Orphans

I was a poor communist kid, yeah standing in breadlines
With propaganda in my head
My daddy tried to keep the faith like Billy Graham
Had to become a refugee and just to feed the fam
Television used to teach us that America was a broken state
But what about our starving kids, our corruption lets debate
And yall can't even relate yo, what it's like to feed
Your family with the enemy's at the gate
What about broken promises to unite our people and our state
What about the fact that while we starved
Politicians played with fate
Why did you sell our land to fight a war we
Couldn't win, why did you lump us all together
Toss grenades and pull the pin?
What about the commie spies taught to rat and
Then to hide, taught to rat on their own mother
If it helped the cause she have to die
She'd have to rot on the inside, in prison walls the
Commies spied, she couldn't dream of better life
They killed the hope and criticized
I'll raise a song for the silent ones. I'll raise a song for the little ones
I'll raise this song for the hungry ones, the ones who
Family didn't make it out, make it out
I'll raise a song for the silent ones. I'll raise a song for the little ones
I'll raise this song for the hungry ones, the ones who
Family didn't make it out, make it out
I'll raise a song for the quiet ones, I'll raise a song for
Little kids who's daddy never made it out
I'll raise a song for hungry babies that were given up
Cause the daddy's couldn't feed them so they dropped them off
I'll raise a song for my generation, these were my brother's and my sisters
My whole nation, never made it
Some of those daddy's they got caught, went to jail
And were degraded, some of those kids were just abandoned
Daddy's drank, stories barricaded
I'll raise a song for the silent ones. I'll raise a song for the little ones
I'll raise this song for the hungry ones, the ones who family didn't make it out, make it out
I'll raise a song for the silent ones. I'll raise a song for the little ones
I'll raise this song for the hungry ones, the ones who family didn't make it out, make it out
Living in adversity it brought out, the best and worst in me
It taught me when to fight, and when to flee
It taught me how to dream and see that nothing come for free
So it was truth for me, it taught me how to struggle through it vertically
No man can claim my destiny, can't take what you didn't build from me
Can't fake and have integrity, hey dad I'll build your legacy so you can see
I'll create a mighty kingdom Humble Nation rise with me