‘Cause I make it hot, people say my rhymes are dope It’s not an option for me to turn down work for global warming To perform it, and the appeal of that is enormous Scientists are telling us that we’re standing on a precipiceĪnd we have to convert the global economy and make it emission-lessĪnd those emissions are caused by every single one of our jobsĮvery one of us contributing carbon emissions to the smogįor instance, if I write a rhyme tryin’ to describe climate changeĪnd it's hot, so it catches on, someone’s gonna fly me someplace And share the song will make people reflect about the role they, and all of us, play in making the climate issue hot. You can also see Brinkman perform the song on YouTube, below.Įnjoy. I’ve highlighted a couple lines in particular that struck me. Rather than me say more, just read the lyrics for yourself, below. I’m not the first to write about Brinkman’s work, but this may be the first time you’ve heard about him. But the large crowd became thoroughly enthralled after he got about a minute into the song. Not knowing what to expect, the audience was a little skeptical when Brinkman appeared-a tall, clean cut, well-dressed, middle-aged man who began by talking about climate, not rapping. The organizers invited Brinkman, who now lives in New York City, to perform the song at the beginning of a major keynote address for the week. And I heard him perform that piece last week at the AGU Annual Meeting in New Orleans, a conference of 23,000 earth, climate and space scientists. He performed what may be his biggest hit, “Make It Hot,” at the COP21 climate meeting in Paris. He’s become a bit of a phenomenon in the science and policy community, first with The Rap Guide to Evolution and his more recent collection of 24 songs called The Rap Guide to Climate Chaos. Want to hear the most cogent scientific, social and political arguments about climate change? Check out Baba Brinkman’s song “Make It Hot.” Brinkman is a Canadian rapper who has garnered fame for his various collections of work, such as The Rap Guide to Religion.
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