Lyrics By:      Chet Powers<\/span><\/h4>\n

Chester William “Chet” Powers, Jr. was an American singer-songwriter,
\nand under the stage name Dino Valenti one of the lead singers of the
\nrock group Quicksilver Messenger Service. As a songwriter,
\nhe was known as Jesse Oris Farrow. <\/span><\/span><\/span> Dino Valenti also wrote the Iconic ‘Peace & Love Song:’  ‘Get Together’ made popular in a recording by ‘The Youngbloods’ in 1967.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What About Me ?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

You poisoned my sweet water<\/span>
\nYou cut down my green trees<\/span>
\nThe food you fed my children<\/span>
\nWas the cause of their disease<\/span><\/p>\n

My world is slowly fallin’ down<\/span>
\nAnd the airs not good to breathe<\/span>
\nAnd those of us who care enough<\/span>
\nWe have to do something<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, oh, what you gonna do about me?<\/span>
\nOh, oh, what you gonna do about me?<\/span><\/p>\n

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The writer seems to express not only his personal angst, but also pleads the case of  ‘Mother Earth:’ <\/h3>\n

What are you (HomoSapiens) Goin’ to Do About Me (Earth)?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

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As our Human Species<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nenters the era of Covid-19, perhaps clarity around our global priorities will emerge.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

With new eyes, <\/span><\/em><\/strong>can we see
\nFive Aspects<\/span> of mankind’s situation upon which we must agree: <\/h3>\n

PLANET<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nPEOPLE<\/span><\/strong>
\nPROFITS<\/span><\/strong>
\nPROPHETS<\/span><\/strong>
\nPRIVILEGE<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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We well may ask:  ‘WHAT MATTERS MOST to OUR SPECIES ?’<\/span><\/h3>\n

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But Much More Importantly:<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

\nWHAT MATTERS MOST to OUR HOME:
\nThe Place we inhabit in the Natural World, of which we are a tiny but very destructive element ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Is the human species ready<\/span>
\nto grasp & effectively deal with<\/span>
\nthis reality ?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Natural World can & will thrive<\/span>
\nWITHOUT<\/span>
\nTHE HUMAN SPECIES.<\/span> <\/span><\/h2>\n

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The REVERSE <\/strong><\/span>
\nIS NOT TRUE<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cO, brave new world that has such people in it!\u201d \u2015 William Shakespeare,  from his play: The Tempest The awareness that modern mankind’s activities, particularly since the widespread use and exploitation of fossil fuels and the age of Industrialization has had ever-more impactful consequences for Planet Earth emerged gradually, perhaps beginning in a significant way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-145","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gravenewworld.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gravenewworld.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gravenewworld.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gravenewworld.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gravenewworld.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/gravenewworld.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407,"href":"https:\/\/gravenewworld.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145\/revisions\/407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gravenewworld.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}