Fair Trade Rap

Hey everybody wanna hear a rap
First there’s a rhythm you’ll need to clap
Have you heard the story about fair-trade?
It starts with a farmer not getting well paid.

Yo yo yo lets make life fair
The people of Ardross really do care
It will help small farmers on their way
It’s important to give them their say.

No fresh water they have to drink,
No bath tubs and no clean sinks.
They’re lucky to get one meal a day
And don’t have any time to play.

Child labour round the globe is a very bad thing
They have to work all day and get no bling
Their wages are poor and their chickens don’t lay
They sleep on the floor and have no place to stay.

But if you buy fair trade this will have to stop
All you need to do is change how you shop
Look on the shelf and you will see
Fair-trade coffee and fair-trade tea.

Being part of fair-trade is really cool
It helps our children go to school
We get a fair price for all of our crops
And you’ll find our goods in lots of shops

Da people won’t have to sleep on da floor
Cos they’ll afford new beds and lots lots more
Now the folks have a school and clinics too
And all of da people have proper shoes

This is all down to the help of fair-trade
And all of the little bit more you’ve paid
So do us a favour and don’t go cheap
And help the world take a great big leap.