Divest from big oil
Big foreign corporations
Killing trees defiling water
For profit and compensation
Toxic sewers toxic air
Cancer alleys violent coughs
Save the children from asthma
Before their future’s lost
Divest from big oil
Shut urban oil wells down
Close the refineries
And then clean up the ground
We can do better
As the heat wave swelters and cooks
As faces sweat and bodies fidget
In triple digits. Just look!
How will we still live here?
In another decade or two?
We need another industry
Besides freeways and black goo
So divest from big oil
A green-blue alliance we’ll make
Reinvest in our communities
For the whole planet’s sake
In LA it seems impossible
We are married to our cars
From pay checks right to the gas pump
Free will only takes you so far
But can we all imagine with our money
A different way than foreign banks
Multinational corporations
Stock indices top ranked
Divest from foreign oil
That is martyred with our blood
Let’s do something better
Before the market really takes a loss
-I wrote this in the summer of 24