Powerless - Classified

«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 devastated we are feeling because 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 staring eyes

He crawls into her bed and she just lays there, almost paralyzed 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, explaining how this man took her life within

Abused for 9 years, he got 4 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’m not sad I’m strong

I won’t 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

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

One day, one day

Shout out where my birthplace is, and to the First Nations

And to the people making the best out of 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 it’s blatant 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 fathers 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

I’m not sad I’m strong

It’s hard to be strong

But don’t feel powerless

Don’t feel powerless

Don’t feel powerless

No, speak up and keep on

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

One day (One day, one day)

Cause I don’t wanna be here no more

For some people all they have is hope (one day, one day)

Hopefully one day (cause I don’t want to be here no more)

There’s a lot of things that we don’t like talking about

(No more, no more)

And we know we should be talking about it

(Cause I don’t wanna be here no more)

This happens a lot more than what we think it does

(No more, no more)

Don’t let it make you feel powerless

One day, one day

One day, one day