The Green Belt Seedling

[Intro]
(Hoo oh oh)
(Hoo oh oh)

[Verse 1]
Small seeds held within a hand
One woman stood across the land
Kenya felt the soft touch of grace
History written on her face
Wangari Maathai saw the future bloom
Moving through the heavy gloom
One tree becomes a living wall
Answering the morning call

[Chorus]
Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai
Your righteousness is growing high
Beneath the wide and open sky
Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai
Roots are deep and branches reach
Healing words you lived to teach

[Verse 2]
Mothers digging in the red clay
Planting hope for a better day
Justice flows like a hidden stream
Restoring the beauty of the dream
Wangari Maathai showed the way
Shadows turned into bright display
A seedling is a revolution starting
To prevent the desert from embarking

[Bridge]
Soil under fingernails
Where the courage never fails
Every leaf a holy song
Righting everything so wrong
Woman and the earth as one
Walking toward the rising sun

[Chorus]
Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai
Your righteousness is growing high
Beneath the wide and open sky
Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai
Roots are deep and branches reach
Healing words you lived to teach

[Chorus]
Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai
Your righteousness is growing high
Beneath the wide and open sky
Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai
Roots are deep and branches reach
Healing words you lived to teach

[Post-Chorus]
Mama Mitit
Planting the light
Mama Mitit
Still holding the height
Wangari Maathai
(Hoo oh oh)