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 do not have no idea how devestated we are Vecause 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 starrin' eyes He crawls into her bed and she just lays there, Almost paralized 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 mother, but she said she don't believe it Nobody wanna talk about it - 'Cause this don't happen to good people, This don't happen to good people At the age of 17 she finally went to the police Charged him for the crimes he did, and finally took him off the streets Then at the trial, she had to relive it all again Understand, explain, 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 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 won't feel powerless I won't feel powerless Thank you to my hero I hope to meet you some day 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 Cause I don't wanna be here no more, one day, one day We hope 'Cause I don't wanna be here no more Shout out where my birthplace is, and to the First Nations And to the people makin' the best outa the worst cases Too many unanswered questions and open murder cases Without a voice how are we suppose to encourage changes? My grandmother was part-white and part-Native In fact, my highschool 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 its blatin' 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 fatheres feel powerless Like, "Don't anybody care about my daughter?" Don't anybody care if she's alive or she been slaughtered? They deserve to know, so they can go and bury her with honour 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 It's hard to feel strong, but don't feel powerless Thank you to my hero - I hope to meet you some day 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 Cause I don't wanna be here no more, one day, one day