Animaniacs
Humanity’s Wins
[YAKKO]
Pyramids, aqueducts, civilization
Democracy, MLK, desegregation
[DOT]
Einstein, Alhazen, their famous equations
No smallpox not polio, thanks, vaccinations
[YAKKO]
Nightingale, Curie, the founding of nations
Van Gogh
[DOT]
Frida Kahlo
[WAKKO]
And us animations
Tchaikovsky and Mozart played on violins
To name but a few of humanity’s wins
[YAKKO]
They aren’t perfect, they’re still learning
So as you judge their worth
We only ask you try to be discerning
Before you smite them from the face of the Earth
[WAKKO]
Petra, the Taj, and the Great Wall of China
The Three Gorges Dam, the Large Hadron Collidеr
Confucius, the Buddha, and Abraham Lincoln
Plato and Sun Tzu, they got peoplе thinking
[DOT]
Austen and Shelley, those three Brontë sisters
Kurosawa, Casablanca
[WAKKO]
And don’t forget Twister!
[DOT]
Elvis and Freddie
Adele when she sings
These are a few of humanity’s wins
[THE WARNERS]
They aren’t perfect, but they’re trying
I know you’ve got your doubts
Maybe just give them a chance at complying
Before you go and wipe them all out!
[YAKKO]
Uh-oh! They’ve taken Ralph into the de-atomizer
They start on the brain first, so we do not have much time!
Renewable energy, green power stations
[CHIP]
Endangered species and deforestation
[WAKKO]
The internet, smartphones, the United Nations
[CHIP]
Major oil spills, coral reef devastation
[DOT]
Astronauts watching the Earth as it spins
[CHIP & TWO-HORNS]
Those don’t excuse all humanity’s sins
[THE WARNERS]
They aren’t perfect, but they’re improving
It takes time to advance
But just look at the direction that they’re moving
And maybe give ‘em one more chance!