I am but an image upon your screen
But somewhere in a world not seen by many
I do exist to live freely
But for how long
I am a magnificent creation of our God
He who made the lamb made I
Am I to remain free as I was born
Or should I be captured to be studied
In your zoos and wildlife enclosures
To record what once was
Not a bad life you say
We are fast becoming extinct in the jungles
And soon even those of you with the
Purest of intentions may have no reason
To search your hearts for answers to
The question of what is 'BEST' for us
Did he who made the lamb make thee
You who call yourself humanity
Our Creator granted us
Great strength and grandeur
Since time began I and those
Like me have roamed our world freely
Until...
Our paths crossed yours
You the hunter
You the poacher
You the human
That has no regard
For our lives
How can you
Silence our beauty
For pure greed
I do not understand
WE ... Do not understand
What is this god called money
That drives you to destroy us
This god seems to be so powerful
That you have no regard for our lives
Or for that matter
You have no regard for your own
You will kill your own kind
Because of this
'THING'
If you feel threatened
That it may no longer be yours
We have become to you only a commodity
A price set for our lives of the same value
As are your drugs on what you call
The Black Market
You deal... you sneak...
You kill your own if necessary
To take our ground bones
Into your possession for personal gain
You cut down our trees and claim
Our hunting grounds as your own
Leaving us hungry and thirsty
With no safe place for us to remain
To raise our cubs
If we invade what was once OUR home
Then it is we that are put to death
You do not play the game fairly
While we understand
We have no place in YOUR world
Where is it that we belong
A number of years ago now 'Tatiana'
Escaped one or your enclosures
You say she killed one of you
So for safety she had to be destroyed
I say to you ... Did you investigate
To see if the rumors of a sling-shot
Being in the possession of the young man
Was in truth fact
Did you listen to your own kind
That reported they saw the boys harassing
The other animals earlier in the day
And that there was alcohol
In their possession with empties being
Found in their car
No ... It was automatic the sentence
She was put to death for attacking
One of you that in reality
Had been asking for the consequences
A little late now do you not agree
To regret the error made
