Powerless

It's hard to be strong when you feelin' (Powerless)

(Powerless)

(I'm sorry that she is affected)

(I did not ever intend to hurt anyone)

(How in the name of God, could you think that she wouldn't be affected?)

(How? You have no idea)

(How devastated we are feeling because of what you did)

She wonders why nobody hears her cry

The footsteps in the hallway have her terrified

Scared as she looks into his staring eyes

He crawls into her bed, and she just lays there, almost paralyzed, feelin'

(Powerless)

She feels so (powerless)

She closed her eyes and hides under the covers

As her father tried to touch her

He took advantage of her, took all her innocence from her

She tried to explain to her mother

But she said she don't believe it

Nobody wanna talk about it

'Cause this don't happen to her people

This don't happen to good people

The age of seventeen, she finally went to the police

Charged him for the crimes he did and finally took him off the streets

And at the trial, she had to re-live it all again

Understand explaining, how this man took her life within

Abused for nine years, he got four months in the bin

She got a life-long sentence, he got a slap on the wrist

It happens all too much, but too many keep it hush-hush

How these kids suppose to trust us?

Man, don't let 'em feel powerless

(I'm not sad I'm not strong)

(I won't feel powerless)

(Won't feel powerless)

(Won't feel powerless)

Thank you to my hero

(Hope to meet you someday)

(Can anybody out there hear me?)

(I hope somebody can hear me)

('Cause I don't wanna be her no more)

(One day, one day)

('Cause I don't wanna be here no more)

(One day, one day)

('Cause I don't wanna be here no more)

Shout out to where my birthplace is

And to the First Nations

And to the people making the best out of the worst cases

Too many unanswered questions and open murder cases

Without a voice, who are we supposed to encourage changes?

My grandmother was part White and part Native

In fact, my high school was part White and part Native

Personally connected, I've met people who've been affected

They've been asking for some help, but they been continually neglected

How many more of these indigenous women have to go missing

Before somebody will listen? Huh?

We need to change the conditions, maybe it's blatant racism

Maybe there's hate in the system, but we gotta fix it

'Cause the people feel (Powerless)

And the mothers feel (Powerless)

And the fathers feel (Powerless)

Like, don't anybody care about my daughter?

Don't anybody care if she's alive or been slaughtered?

They deserve to know, so they can go and bury her with honor

Big up to those fightin' on, and everybody fightin' strong

I wish that I could do more than just write a song

I feel so (Powerless)

I feel so powerless

(I'm not sad I'm not strong)

It's hard to be strong, but don't feel (Powerless)

Don't feel (Powerless)

(Don't feel powerless)

(Thank you to my hero)

(I hope to meet you someday)

(Can anybody out there hear me?)

(I hope somebody can hear me)

('Cause I don't wanna be here no more)

(One day, one day)

(One day, one day)

('Cause I don't wanna be here no more)

(One day, one day)

('Cause I don't wanna be her no more)

(Be here no more)

Things that we don't like talkin' about

(No more)

You know we should talkin' about

('Cause I don't wanna be her no more)

This happens a lot more than what we think it does

(No more, no more)

Don't let it make you feel powerless

(One day, one day)

(One day, one day)

(Love'll let it end)

Ooh, ooh-ooh