Children
Album: Andrew Victoria EP
By: AndrewVictoria
By: AndrewVictoria
Duration
3:39
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Description
The children are our future. They will be the ones aiding the economy, working for the government, providing health care, looking after us and raising their own children. Yet these same children are playing & killing with guns, experimenting with or being exposed to drugs, crime & dysfunction, starving mentally & emotionally & even nutritionally from lack of care & wellbeing over their future. Are we too concerned with ourselves to pay attention to their future which is u...
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When will we wake up and smell the roses When will we stand up and face the truth When will we fight for what we believe in Instead of abusing & confusing our youth When will we stop all the drugs and the violence Why do we allow all the poisons to spread Has anyone asked what the children are feeling And if we asked them would we hear what they said Chorus: Looks like we’re heading for trouble A reality that we need to face Has anyone thought that our future Lies in the children we’re raising today They all see what’s in the news each day Do they ever ask the question “why?” Children are starving and children are killing Children are screaming for us to hear their cries Chorus On and on we go On and on with our children On and on and they grow On and on these are our children On and on we go On and on with our children On and on do we know On and on our children Chorus When will we wake up and smell the roses When will we stand up and face the truth (Every year statistics double Yet no one will take any blame We keep adding fuel to the fire Burning innocent souls in the way)
