Animals; by Jaimie G
Breakfast, dinner, lunch, bunch, Montreal poutine: VEGAN.
Now that’s a privilege that I choose.
But I got a bunch of reasons for munching seasoned greens instead of animals
That’s a choice that's affecting the whole planet.
So, if you don’t understand, let me try to put it better.
Animal agriculture is worse for the environment than all travel put together.
And the hungry in the world don't have to be starving.
But thanks to capitalism and factory farming,
The facts are alarming, not unfounded belief,
When up to 16 pounds of third-world grain
Is making 1 pound of first-world beef.
And there's poison in the meat.
It's an artery clogging diet, no way to justify it.
Trust me. I used to being proudly carnivorous and glorifying apathy
While animal living conditions were a horrifying tragedy.
A life of pain 'til the day they're slain.
Freedom’s that thing they wish to gain.
But what if it was you, your brother, your sister, your mother, your father, or one of your kids
See then, I don’t think you'd be so quick to dismiss
That a being can exist for reasons other than this.
And yet billions every year are confined, tortured, and living in fear.
And it's been made clear by vivisection, that they feel empathy and pain.
So shouldn’t we stop the testing?
Can anyone say that it's not oppression?
It even comes equipped with a web of intersections.
Do you not expect rage when you got them in a cage,
With nothing but time to plot an escape?
Because animal resistance is not a mystery.
You can look back, there's a lot of history.
And yes, it's a no-brainer
When a captive animal attacks their own trainer!
So fuck the circus, fuck the zoo,
And if you knowingly support it, then fuck you too!
Excuses for abuse that we've assumed since birth.
And people tell me to worry about humans first.
Well, every vegan I know is at demos, shelters, protests, and soup kitchens.
So tell me, how the fuck are you living?
'Cause I got beef with beef, that’s a huge waste of water.
And there's no such thing as humane slaughter.
You can give them space if it helps you cope,
But how does it feel when you slit its throat?
Now that’s a privilege that I choose.
But I got a bunch of reasons for munching seasoned greens instead of animals
That’s a choice that's affecting the whole planet.
So, if you don’t understand, let me try to put it better.
Animal agriculture is worse for the environment than all travel put together.
And the hungry in the world don't have to be starving.
But thanks to capitalism and factory farming,
The facts are alarming, not unfounded belief,
When up to 16 pounds of third-world grain
Is making 1 pound of first-world beef.
And there's poison in the meat.
It's an artery clogging diet, no way to justify it.
Trust me. I used to being proudly carnivorous and glorifying apathy
While animal living conditions were a horrifying tragedy.
A life of pain 'til the day they're slain.
Freedom’s that thing they wish to gain.
But what if it was you, your brother, your sister, your mother, your father, or one of your kids
See then, I don’t think you'd be so quick to dismiss
That a being can exist for reasons other than this.
And yet billions every year are confined, tortured, and living in fear.
And it's been made clear by vivisection, that they feel empathy and pain.
So shouldn’t we stop the testing?
Can anyone say that it's not oppression?
It even comes equipped with a web of intersections.
Do you not expect rage when you got them in a cage,
With nothing but time to plot an escape?
Because animal resistance is not a mystery.
You can look back, there's a lot of history.
And yes, it's a no-brainer
When a captive animal attacks their own trainer!
So fuck the circus, fuck the zoo,
And if you knowingly support it, then fuck you too!
Excuses for abuse that we've assumed since birth.
And people tell me to worry about humans first.
Well, every vegan I know is at demos, shelters, protests, and soup kitchens.
So tell me, how the fuck are you living?
'Cause I got beef with beef, that’s a huge waste of water.
And there's no such thing as humane slaughter.
You can give them space if it helps you cope,
But how does it feel when you slit its throat?
