Music Video
Music Video
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tracy Chapman
Vocals
John Thomas
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tracy Chapman
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tracy Chapman
Producer
Doug Trantow
Assistant Engineer
John Ewing, Jr.
Assistant Engineer
Kevin Scott
Assistant Engineer
Don Gehman
Producer
Eddy Schreyer
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Mother of us all
Place of our birth
How can we stand aside
And watch the rape of the world?
[Verse 2]
This the beginning of the end
This the most heinous of crimes
This the deadliest of sins
The greatest violation of all time
[Verse 3]
Mother of us all
Place of our birth
We all are witness
To the rape of the world
[Verse 4]
You've seen her stripped, mined
You've heard her bombs exploded underground
You know the sun shines
Hotter than ever before
[Verse 5]
Mother of us all
Place of our birth
We all are witness
To the rape of the world
[Verse 6]
Some claim to have crowned her the queen
But cities of concrete and steel
There is no glory, no honor
In what results from the rape of the world
[Verse 7]
Mother of us all
Place of our birth
We all are witness
To the rape of the world
[Verse 8]
She has been clear-cut
She has been dumped on
She has been poisoned and beaten up
And we have been witness to the rape of the world
[Verse 9]
Mother of us all
Place of our birth
How can we stand aside
Watch the rape of the world?
[Verse 10]
If you look, you'll see it with your own eyes
If you listen, you will hear her cries
If you care, you will stand and testify
And stop the rape of the world
Stop the rape of the world
[Verse 11]
Mother of us all
Mother of us all
Mother of us all
Mother of us all
[Verse 12]
Mother of us all
Mother of us all
Mother of us all
Mother of us all
Written by: Tracy Chapman