{"id":1367,"date":"2026-06-01T14:52:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/?page_id=1367"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:57:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:57:28","slug":"song-of-wangari-maathai-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/song-of-wangari-maathai-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Song of Wangari Maathai Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Roots-of-the-Nobel-Flame-The-Green-Belt-Seedling-Sonauto.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Green Belt Seedling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Intro]<br>(Hoo oh oh)<br>(Hoo oh oh)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Verse 1]<br>Small seeds held within a hand<br>One woman stood across the land<br>Kenya felt the soft touch of grace<br>History written on her face<br>Wangari Maathai saw the future bloom<br>Moving through the heavy gloom<br>One tree becomes a living wall<br>Answering the morning call<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>Wangari Maathai<br>Wangari Maathai<br>Your righteousness is growing high<br>Beneath the wide and open sky<br>Wangari Maathai<br>Wangari Maathai<br>Roots are deep and branches reach<br>Healing words you lived to teach<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Verse 2]<br>Mothers digging in the red clay<br>Planting hope for a better day<br>Justice flows like a hidden stream<br>Restoring the beauty of the dream<br>Wangari Maathai showed the way<br>Shadows turned into bright display<br>A seedling is a revolution starting<br>To prevent the desert from embarking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Bridge]<br>Soil under fingernails<br>Where the courage never fails<br>Every leaf a holy song<br>Righting everything so wrong<br>Woman and the earth as one<br>Walking toward the rising sun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>Wangari Maathai<br>Wangari Maathai<br>Your righteousness is growing high<br>Beneath the wide and open sky<br>Wangari Maathai<br>Wangari Maathai<br>Roots are deep and branches reach<br>Healing words you lived to teach<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br><strong>Wangari Maathai<\/strong><br>Wangari Maathai<br>Your righteousness is growing high<br>Beneath the wide and open sky<br>Wangari Maathai<br>Wangari Maathai<br>Roots are deep and branches reach<br>Healing words you lived to teach<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Post-Chorus]<br>Mama Mitit<br>Planting the light<br>Mama Mitit<br>Still holding the height<br>Wangari Maathai<br>(Hoo oh oh)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Green Belt Seedling [Intro](Hoo oh oh)(Hoo oh oh) [Verse 1]Small seeds held within a handOne woman stood across the landKenya felt the soft touch of graceHistory written on her faceWangari Maathai saw the future bloomMoving through the heavy gloomOne tree becomes a living wallAnswering the morning call [Chorus]Wangari MaathaiWangari MaathaiYour righteousness is growing highBeneath [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1367","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1367"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1374,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1367\/revisions\/1374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}