Written by: Vandita
Woody Harrelson shares his powerful ‘thoughts from within’ on Monsanto, and you can’t disagree with him…
A strong advocate of legalization of marijuana, Hollywood actor Woody Harrelson, known for his role as a brainless bartender in the popular sitcom Cheers, has come out with a powerful video. Through the video (his own poem put together with related images) Woody expresses his views on environment, government, today’s society at large and the need for change.
Woody doesn’t mince words in his poetic expression and is pretty straight forward as he shares his thoughts about the state of world as it really is. His poem beautifully captures and brings to the fore the issues ordinary people helplessly face in today’s world. Watch the video below:
Lyrics of Woody’s poem…
I sometimes feel like an alien creature
for which there is no earthly explanation
Sure I have human form
walking erect and opposing digits,
but my mind is upside down.
I feel like a run-on sentence
in a punctuation crazy world.
and I see the world around me
like a mad collective dream.
An endless stream of people
move like ants from the freeway
cell phones, pc’s, and digital displays
“In money we trust,”
we’ll find happiness
the prevailing attitude;
like a genetically modified irradiated Big Mac
is somehow symbolic of food.
Morality is legislated
prisons over-populated
religion is incorporated
the profit-motive has permeated all activity
we pay our government to let us park on the street
And war is the biggest money-maker of all
we all know missile envy only comes from being small.
Politicians and prostitutes
are comfortable together
I wonder if they talk about the strange change in the weather.
This government was founded by, of, and for the people
but everybody feels it
like a giant open sore
they don’t represent us anymore
And blaming the President for the country’s woes
is like yelling at a puppet
for the way it sings
Who’s the man behind the curtain pulling the strings?
A billion people sitting watching their TV
in the room that they call living
but as for me
I see living as loving
and since there is no loving room
I sit on the grass under a tree
dreaming of the way things used to be
Pre-Industrial Revolution
which of course is before the rivers and oceans, and skies were polluted
Before Parkinson’s, and mad cows
and all the convoluted cacophony of bad ideas
like skyscrapers, and tree paper, and earth rapers
like Monsanto and Dupont had their way
as they continue to today.
This was Pre-us
back when the buffalo roamed
and the Indian’s home
was the forest, and God was nature
and heaven was here and now
Can you imagine clean water, food, and air
living in community with animals and people who care?
Do you dare to feel responsible for every dollar you lay down
are you going to make the rich man richer
or are you going to stand your ground
You say you want a revolution
a communal evolution
to be a part of the solution
maybe I’ll be seeing you around…
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Source:
http://livefreelivenatural.com/listen-woody-harrelson-call-monsanto-earth-rapers/
It’s actually called rapist, not raper.
I thought that was deep and thought provoking… Woody is as beautiful on the inside as he is on the outside xo
If one would like to see a really thought provoking documentary, watch General Orders No. 9
“Deer trail becomes indian trail becomes county road”
“The City is not a place, but a thing. It has all the characteristics of a machine.”
Thanks for posting the words to Woody’s poem. I found the music in the video made it hard to hear his words clearly.