The Rape Of The World Lyrics

Lyric discussion by stoolhardy 

Cover art for The Rape Of The World lyrics by Tracy Chapman

The title of this song stuck out at me like a sore thumb. As Cartman would say, this song is a bunch of Hippie bulls**t.

Nature keeps you ALIVE, you G.O.P. parrot. It's not just a warehouse to fatten your bank account. Show it some respect. True environmentalism is common sense, not a hippie cause. Read about the history of why the EPA was created. Pollution is anti-life, not patriotic.

It's ironic how you folks claim to be "pro life" but only in the context of cranking out human babies. You ignore the effects of human overpopulation; arguably the biggest environmental problem of all. This finite planet can't keep absorbing ~80 MILLION more people each year. It's an obscene number, amplified by technological...