Official lyric video for L-FRESH The LION’s “Mother (feat. MOZA and Mirrah)”.

Written - in conjunction with rising Sydney electronic duo MOZA and featuring frequent collaborator Mirrah on backing vocals - for a TEDx performance, the track's genuine empathy and concern for the fate of our planet's environment in the face of climate change sadly feels more relevant today than ever before.

A summer in which our proud country has been both ravaged by horrific bushfires and flooded by non-seasonal rainfall has exposed a serious leadership void as our society struggles to come to terms with this harsh new environmental reality.

While some have their heads buried in the sand, others are instead drawing a line in the sand and demanding accountability - that something be done to protect our future generations - and Mother is one such call to arms.

"Mother comes from a place of frustration and impatience," L-FRESH The LION explains. "It comes from seeing how we take this planet we live on for granted. Clean air, clean water - all of that. What we do collectively as a human race has consequences and our planet is the first to experience harm from our actions.

"I’ve been sitting on this song for a few years. And over that time, we’ve seen the conversations on climate change continue just as conversations, while the climate is changing - fires, floods, new norms being defined, Pacific nations having to deal with the impact.

"In Mother, I say I’m over the conversation. We need solutions. And we need actions. You wouldn’t be just talking if you saw your mother suffering in front of your eyes. You’d do something to help her out. Our planet gives us life. And it’s suffering."

MOZA are equally perturbed by these societal concerns, offering of the collaboration, “I think right now we as creatives with a voice have a responsibility to share the truth and urgency of our reality.

"An important part of what we talk about in Mother is accepting that at one point we were ignorant, then we learnt better. It’s okay to not know any better. But it’s never too late to learn.”

The socially-conscious Mother and its eye-catching video clip (created by Jordan East) are both to be released on Tuesday 25 February, the same day that L-FRESH The LION shares his concerns by addressing the Western Sydney Climate Action Rally at Parramatta Town Hall.

The last few years have found L-FRESH The LION spreading his wings and doing everything from sharing stages with Elton John, addressing the United Nations in New York, appearing before billions on MTV India, being an ambassador for YouTube Creator's For Change global initiative, having a clip premiere at the Tribeca TV Festival in NYC and even conjuring the time to pen the team song for the Sydney Kings basketball franchise.

But while his profile is rising around the planet, his heart still lies firmly in his beloved Western Sydney, which is why he's adopting the "think global, act local" mantra and agitating for serious change right in his own backyard.

We're not the owners of this planet, just its custodians - and L-FRESH The LION is adamant that we can't let such drastic damage happen on our watch and must take action before it's too late.

Whether your birth mother or mother nature, Mother makes clear the crucial importance of paying heed to that maternal instinct, to embrace the bigger picture and do the right thing rather than the easy thing. There is still time, but the clock is ticking...