Love Prawns: for Neill Blomkamp’s District 9
(Tribute to When You’re Gone by Shawn Mendes)

**Original written by Jonah Shy, Scott Harris, & Shawn Mendes

*Awesome cover by Adam Christopher

Lyrics:

It’s really hard to appreciate your body until you’ve lost it
So oh oh
Finally appreciate the transformation inside yourself
Once you have survived deep physical torment
So oh

These Prawns
Know Earth life
The way that captives do
It’s sadly, too complicated
For humans
Through their skulls
To get this concept through
Need to treat Prawns better than pawns

Love Prawns
Life on Earth is tricky
Definitely mad, humans have gone
Yes, you gotta
Stay strong
Forced encampment stinks
When it’s by creature’s whose empathy’s long gone
Replaced with wicked views

Keep an eye out for the mothership
Hope kept in the midst
Of the gunfire’s spit
Thankful for cleverness
exherted through
Survival tactic wins
Over evil’s brews
Need to treat Prawns better than pawns

Never realized there could be so many side effects from black ooze…
Prawns outsmart the cruelest
But keep it undercover
Going about their cues
So oh

These Prawns
Know Earth life
The way that hostages do
It’s sadly, too complicated
For humans
Through their skulls
To get this concept through
Treat Prawns better than pawns

Love Prawns
Life on Earth is sticky
Mad, humans have gone
Yes, you gotta
Stay strong
Forced isolation stinks
When it’s by creatures whose empathy’s long gone
Replaced with wicked views

Keep an eye out for the mothership
Hope kept in the midst
Of the gunfire’s spit
So thankful for cleverness
exherted through
Survival tactic wins
Over evil’s brews
Need to treat Prawns better than pawns

Some creatures, it’s unreal
How cruel of a world that they’re wanting
But never stop dreaming
Keep watching over the habits of your captors
Don’t give up on escape
No matter how narcissistic, malevolent, or crazy
Need to treat Prawns better than pawns

Some creatures, it’s unreal
How cruel of a world that they’re wanting
Please never stop dreaming
Keep watching after the habits of your captors
Don’t give up on escape
No matter how egocentric, malevolent, or power hungry
Need to treat Prawns better than pawns

Love Prawns
Life on Earth is tricky
Mad, humans have gone
Yes, you gotta
Stay strong
Forced encampment stinks
When it’s by creatures whose empathy’s long gone
Replaced with wicked views

Keep an eye out for the mothership
Hope kept in the midst
Of the gunfire’s spit
So thankful for cleverness
exherted through
Survival tactic wins
Over evil’s brews
Need to treat Prawns better than pawns
(Need to treat Prawns better than pawns)

End

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