Story Behind The Song

For more information contact (415) 902-6841

Lyrics

Children of the World

I look into your eyes and they look just like mine
That?s not the way they said it?s supposed to be
I look a little closer see what I might find
It?s funny; you look a lot like me

You and I we come from different places
Live in different corners of the world
We could be a thousand different faces
A thousand little boys and little girls
All children of the world

Now once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary
And my eyes get teary and I wonder can you hear me?
Can you please give me help in this time of need?
Because when someone dies we all begin to bleed
Looking through my tired eyes and realizing all the lies
I?m watching little kids die and then their mama?s cry
I wonder why, it don?t really look right
I?m having nightmares, I can?t sleep at night
There?s people dying and starving all around
And we don?t even help, we chose not to hear the sound
There?s a man in a well screaming, ?Help Me!?
We claim we?re living poor but yet we?re living wealthy
There?s murder and then poverty, life?s a wind of whirl
I?m standing on my own, it?s just me against the world
Despite stereotypes you?re still my real brother
If we can?t help ourselves, how we supposed to help each other?

You and I we come from different places
Live in different corners of the world
We could be a thousand different faces
A thousand little boys and little girls
All children of the world

Ayo I?m back again, I?m reaching out to my friends
I?m here to save you all from being blown in the wind
Now, why can?t we hear with our ears?
The screams are getting louder, they?re becoming clearer
We can?t bear to look at ourselves, they need help
But when we look into the mirror, the pain turns realer
Because we?re not helping, I guess we are the killers
We need to get up and do something, that?s the realest
It?s a Dam Shame how we chose to live our lives
We?re fighting one another tell me who will survive?
No one will live to see if we don?t link arms
We?re fighting in this war too bad the battle lives on

You and I we come from different places
Live in different corners of the world
We could be a thousand different faces
A thousand little boys and little girls
All children of the world