This is a rap song about the phenomenon of peak oil and its effects on society. The instrumental and partial inspiration comes from the song "Dead and Gone" by T.I. and Justin Timberlake. Hear more of my songs on http://www.myspace.com/mctreez
Oil Will Be Gone
No, we've been driving on this road too long
We need to see that Earth's our home
This lifestyle will be dead and gone, dead and gone
No, we've been driving on this road too long
You can argue but when it's said and done
Our lifestyle will be dead cuz oil will be gone
We've driven so long on this road
We can't lift this heavy load
That we've collected along the way
It weighs too much; gas will be too much to pay
You're gonna have to stay
Products can't be brought by truck
And we will be stuck
Without cars
Because we've gone too far
We don't even know where we are
We go so fast on this gas
They're going to the future but alas
They'll end up back in the past
Because it's all fueled by oil and it won't last
But they want to go, go, go
They said bye before I said hello
But I know
This is the oil peak though
This is just the plateau
Look out below
But they are gonna have to take it slow
We have to slow down our pace
It's not the human race- it's a car race
It's humans that get last place
Machines are heating, depleting, cheating the human race
Stop competing with fellow human beings in a paper chase
Making more of nature erased
Making extinct ones no one can replace
We're just a ball spinning in space
No, we've been driving on this road too long
We need to see that Earth's our home
This lifestyle will be dead and gone, dead and gone
No, we've been driving on this road too long
You can argue but when it's said and done
Our lifestyle will be dead cuz oil will be gone
We're on our way to get somewhere
But we don't wanna go there
Because we're polluting the air
And it makes it hotter everywhere
Our cars will break down beyond repair
So you better prepare
Cuz there won't be much gas to spare
We took so much oil
It made Earth and us spoiled
It'll be gone; what'd you expect?
Now, we have more greenhouse effect
Cars have made the Earth wrecked
We have been driving down this street
Burning oil but it depletes
And it's making the globe heat
Before, we didn't rely on machines
And we didn't need gasoline
We wonder what's wrong with the economy
It started when gas costs more money
The wheels have brought us our fortune
But without oil, it's worth nothun
The machines will be done when it's gone
It allowed our wealth accumulation
And our six billion population
Without oil, many could be dead and gone
Because the fertilizers that fertilize soil
And fertilizers are made from oil
We're beyond our capacity
Gas tanks will be empty
We've been driving on this road too long
We need to see that Earth's our home
This lifestyle will be dead and gone, dead and gone
No, we've been driving on this road too long
You can argue but when it's said and done
Our lifestyle will be dead cuz oil will be gone
Oil production decreased, took too much, gone too far
The Earth is hot and stressed cuz we keep driving our cars
We keep going back and forth; we need to be happy where we are
That lifestyle's dead and gone, but we'll still be alive
Oil production decreased, took too much, gone too far
We've got to get less cuz we keep driving our cars
We keep going back and forth; we need to be happy where we are
That lifestyle's dead and gone, but we'll still be alive
Oh, we've been driving on this road too long
We need to see that Earth's our home
This lifestyle will be dead and gone, dead and gone
No, we've been driving on this road too long
You can argue but when it's said and done
Our lifestyle will be dead cuz oil will be gone
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When The Oil Runs Out by Newtown Neuroticsby ctevied9,360 views
Thank you for watching and listening. I tried to make it the best I could with what I had. I also think the sound quality can be a statement for lowering standards and expectations for technology and just accepting things how they are flaws and all. :o) I can hear it good enough. And the traditional response to youtube dislikes: 1 person thinks non-renewable resources can be extracted at a exponentially increasing rate indefinitely. :o)
MCTreez1 1 year ago