversed in a day

But if we change our ways, we could weaken its pace

Your heart is the birthplace of a revolution

Little changes go a long way in making a difference

If we got enemies, Lord gave us the weapons

Stop waiting for a change and let's make it happen

This Christmas

Let's make a difference

"Become the change you wish to see in the world"

- Mahatma Gandhi

http://www.greatfacts.com/

http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats

http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/archive/index.php/t-180479.html

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http://www.cleanair.org/Waste/wasteFacts.html