Chocolate (On the Cocoa Farm)
There's a little boy and his name is Abdul
He does not read books and he does not go to school
Several years ago he was stolen and sold
Now today is his birthday he turns 10 years old
But there won't be any candles, candies or cake
Just a pain in his belly and hands that ache
Like his back that's bruised from whips and chains
From when he tried to escape for this he feels no shame
Suffering a life full of pain and anguish
In a foreign land where he can't speak the language
Dreaming of the day that he'll be free
But he makes them too much money
Working all day
On the cocoa farm
Child got harmed
Coulda broke his arm
Working like a slave
On the cocoa farm
Just to get paid
And still be broke tomorrow
Working all day
On the cocoa farm
Child got harmed
Coulda broke his arm
Working like a slave on the cocoa farm
Just to get paid and still be broke tomorrow
Money coming in but they say he got a loan to pay
He'll never pay it off cos the system built that way
Who's gonna help Abdul on the cocoa farm?
We're eating chocolate as if it don't cost an arm
Yes he was a slave yesterday and today
But tomorrow change can come his way
Hit them in the pocket that's how we gonna stop it
Think of Abdul, next time you buy some chocolate
Suffering a life full of pain and anguish
In a foreign land where he can't speak the language
Dreaming of the day that he'll be free
But he makes them too much money
Who's gonna help Abdul?
Take him off the farm educate him in the school
When the machete chop he cut his arm and get a bruise
He hasn't seen his family since him was a little youth
And catch a bad beating if he ever broke a rule
Him lift a heavy bag overseers dem a cruel
They work him so mad that he wanna break loose
And so I ask who's gonna help Abdul?
They drive slaves for the profit
Life's not a box of chocolates
What could force them to stop this
Must hit them in the pocket
They don't want your cameras to watch it
They don't want to make that a topic
Not just what they spray on the crop it's
The whole situation that's toxic
Who's gonna help Abdul on the Cocoa Farm?
Who's gonna help Abdul on the Cocoa Farm?
All the little girls and the dudes out there getting harmed
Who's gonna help on the Cocoa Farm?
Who's gonna help the Cocoa Farm?
I'm asking Who's gonna help on the cocoa farm?
All the slave labour on the cocoa farm?
He does not read books and he does not go to school
Several years ago he was stolen and sold
Now today is his birthday he turns 10 years old
But there won't be any candles, candies or cake
Just a pain in his belly and hands that ache
Like his back that's bruised from whips and chains
From when he tried to escape for this he feels no shame
Suffering a life full of pain and anguish
In a foreign land where he can't speak the language
Dreaming of the day that he'll be free
But he makes them too much money
Working all day
On the cocoa farm
Child got harmed
Coulda broke his arm
Working like a slave
On the cocoa farm
Just to get paid
And still be broke tomorrow
Working all day
On the cocoa farm
Child got harmed
Coulda broke his arm
Working like a slave on the cocoa farm
Just to get paid and still be broke tomorrow
Money coming in but they say he got a loan to pay
He'll never pay it off cos the system built that way
Who's gonna help Abdul on the cocoa farm?
We're eating chocolate as if it don't cost an arm
Yes he was a slave yesterday and today
But tomorrow change can come his way
Hit them in the pocket that's how we gonna stop it
Think of Abdul, next time you buy some chocolate
Suffering a life full of pain and anguish
In a foreign land where he can't speak the language
Dreaming of the day that he'll be free
But he makes them too much money
Who's gonna help Abdul?
Take him off the farm educate him in the school
When the machete chop he cut his arm and get a bruise
He hasn't seen his family since him was a little youth
And catch a bad beating if he ever broke a rule
Him lift a heavy bag overseers dem a cruel
They work him so mad that he wanna break loose
And so I ask who's gonna help Abdul?
They drive slaves for the profit
Life's not a box of chocolates
What could force them to stop this
Must hit them in the pocket
They don't want your cameras to watch it
They don't want to make that a topic
Not just what they spray on the crop it's
The whole situation that's toxic
Who's gonna help Abdul on the Cocoa Farm?
Who's gonna help Abdul on the Cocoa Farm?
All the little girls and the dudes out there getting harmed
Who's gonna help on the Cocoa Farm?
Who's gonna help the Cocoa Farm?
I'm asking Who's gonna help on the cocoa farm?
All the slave labour on the cocoa farm?
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Writer(s): Maya Martinez-dawkins
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