The Great Outdoors

Can civilization progress without all the killing?

It doesn’t take much; we just have to be willing

People hunt for sport and poaching for the haul

Selling skin & bones of creatures great and small

Clearing out forests in the name of development

Fairly certain slaughter is not what that word meant

That’s the sad thing about this world, its run by greed

Wonder how it came to this and who planted the seed

The corporate's only want their pockets filled

While the poachers just want their orders billed

What if we all spend some time on conserving?

Couldn’t we co-exist without the marauding?

Game hunters stand next to their kills shamelessly

And we sit here behind screens, pretty much aimlessly 

Keyboard heroes spread their words all around

But only a handful would actually get on the ground

We have to stop taking this planet for granted        

Protect our animals and get trees planted

We’re not just killing animals, we're killing ourselves

It’s all on us, regardless if we're thirty or twelve 

To those who fight, i commend your hearts

And to those who don't, it's never too late to start

Let’s change this mindset, where we only want more

And give something back to the great outdoors