Story Behind The Song

When I was writing this song, I just got done speaking with my mother about people she knew and stories that we heard on the news. I tried, like many people, to focus on going forward and not letting this get me down. I found that in trying to do this eve

Song Description

This song is about the aftermath of hurrican Katrina and my view of how it effected myself and those I know and others in New Orleans.

Lyrics

Children standing in the streets-Living without anything to eat
A city accepts defeat-Lives ruined and the leaders don?t skip a beat.
Families are torn apart-Swept away with broken hearts
A nation left in the dark-And people don?t know where to start

What are we to say, We were cast away
We are broken
Lives changed in a day, We were cast away
Wounds left open

Helicopters flying by-So they can watch the people die
So that the nation may cry-But no one asks why
Why can?t they save me?-I know they can see?
A child loses his family-And parents are left on their roofs to grieve

What are we to say, We were cast away
We are broken
Lives changed in a day, We were cast away
Wounds left open

They call us murderers and thieves-But they don?t realize we
Are just trying to survive-Trying to save our own lives
People profit off of our pain-We are left to rot again
As the rich get to come back home-The poor are told there?s no more room

What are we to say, We were cast away
We are broken
Lives changed in a day, We were cast away
Wounds left open
(Repeat)