WE ARE THE VILLAGE

Where is the village?

Here is the village!
Who is the village?
We are the village!

More than two hundred girls were preparing for tests

And so they laid down for a good night’s rest
Terrorists came in, they were taken in the night
Who will be their voice, who will put up a fight?
Where is the village?
Here is the village!
Who is the village?
We are the village!

 Two brown kids walk home from school one day

Their undocumented parents work hard and pray

When they get to their home, Something’s not right

 Their parents are gone, they were taken by ICE

 

Where is the village?

Here is the village!

Who is the village?

We are the village!

 A child is bullied in the school playgroundToo dark, too light, to gay, too round
The words they hurt, they cut like a knife
The only option she can see, is to take her own life

Where is the village?
Here is the village!
Who is the village?
We are the village!
 

A child is hungry and dreams of meat

But the cupboards are bare there is nothing to eat
This isn’t just happening so far away
There are hungry children in the US of A
Where is the village?
Here is the village!
here is the village?

We are the village!

A child now lives with a great deal of fright

Because her dad comes to her room at night

The very one who should try to protect her

Has now become a monster by being her molester

Where is the village?

Here is the village!

Who is the village?

We are the village!

There are kids in your apartment or living down the street

Their future already feels so obsolete
Won’t you take a moment, to let them know you care
It’s the simple things we do that wash away despair
Where is the village?
Here is the village!
Who is the village?
We are the village!