Help the Children

Help 'em Help our children Help 'em Help our children Will you let them be (Help the children) Will you help our children live to see (Help the children) A generation is trying (bombs and crack) Oh how we're dying (dance, help them) Will you let them be (help the children) Will you help our children live to see (help the children) A better day is coming (we need love) To keep our lives going Life is here and then it's gone And what seems right can be oh so wrong Let's protest and not molest Our young girls And help them live to see this world Clearly as it is And pray for the mother with kids Who's lost control, but not her soul Many kids will die before they're 20 years old Will you let them be (help the children) Will you help our children live to see (help the children) A generation is trying (bombs and crack) Oh how we're dying (dance, help them) Will you let them be (help the children) Will you help our children live to see (help the children) A better day is coming (we need love) To keep our lives going Papas, (papas) where have you gone I see mama (mama) by the telephone Waiting, (waiting) but you don't call Tears on the fears and I see them fall It hurts, but we'll go on You're just another brother who's left his home And family yeah we cry Mama said she loved you And I don't even know why (why, why, why, why) Will you let them be (help the children) Will you help our children live to see (help the children) A generation is trying (bombs and crack) Oh how we're dying (dance, help them) Will you let them be (help the children) Will you help our children live to see (help them) A better day is coming (help the children) (we need love) To keep our lives going Money and death The line the truth A dime bag of crack The end of you Black and white A constant fight Years and years And day and night Or was it right I've got to stand To make a better way For a young black man And a land Where the people smile You've been holding me back For such a long while (while, while, while) Will you let them be (help the children) Will you help our children live to see (help them) A generation is trying (help the children) (bombs and crack) Oh how we're dying (help them) Will you let them be (help the children) Will you help our children live to see (help them) A better day is coming (help the children) (we need love) To keep our lives going (help them) Will you let them be Children (children) Don't be fooled And learn about the way The men once ruled this country Where we live And read about the 60s And what they did So that we Won't forget And love one another And give respect When I see A man who's old A woman who's great Touches my soul 'Cause I know They paved the way So we can be here And live this way There was a time Not long ago When in front of the bus to the back I had to go It appears That things have changed Maybe it's a method but it's still the same game (game game game) Will you let them be (help the children) Will you help our children live to see (help them) Our generation is trying (bombs and crack) Oh how we're dying (help them) Will you let them be