SOS from the Kids

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'SOS from the Kids' is a call to act for the climate crisis now, written by 12 year old Simeon and his mum. Sir David Attenborough wrote a letter to Simeon saying, 'Thank you for all you are doing to help tackle the problem'. In response to requests from teachers, we've made resources for learning and performing this song free to download from our website: sosfromthekids.com (this includes the instrumental track, to sing along to, sheet music, the full musical score as well as the lyrics translated into other languages). You can also find us on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/0zN455Ts3xKkGZ6Qsb8pam

A bit about the song...
'SOS from the Kids' was written after Simeon and his brother Noah (14), learnt about humankind's destruction of nature at school. The boys came home telling their mum about the number of trees cut down per day, the state of the insects and the amount of energy and resources that are consumed to make a t-shirt. Watching David Attenborough's 'Climate Change - The Facts' alerted them to the climate crisis this destruction was causing. It had been Attenborough's nature programmes that had first inspired their boyhood fascination with bugs and insects, so they started to talk about changes they could make at home that would help the insects and animals.

Being a musician, Sim's mum (Dorry) started writing a song about this awakening realisation she was seeing in her children, as they realised the need for change. She did her own research and was convicted to make changes in her own life. Simeon immediately took interest in the song his mum was writing, suggesting lyrics, re-phrasing Dorry's words to make them 'how he would say them'. Dorry says, 'the lyrics of this song are very much pointing at me', I, as an adult, need to "change the story". It's my generation that need to take responsibility. We've left a legacy that my kid's will bare the consequences of. This song is a wake up call to myself and all "grown ups". The song was a way to channel our family's initial feelings of despondency into something positive that has hope and that other people can join us in'.

Simeon (otherwise known as Sim) set about inviting his cousins and friends to record the song with him and Noah helped capture what they were up to on film.

Sim and his fellow climate warriors, have been performing, ‘SOS from the Kids’, wherever they think they can make a positive difference. So far this has included, gathering a huge group of young people from schools across London who sang together at 'The Youth Strike For Climate' outside the Houses of Parliament in London on 20 September '19. SOS from the Kids also sang to politicians meeting for a climate conference at the Hampshire County Council offices on 18 July '19. They've been guests on BBC Radio's ‘The Early Late Show’,Radio Solent and sung at church services and school assemblies. They have plans to keep singing and to keep inviting children and young people worldwide to join them. Do let us know if your group perform this song. We'd love to share what you're doing on our social media platforms and raise our voices in a collective worldwide call for climate action now. Thank you ✊
Profits from this song go to environmental projects working with kids and young people.

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LYRICS
This is an SOS from the kids
All the grown ups take note of this
We’re finding our voice, calling you out
You can’t leave the world in fire and drought
This is an SOS from the kids

Please change the story
Re-write the plot
This beautiful earth
Can not be lost
Stop hurting our planet
Like you don’t care
There’s only one world
For us to share

This is an SOS from the kids
All the grown ups take note of this
Wake up and see that you must make a change
The riches you seek will all be washed away
This is an SOS from the kids

Please change the story
Re-write the plot
This beautiful earth
can not be lost
Stop hurting our planet
like you don’t care
There’s only one world
For us to share

Don’t listen to the fat cats, they only want their cream
Always needing oil for feeding their machines
We must care about the animals; care about the trees
I'll need help from you, you'll get help from me!

Please change the story
Re-write the plot
This beautiful earth, can not be lost
Stop hurting our planet, like you don’t care
There’s only one world, for us to share

This is an SOS from the kids
You can do better than this

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