Mi Gente

My people, how my people hurt me
They are always on my mind
My heart hurts and I ask God for their forgiveness
My people, how my people are lost
Dying so slowly
I dream of one day seeing freedom dawn

What is happening to my people today
It's like they have lost their hearts
The love has already faded
It's like one day this city united

And life now has no value
And suddenly they take it away from you, suddenly, suddenly
There's nothing wrong in wanting or doing
But the poor dream of doing it easily, easily

And those who are in power
Have forgotten why they were put in charge
Of the people

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How innocent blood is shed
Even your friends lie to you
You put some money in front
And surely without thinking they sell you

You can't report what's wrong
If you know the police are covering it up
That one has paid more
My heart chokes in tears
Thinking of the children who are killed in the womb
Of the teenagers
And the pain of the blood is rising
Until the Lord asks for justice desperately

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Every day on the street I live the same drama
Another one who received a bullet on the corner
Another mother whose heart is overflowing
They took away her son, the one she loved the most
Filling up the prisons
Many increasing
But when they come out they are put to watch each other
Now they come out with more tricks than before
The prison is an elegant school

The fault lies with the prison system
It doesn't seek to help or correct the prisoner
Or is it the individual that can't be fixed
Whose conscience has been damaged from within
I can only pray and hope
That someone can hear this song
And help me do something