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Every eight seconds
A child dies in the third world
Because he doesn't have access to water
And they say that in his hot country
It's the sun that dries up the streams
When we know that a tiny fraction
Of all those *** military budgets
Could sustain humans and promise them a future
But the West washes their hands of it
While every 8 seconds
Unbelievable profits are generated
In large multinationals who think that the fundamental right
Of water access should become commercial
Today the source is traded on an exchange
And no one gives a *** about the resource
They tell us it can't run out
No need for sustainable management
There's a dollar sign at the end of potable water
While the rivers flow
Some make money like it's water
Without worrying about ecosystems
It's annoying to say this, but I think that's the gist of the problem...
Every 8 seconds
A new cancer eats at us
Water becoming merchandise
Aqueducts privatized
And complicit governments who improvise
In Montréal, in our underground
They're pumping the water that belongs to us
They pay peanuts for the product, and since they have a monopoly
They make more than the oil companies
Every 8 seconds
I feel a little bit more shame
Faced with this overexploitation and this crisis of destruction of nature for consumption
They act first, ask permission later
And play Monopoly with the Earth
When they own the clouds, the birds, and the glaciers, maybe they'll have had enough
When there will only be 8 seconds left
Before the end of the world
We'll think again about the human race
Who because of greed
Will have brought the planet to the brink of destruction
When there will only be 8 seconds left...
English translation by Brennan Vincent
Cowboys Fringants: Venez en Arizona s'il vous plaît!!!
Every 8 seconds
Anger grows inside of me
When I see my great country full of water
Looted by *** who care nothing for life, sitting in their office buildings
In this Québec of forests and blue gold
These riches need to be used for our benefit
Let's kick our leaders in the pants
Let's become catalysts
Countrymen, the future begins now!