[Verse]
There are many children In South Sudan
Who can’t drink water or eat anything
At all
But meanwhile, we feed a cow
So people can sell meat
And get rich off it
And these children eventually see changes
They have fatigue and diarrhea, they’re apathetic
Their skin changes color, even
And their bellies swell like balloons
Lactose intolerance
But the powdered milk comеs in a bag
Airtight
From Belgium or the United Statеs
From charities with nice-sounding names
Because they have excess milk production
And every passing day they produce more
And they give it away to children in Juba
Mixed with fat and palm oil, which doesn’t help either
[Chorus]
How do you explain to these children
That 80 billion animals each year
Are fattened and slaughtered for meat
Using tons of grain crops?
The grains these children don’t have
Irrigated with the water these children don’t have
And livestock are fattened until they can’t bear their own weight
And in nine weeks they are slaughtered so someone can eat them, over fried
[Verse]
Until they burst
From a heart attack or diabetes
And they open a McDonald’s near the Serengeti
So that rich African men suddenly
Die of Europe’s common diseases
But imagine if all those crops
Went directly to those in need
With soy, potatoes, peanuts
And the craving for meat and milk from the white folks calmed
[Chorus]
Explain to these children
That 80 billion animals each year
Are fattened and slaughtered for meat
Using tons of grain crops
The grains that those children don’t have
[Verse]
But on CNN news
They say food is needed in the world
With raw images of “black kids looking pitiful”
And you say the world is unfair
With a piece of beef on your taste buds
Full of herbs to mask its blandness
You complain about droughts and fires
But it takes 7000 liters of water for one steak
And every day more people eat it in more places
They lower prices and increase stocks
And in Okinawa, people live shorter lives
And China consumes more and more pork
[Chorus]
Explain to these children
That 80 billion animals each year
Are fattened and slaughtered for meat
Using tons of grain crops
The grains that these children don’t have
Irrigated with the water these children don’t have
And livestock are fattened until they can’t bear their own weight
And the child can no longer digest a thick powdered milk formula
[Bridge]
[Outro]
How do you explain to these children
That 80 billion animals each year
Are fattened and slaughtered for meat
Eggs, milk, cheese, yogurt, and pudding
And meanwhile, 800 million humans are starving
In Niger, Mozambique, Somalia, or Sudan?
80 billion animals each year
Are fattened and slaughtered for meat
Eggs, milk, cheese, yogurt, and pudding
And meanwhile, 800 million humans are starving
In Niger, Mozambique, Somalia, or Sudan