12 year old Mary lives in Jinja, Uganda and wrote this song about her homeland being on the frontline of the climate crisis. It will be released Earth Day 2022. 

Mary is asking leaders to open the eyes of their hearts. 

Those least responsible for causing this crisis now find themselves struggling to survive on the frontline. People in the Global South are living the daily reality of loss and damage bought on by a crisis they didn't create.

Only when leaders in the Global North allow themselves to open the eyes of their hearts will they accept historical responsibility for climate impacts. This song is calling for them to do so and to act in solidarity and cooperation. 

Words:

Homeland

I walk out of my house and down the dirt track 
I see mothers in the garden with babies on their back
My friends down by the Mango tree greet me with smiles
Life is full of colour from market town to river Nile 

Pre chorus
This is my home
The land that I love 
But there's something you should know

Chorus 
The climate is changing so fast
The weather is hard to predict now 
The rains are so strong they can wash crops away
And flash floods are followed by drought.
Katonda , tuyambe
Yesu, obele nekisa ku Uganda
Tatta, otasse ensi yange enungi
Ekula lya Africa

I look down from the hillside and stare at the scene 
Heads of maize rise out the water where a field should be 
A vacant damaged hut, where are the people gone ?
The rains have ruined the harvest they were depending on.

Pre chorus
This is my land
Living with the consequence
A crisis it didn’t cause

Chorus
The climate is changing so fast
The weather is hard to predict now 
The rains are so strong they can wash crops away
And flash floods are followed by drought.
Katonda , tuyambe
Yesu, obele nekisa ku Uganda
Tatta, otasse ensi yange enungi
Ekula lya Africa

Instrumental

Chorus 3
The climate is changing so fast
The weather is hard to predict now 
The rains are so strong they can wash crops away
And flash floods are followed by drought.
Katonda , tuyambe
Yesu, obele nekisa ku Uganda
Tatta, otasse ensi yange enungi
Ekula lya Africa

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