Ok friends, finally a new song from my new album “People”!
I’m sure everyone’s heard of the Oil Spill in Louisiana, U.S.A. Well, this has been going on in the Delta region of my country, Nigeria, for years. If we care about Louisiana, then we should be flipping out over the Delta.
This region used to be one of the most beautiful places ever. Water everywhere. Clean water. Green land, clear skies. Now completely destroyed by oil. Fishing was the main source of income for the people.
Check out this link if you want to see some images I found online:
Nigeria vs. Shell
This song was not to be released till much later, but considering what’s going on here now, I figured, it’s time for people to see all the dirty little secrets that those with power don’t want you to see.
The Delta of Nigeria inspired me to write “DEAR HUNTER”! (See below for lyrics and visit Myspace.com/UruMusic to hear my new track!)
All My Love….
~Uru
Dear Hunter,
I’m writing this letter to say…Enough!
My land is broken… My jewels are gone…
My trees are fallen… My rivers don’t run…
What I’m trying to say is…
You can’t kill something and expect it to keep giving you life.
You’re killing me…
Nothing will grow where
Nothing is green
Once I was whole
Once I was clean
Once I had riches
Once I had streams
Now I have ditches
And hungry dreams
For all you’ve taken
You want more
For all I’ve given
I am poor
No fruit, no seed
No milk, no honey
All for greed
All for money
No fish, no water
No land, no lake
Dear Hunter
My back you break
Acid tears
Fall from my skies
Smoke in the air
Smoke in my eyes
But you don’t see
Cos you don’t care
No, you want me
To disappear
For all you’ve taken
You want more
For all I’ve given
I am poor
No fruit, no seed
No milk, no honey
All for greed
All for money
No fish, no water
No land, no lake
Dear Hunter
My back you break
You dig, you drill
You torch, you burn
You rig, you spill
Then you return
You empty my rivers
You fill them with dirt
My broken shoulders
You strike and hurt
You scratch my face
You cut my heart
Come see the place
That you have scarred
I am the sacred
But I am not free
If I am naked
Will you see
Naija, I feel you. Sierra Leone, I feel you
Congo, Gabon, Zambia…. DELTA
Darfur, I feel you. Cote D’Ivoire, I feel you
Cameroon, Guinea, Rwanda….
Africa…
©Uru2006