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(I.P.C.C.)
You want a new definition of hardcore?
Check out the inter-governmental climate report
It says the world is getting warmer, unequivocally'
And the oceans have increased 30 percent in acidity
And 90 percent of the warming trend is oceanic
And concentrated in the Arctic, nobody panic
But the level of greenhouse gases in the air is higher now
Than it's been in millions of years
We added more than a trillion tons of CO2 to the atmosphere
It's gonna be centuries before some of the gases clear
I'm dropping science, unvarnished, unbiased
But I don't blame you if your instinct is to deny it
Because we evolved to prioritize immediate threats
"If it bleeds, it leads"
That's what the media says
So let the gangster-esque rap music paint a picture
And I'll hit you with some evidence-based predictions
Get ready for
Wars, famines, droughts, floods
Hurricanes, heatwaves, murders, thugs
Chaos, refugees, stress, disease
Extinction, disaster
I.P.C.C
Wars, famines, droughts, floods
Hurricanes, heatwaves, murders, thugs
Chaos, refugees, stress, disease
Extinction, disaster
I.P.C.C
Hollywood blockbusters can't touch this
I get my thrills from the latest reports published
By the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Formed in 1988 to get the science straight
Now they dropped the fifth assessment
And the data's up to date
So allow me to summarize
Bad things on the way
Higher emissions, sea level rise, dire predictions
On target for disaster movie-style predictions
In Copenhagen we set a limit of two degrees
But that's still enough to disintegrate major ice sheets
Over the course of centuries or maybe decades
Yeah, some of the details are still up for debate
They fluctuate between certain disaster and likely disaster
Slow and steady or higher and faster
Consensus, it's the lowest common denominator
Which means it's probably gonna be way worse than the
Wars, famines, droughts, floods
Hurricanes, heatwaves, murders, thugs
Chaos, refugees, stress, disease
Extinction, disaster
I.P.C.C
Wars, famines, droughts, floods
Hurricanes, heatwaves, murders, thugs
Chaos, refugees, stress, disease
Extinction, disaster
I.P.C.C
So be afraid, be very afraid
But we're not, despite what the scenarios say
And the effect of talking about it is visible yawning
And occasionally changing our behavior microscopically
Even those who get it, tend to get it logically
But not viscerally, so we're navigating myopically
The threat is existential, it's not environmental
And your individual response is inconsequential
Only coordination of our whole species
Is gonna keep coastal cities from sinking below the deep seas
And when was the last time a solution included all of us?
Geophysics is at the mercy of geopolitics
Climate change can make communicators, keep it positive
People need to feel like they still have options
And we do have options
Either we find a solution
Or we stick with the businesses' usual level pollution
And get used to the
Wars, famines, droughts, floods
Hurricanes, heatwaves, murders, thugs
Chaos, refugees, stress, disease
Extinction, disaster
I.P.C.C
Wars, famines, droughts, floods
Hurricanes, heatwaves, murders, thugs
Chaos, refugees, stress, disease
Extinction, disaster
I.P.C.C