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As the old adage goes 'Water, Water everywhere, not a drop to drink'!
According to UNICEF, Four billion people — almost two-thirds of the world’s population — experience severe water scarcity for at least one month each year.
With only 2.5% of the world's water being drinking water, isn't it humbling and shocking to see how much we take this natural resource for granted?
Before it's too late, it's time to
Stand up for the water!
Stand up for the planet!
Because...if we don't act NOW, it is estimated that some 700 million people could be displaced by intense water scarcity by 2030, and it could be ANY OF US!
Presenting LIQUID COURAGE, an original composition blending Synthpop with Indian Classical and HipHop. The song is about an urgent outcry to take the water crisis seriously. In this song, we feature a rare water-based instrument called the Jaltarang. This instrument is played with porcelain bowls with water and chopsticks.
Composed by: Kumar Gunasekaran & Madhu Sowndararajan
Hip Hop Vocals: Dogman Rukus
Jaltarang & Classical Vocals: Madhu Sowndararajan
Lyrics: Michael Harding
Performed, Arranged, and Produced by Retropolitan
Album artwork created with the help of Dall-E
AI prompts and additional artwork: Manuela Saftoiu
If you find this song inspiring, share a few words of awareness about water with others.
This is our problem! We are all in this together!
Lyrics:
What we gonna do as this thing be upon us
Catching every drop as the rain it rains on us
A shortage yo, but the shortage getting shorter
We gotta all unite, we gotta bring some order
Hear the cry one time, we're running out of water
And like a bussin' dam, we're pressing on the border
Corp dried the creek up, big problems sneak up
Worldwide catastrophe, but we can beat the enemy
Water is life and life is water, gotta know that
We all need it to survive, that's a true fact
We're all responsible to care for our planet
The misuse of water, yo, we gotta ban it
What we gonna do, what we gonna do
The end is in view
So what we gonna do
What we gonna do, what we gonna do
The end is in view
What we gonna do
Stand up for the people means stand up for the water
It's live or die, yo
Stand up for the people and the future and the order
So that is why yo
Stand up for the people means stand up for the water
It's live or die, yo
Stand up for the people and the future and the order
So that is why yo
Stand up to the
Yeah
Stand up for the water
Yeah, we can't be naive to the truth, man
Stand for the water, for the water
- Genre
- Hip-hop & Rap