Idle No More
Yo,
look out the window.
Every curb, every parking lot,
every school drop-off zone.
Pipes puffing gray smoke into stroller wheels.
Turn it off!
You're sitting in the lot running thirty full minutes Air conditioning blasting
to the absolute limit Just to scroll on your phone while the
tailpipe blows Benzene and fine particulates right up our nose Ten seconds
of idle wastes more fuel and gas Than restarting the crank when
you let the light pass Catalytic converters run cool and decay While
you cook up the ozone and blow it away (Shut it down!)
Yeah you read that right Stop-start tech should be mandatory every day
and night!
Cut the engine, turn the key!
Save the air for you and me!
If you're parked against the curb,
cut the idle today Why you poisoning the block while you're parked
in the bay?
Auto stop-start, lock it in law Don't touch that button,
cut the idle out,
y'all! (Turn it
off!)
Three billion gallons wasted every single year Just by sitting on your
bumper in the driveway here Nitrogen dioxide,
asthma in the youth Got the medical stats,
spitting nothing but truth
New starters are reinforced,
batteries too Don't give me that myth that it's hurting your coupe
Disabling the switch should carry heavy citations Impound the vehicle for climate
violations You ain't moving an inch,
so what's the combustion for?
Put the gear into park,
kill the motor at the door!
Cut the engine, turn the key!
Save the air for you and me!
If you're parked against the curb,
cut the idle today Why you poisoning the block while you're parked
in the bay?
Auto stop-start, lock it in law Don't touch that button,
cut the idle out,
y'all! (Kill the motor!) Zero miles per gallon.
Think about that math.
Zero miles per gallon down an asphalt path.
Every minute idling is carbon in the chest Of the infant in
the stroller getting zero rest.
Reach down with your hand...
Hit the toggle, kill the revs,
make a stand!
Cut the engine, turn the key!
Save the air for you and me!
If you're parked against the curb,
cut the idle today Why you poisoning the block while you're parked
in the bay?
Auto stop-start, lock it in law Don't touch that button,
cut the idle out,
y'all! (Shut it off
right now!) Ahhhh. Silence.
Clean air. Don't touch the disable toggle.
Keep
it legal,
keep it off. Peace.