I was the white girl in the room The first time the end came too soon And I made tea for Nina and Kamile And you wouldn’t think it but this shit’s real As I learn things I didn’t know About how corporate America go And tear down the African soul We’re still the colour the waves roll And I stood out coz of my skin I was in the lift just silent with him And he’s got dreads and is so cool I tell him about DJ in school But am I just being tone deaf To walk the way, well what the eff And what the hell do I know The privilege of my skin to show Why is the world this way And it’s not just what the country say It’s continental persecution You have those lives that are so brutal Just a struggle to survive So I can find appliances with which to vibe And do I just become organic Does that mitigate the titanic Task of hunger facing us Why can’t we just learn to trust And share like children do But we grasp onto what we think is true And defend our own positions That turn into ammunition With which we can stare the enemy down But I’m turning tables as we turn around To a sudden kind of consciousness It’s a shift in our distress Away from the heavy handed tide I care that every child survives And has a place to call home More than adequate and all alone More than just the mute discard I acknowledge they have it hard And there is more that I can do Just tell me what you Need from me at any time I don’t want to hoard what is mine But open arms and let it be It’s time to wake up and see And know and sudden realise That we are one under the skies So blue and heavenly open free You call out and destiny Will shake and break this whole thing up There’s got to be more to Love Than just watching your own back Or finding somewhere to attack There is a season true It’s one for all and all for you