How the industry destroys, “New World Water” by Mos Def

In “New World Water”, Mos Def uses a metonymy and tone shifts to describe and illustrate how climate change and colonization have affected New York/America and have created a “new world”. In this social justice and environmental poem, Mos Def is primarily talking about how climate change and the many new industrializations have contaminated the water. He goes into more detail about water and how not everyone has access to it, like the poor and the unprivileged. Essentially, he brings to light how corrupt the system is because, while many rich corporate leaders and individuals are using money…