Something to think about...
The lyrics to "New World Water" by Mos Def:
(Voice-Over): There's nothing more refreshing than a clear, crisp, clean glass of water on a warm summer's day
(Interrupting) : That cool, refreshing drink
(Voice-Over): Try it with your friends
New World Water make the tide rise high/
come inland and make your house go bye/
fools done upset the old man river/
made him carry slave ships/
and fed him dead niggers/
now his belly full and he's about to flood somethin'/
so I'm throwin' rope that ain't tied to nothin'/
Tell your crews use the H2 is wise amounts/
it's the New World Water/
and every drop counts/
you can laugh and take it as a joke if you wanna/
but it don't rain for four weeks some summers/
and it's about to get real wild in the half/
you'll be buyin' Evian just to take a fuckin' bath/
heads is actin' wild, sippin poor, puffin dank/
competin' with the next man for higher playin' rank/
see I ain't got time try an' be big Hank/
fuck a bank, I need a twenty-year water tank/
'cuz while these knuckleheads is out here sweatin' they goods/
the sun is sittin' in the treetops, burnin' the woods/
and as the flames from the blaze gets higher and higher/
they say "don't drink the water...we need it for the fire!"/
New York is drinkin' it (New World Water)/
now all of California is drinkin' it (New World Water)/
way up north and down south is drinkin' it (New World Water)/
used to have minerals and zinc in it (New World Water)/
now they say it got lead and stink in it (New World Water)/
flourocarbons and monoxide/
push the water table lopside/
used to be free now it costs you a fee/
'cuz oil tankers spill they load as they roam 'cross the sea/
maaaaaan...you gotta cook with it, bathe and clean with it (that's right)/
when it's hot, summertime you fiend for it (let 'em know)/
you gotta put it in the iron you steamin' with (that's right)/
it's what they dress wounds and treat diseases with (shout it out)/
the rich and poor, black and white got need for it (that's right)/
and everybody in the world can agree with it (let 'em know)/
consumption promotes health and easiness (that's right)/
go too long without it on this Earth and you're leavin' it (shout it out)/
Americans wasted it on some leisure shit (say word)/
and other nations be desperately seekin' it (let 'em know)/
bacteria washin' up on they beaches (say word)/
"don't drink the water"? son, they can't wash their feet with it (let 'em know)/
young babies in perpetual neediness (say word)/
epidemics hoppin' up off the petri dish (let 'em know)/
control centers try to play all secretive (say word)/
to avoid public panic and freakiness (let 'em know)/
There are places where TB is common as TV/
'cuase foreign-based companies go and get greedy/
the type of cats who pollute the whole shoreline/
have it purified and sell it for a dollar-twenty-five/
Now the world is drinkin' it (New World Water)/
your moms, wife and baby girl is drinkin' it (New World Water)/
up north and down south is drinkin' it (New World Water)/
you just have to go to your sink for it (New World Water)/
the cash registers is goin' cha-chink for it (New World Water)/
Flourocarbons and monoxide/
got the fish lookin' cockeyed/
used to be free, now it costs you a fee/
'cuz it's all about gettin' that cash money/
(Voice-Over): There's nothing more refreshing than a clear, crisp, clean glass of water on a warm summer's day
(Interrupting) : That cool, refreshing drink
(Voice-Over): Try it with your friends
New World Water make the tide rise high/
come inland and make your house go bye/
fools done upset the old man river/
made him carry slave ships/
and fed him dead niggers/
now his belly full and he's about to flood somethin'/
so I'm throwin' rope that ain't tied to nothin'/
Tell your crews use the H2 is wise amounts/
it's the New World Water/
and every drop counts/
you can laugh and take it as a joke if you wanna/
but it don't rain for four weeks some summers/
and it's about to get real wild in the half/
you'll be buyin' Evian just to take a fuckin' bath/
heads is actin' wild, sippin poor, puffin dank/
competin' with the next man for higher playin' rank/
see I ain't got time try an' be big Hank/
fuck a bank, I need a twenty-year water tank/
'cuz while these knuckleheads is out here sweatin' they goods/
the sun is sittin' in the treetops, burnin' the woods/
and as the flames from the blaze gets higher and higher/
they say "don't drink the water...we need it for the fire!"/
New York is drinkin' it (New World Water)/
now all of California is drinkin' it (New World Water)/
way up north and down south is drinkin' it (New World Water)/
used to have minerals and zinc in it (New World Water)/
now they say it got lead and stink in it (New World Water)/
flourocarbons and monoxide/
push the water table lopside/
used to be free now it costs you a fee/
'cuz oil tankers spill they load as they roam 'cross the sea/
maaaaaan...you gotta cook with it, bathe and clean with it (that's right)/
when it's hot, summertime you fiend for it (let 'em know)/
you gotta put it in the iron you steamin' with (that's right)/
it's what they dress wounds and treat diseases with (shout it out)/
the rich and poor, black and white got need for it (that's right)/
and everybody in the world can agree with it (let 'em know)/
consumption promotes health and easiness (that's right)/
go too long without it on this Earth and you're leavin' it (shout it out)/
Americans wasted it on some leisure shit (say word)/
and other nations be desperately seekin' it (let 'em know)/
bacteria washin' up on they beaches (say word)/
"don't drink the water"? son, they can't wash their feet with it (let 'em know)/
young babies in perpetual neediness (say word)/
epidemics hoppin' up off the petri dish (let 'em know)/
control centers try to play all secretive (say word)/
to avoid public panic and freakiness (let 'em know)/
There are places where TB is common as TV/
'cuase foreign-based companies go and get greedy/
the type of cats who pollute the whole shoreline/
have it purified and sell it for a dollar-twenty-five/
Now the world is drinkin' it (New World Water)/
your moms, wife and baby girl is drinkin' it (New World Water)/
up north and down south is drinkin' it (New World Water)/
you just have to go to your sink for it (New World Water)/
the cash registers is goin' cha-chink for it (New World Water)/
Flourocarbons and monoxide/
got the fish lookin' cockeyed/
used to be free, now it costs you a fee/
'cuz it's all about gettin' that cash money/