1000 Lashes

1000 lashes on their backs
Oh there ain't no cure for that
Generational attacks
Drugs and liquor to distract
Breaking down communities
Stolen opportunities
Protected by immunity, yeah
Waiting for the mutiny, yeah
Children digging in the mines
Wipe them off then make them shine
Send them here for you and I
Are we down to pay the price?
Oceans of smiles
Mountains of promise
Patient and kind
Open and honest
Innocent eyes gazing upon us
See something marvelous
(See something marvelous)
Yeah, I should never complain
I've got my blessings and I'm feeling no pain
Me and my fam, we live in relative peace
By any metric, yo me know me life sweet
Still, I can't shake the vibe as I close my door
Thoughts drift away to some distant shore
Eyes of the children, lies as we kill them
How could we blame them for wanting more?
'Cause we've led them astray
Brought them to pain
Force them to live with the scars and the stains
All of the young ones adrift on the waves
Wish I could make us a boat that could take us
Oceans of smiles
Mountains of promise
Patient and kind
Open and honest
Innocent eyes gazing upon us
See something marvelous
(See something marvelous)
Ours
All the children are ours
All the children are ours, yes
All the children are ours (yeah)
Oceans of smiles
Mountains of promise
Patient and kind
Open and honest
Innocent eyes gazing upon us
See something marvelous
(See something marvelous)
So we're gonna take this opportunity
To ask them to say a few words on behalf of Oje Ollivierre (hello)
That's why I owe it to you
I don't know what to say
well, say, say it, say it
Oje, it was nice having you