They call us the invisible children, little civilians
That they abducted when the bullets riddled our buildings
We sit in the millions, and huddle in thousands
With little foreign aid and no government housing
From northern Uganda, to southern Sudan
They made me murder as a young un, I got blood on my hands
Took me while they killed my father and they raped my mother
And the first life they forced me to take was my brother's
You see I Fell between the ages of eight and eleven
Which made me worthy to shoot an AK 47
Others trying to escape butchered in front of my eyes
And the same fate befalls anyone of us that cries
This is their way of getting me desensitized
Non stop till the anger in me intensifies
Sent inside school buildings, to capture lil children
And trap in this cycle of hell so many are killed in….
Maybe I survived it, but I'm still an orphan
That leaves home at night and goes home in the morning
Knowing if I stay they'll come and take me away
Make me a murderer with an AK and a blade
So at the crack of dusk, I start packing up
And hit the road blasted with dust from passing trucks
If I don't make it into town and get found by a rebel
Well, I wouldn't even wish that on the devil
I've seen the horror stories of these rebel armed forces
Chopping the heads and legs and arms off us
Saying if we cried we were thinking of home
And for that they would let a slug sit in our domes
So we huddle up in towns like goods in storage
In streets or on verandahs y'all call porches
Bus park pavilions, is where I lay
Living everyday in the fear of the LRA
A Kaveera is a word for plastic bags where I'm from
And in the north, it'll also be used as a condom
Picked out of the garbage and used on our daughters
This sad state of affairs is all around heartless
Baby girl lives in fear, she knows the deal
That if the soldiers don't get her then the locals will
Got no rights, hope, there's none left in her face
Her fate is sealed no matter what direction it takes
See, we got it bad, but the girls got it worse
Mentally attacked in ways that's more perverse
If I pose a threat then I'm slaughtered, but first
They're gonna tear the dresses off daughters, and skirts
And violate them like they're not human beings
Look in my sister's eyes and life loses it's meaning
I look for a boy in the mirror but refuse to see him
And why should I, when no one else chooses to see him?
I'm Invisible.
Why do you act like you're so blind
When it's happening right infront of your eyes?
And if you feel the way I'm feeling, and you can hear it when I'm speaking
Then tell me how can I be here if you can't see me?
Krukid/Somi
Beat: Falynx
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