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Lyrics to MC
Tino’s first place anti-bush fire song.
My
dear brothers
Listen
to my message because the bad times are over
The
fire is hell, and I, I have done nothing.
Because
when they say hell, its all the bad in the world gathered together:
Famine,
poverty, sickness, etc.
So,
for a good life, avoid bush fires
Close
to a river
I sing
my creed
So
that bush fires
Are
stopped in Africa
Are
stopped in Togo
Are
stopped in my village
Granary
burned, houses on fire, farms devastated
Everywhere
everywhere everywhere
We
hear the cries
The
lamentations from four sides
How
that is sad
How
that makes one cry
To
listen to your mother cry
In
distress
How
that hurts
How
that brings pity
To
hear papa sing calamity
What
life is hell
That
we create
By
lighting bush fires
My
brothers, sisters, parents and friends
Take
concieonce in listening
To
this song
And
avoid nothing but the irreparable
I've
run through the places
Under
the smokey eyes of the sky
No
trrace of trees
No
trace of life
And
its not the fault of the godless
Why
must you burn the forest for a bush rat?
Why
must you burn the forest for a meal?
The
sky will be dry, the trees will be burned
The
rain far away
These
things will bring soil erosion, desertification
See
the famine!
Halt!
Halt! Halt! I say to bush fires
If
not, the desert will be our keeper
Halt
halt halt! I say to bush fires
If
not, the famine will show us who it is
Instead
of burning, reforest
Extinguish
cooking fires
Before
leaving your farm
Build
a fire break
Around
your farms
In
your plantations
In
your villages
To
avoid the irreparable
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