The Atakapa Ishak tribe of coastal Louisiana has inhabited the region for time without number. In the 21st century they still maintain a lifestyle and culture that is inherited from their ancestors. Now, in the wake of the BP Oil Spill, they struggle to keep their identity and their way of life.
The Second Angel blew his Trumpet
And something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea
A third of the sea became blood
A third of the living creatures in the sea died
And a third of the ships were destroyed
Revelation 8 verse 8 and 9
Is this that time?
Chorus
Oh the oil spill
Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Ocean life a die still
While they pointing fingers Mama Earth a cry still
The oil spill
Gulf of Mexico oil spill
What price will
We pay, Mama Earth a cry still
Verse 1
Washing up on a beach near you could it come close
Or change the world temperature or cause famine and drought (huh)
Life from Fort Lauderdale Florida east coast
This is Highah Seekah The Journalis, I am your host
Speaking of Florida, off towards its western coast
Out in the Gulf of Mexico, a disaster grows
On April twenty twenty ten Deepwater Horizon blows
Millions a gallons a oil, into the sea it flows (Damn)
Chorus
Oh the oil spill
Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Ocean life a die still
While they pointing fingers Mama Earth a cry still
The oil spill
Gulf of Mexico oil spill
What price will
The planet pay, Mama Earth a cry still
Verse 2
Crying and she's bleeding as she's never bled
From the wound of an exploded, oil well-head
Will the plants and sea animals, end-up dead
Will the sea become like blood, end-up red
How will this, affect the planet, and the land we living on
The mammals, the fish, the phytoplankton
The cause, corporate commercial exploitation
Effects more environmental damage by man (certain greedy man)
Chorus
Oh the oil spill
Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Ocean life a die still
While they pointing fingers Mama Earth a cry still
The oil spill
Gulf of Mexico oil spill
What price will
We pay, Mama Earth a cry still
Verse 3
Oil reflects sunlight and blocks evaporation
Which stops condensation, less rainfall and precipitation
With less moisture in the air for re-distribution
Big effects on global temperature and food production
And if that loop current takes it to the Atlantic Ocean
And it reaches the beaches of the east coast and
Pollute Wildlife, rivers yow the repercussion
It will be worse than the damn recession (worse)
Chorus
Oh the oil spill
Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Life a die still
While they pointing fingers Mama Earth a cry still
The oil spill
Gulf of Mexico oil spill
What price will
We all pay, Mama Earth a cry still
The oil spill
Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Mama Earth a cry still
Gulf Coast Oil Spill Disaster - Official Music Video - A Hole in the Ocean
This song was written to keep the focus on the BP oil spill disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico. This is already the largest environmental disaster in United States History. Dedicated to the 11 men who lost their lives on April 20th, 2010.
1st Verse:
The wave crests on fire
And storm clouds below
The oozing dark monster
Creeps silently slow
The heartache of many
The future unclear
We stand on the shoreline
Surrounded by fear
Chorus:
There's a hole in the ocean
That's breaking my heart
When will it end
Why did it start?
Can we ever return
To our blue watered bay
There's a hole in the ocean
That stands in our way
2nd Verse:
For the diving birds diving
And the fish 'neath the waves
There is so much to do
There is so much to save
With bitter tears stinging
For the ones who were lost
Is there really a way
To assess what this cost?
Bridge:
Eleven souls sailing
That April day
It happened so quickly
'Twas no time to pray
(You Can) Purchase the MP3 of "A Hole In The Ocean" and help capture the cause: http://aholeintheocean.com -ALL proceeds are going to the Audubon Society's Oil Spill Response Team. There's NO fixed amount! Whatever you can afford! Please show your love for the people in the Gulf region!
A worker displays a fresh gulf oyster at P&J Oyster Co. in New Orleans Thursday, June 10, 2010. Work is coming to a halt at the 134-year-old establishment after oyster beds were closed because of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Audra D.S. Burch
McClatchy Newspapers
NEW ORLEANS — Celebrity Chef Frank Brigtsen coated the squid in a perfect blend of seasoned cornmeal then dropped the batch into a vat of oil at Charlie's Seafood, a beloved neighborhood joint.
After a lifetime in Louisiana, 38 years as an architect of Creole cuisine inspired by the gifts of the Gulf of Mexico, this was one of the first times he had served diners fried calamari.
Before BP oil's endless flow threatened the supply and upped price of fish and shellfish by up to 30 percent, a hankering for southern fried seafood at this 60-year-old landmark would have yielded a heaping plate of crispy Louisiana oysters.
"'Charlie's is a place that celebrates Louisiana seafood and here I am frying calamari from Rhode Island," says Brigtsen, an award-winning chef who also owns his eponymously named contemporary Creole cuisine restaurant uptown. "I feel like somehow I am betraying my customers by not giving them oysters. I feel like I am wearing someone else's clothes." READ COMPLETE STORY
Day 74 - Democracy Now reporting from the Gulf Coast giving a face to the tragedy now known as the worst oil spill in US history. Amy Goodman, "On this this holiday weekend with families across the country celebrating July 4th, our thoughts are in Louisiana, where we broadcast several weeks ago."
Wildlife officers prepare to net an oiled pelican in Barataria Bay, La. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class John Miller, U.S. Coast Guard.
The Rev. Kirby Verret is working all sides of the Gulf Coast oil spill disaster that threatens both his small Louisiana church and his community.
He is trying to tend to his 178-member Native American United Methodist congregation at Clanton Chapel in Dulac, offering support to families and people who fish for a living.
Clanton Chapel United Methodist Church in Dulac, La., is surrounded by water following Hurricane Gustav in 2008.A UMNS file photo by Mike DuBose.
And he is negotiating with British Petroleum, which wants access to the large, centralized sewer system – built after Hurricane Juan in 1985 – on the church’s property and space to house cleanup teams on church grounds.
June 8 marked the 50th day since a BP-owned Deepwater Horizon oil rig ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and setting the stage for what is feared will be the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.
The spewing oil has yet to be contained. During a White House press briefing a day earlier, Admiral Thad Allen noted that the nature of the spill has changed. “We’re no longer dealing with a large, monolithic spill; we’re dealing with an aggregation of hundreds or thousands of patches of oil that are going a lot of different directions,” he said.
In Dulac, Clanton Chapel is affected by the oil spill. “Our church is mostly fishermen,” Verret explained. “Most are unemployed. Some have gotten work with BP.”
An oiled pelican is washed at the Clean Gulf Associates Mobile Wildlife Rehabilitation Station in Plaquemines Parish, La. Photo by Spec. 2nd Class Justin Stumberg, U.S. Navy. read more
Allen Estay, owner of Bluewater Shrimp in Dulac, stands by empty shrimp baskets Tuesday at his usually bustling shrimp dock. Estay says his business has slowed to about 10 percent of its usual volume this time of year.
