LET ME BE
LET ME BE
From time immemorial men are always bringing down those things which they are scared of. It is rather funny we hunt because we are predators and fill our stomachs but you men are hunting us down for fun, sport and to show that you are the boss. Well, I am RAJA a big Asian tiger all locked in a cage in this big zoo. Every day people come and stare me in the face, make faces, and feed me. I have no choice, I am no longer a predator, I lose the sharpness of my claws, my instinct. I roam the jungle as a king but now I walk within this enclosure all because of you . Neither am I a trophy nor a gimmick in the circus, I am a part of you, a part of this ecosystem, if I am endangered so are you. Do not hunt me, bring me to the brink of death and then artificially breed me and watch me in a mirror enclosure. Think if I had been out and you in this cage, we passing by watching you and acting as God. So here is what I say:-
LET ME BE; LET ME BE
I AM THE KING OF THE JUNGLE
NOT A TROPHY ON YOUR MANTLEPIECE
I AM THE TIGER, NOT A SPORT
BUT A PREDATOR, A CARNIVORE
WITHOUT ME THERE WILL BE AN ECOLOGICAL IMBALANCE
SO HEAR ME OUT, LET ME BE
THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL YOU LIVE!