[Verse 1: Bodi]
I was 8 years old when I first k**ed a man
It was either me or him with machete in my hand
I'd tell you more but you wouldn't understand
A grown man once a lost boy of Sudan
Who ran past the devil's lines drawn in the sand
And god never had a part in the plan
.Saw the sky fall on my own land
Never learned to crawl before I had to stand up and run
On horseback they came to my village
k**ed dad, raped mom, looted and pillaged
Held a gun to my sister and said that they'd shoot
If I didn't join their cause as a troop, so
What could I do? I remained loyal
As we moved north where someone had oil
They kept saying that the enemy was them
Khartoum, UN, JEM, but
All I wanted to do was survive
And one day see my little sister's shining eyes
So I die on this side of the knife
And that's life…(that's life…that's life…that's life...)
[Hook: Ebenezer Children's Orphanage]
I am beautiful
I love you
I am beautiful
Uhuru (Freedom)
[Verse 2: Dice]
Happy family, I remember my siblings and how we play
There was so much love til my daddy pa**ed away
That's when mommy changed, sad mommy stayed
Crying all day, yelling with her voice raised
Drunk in a daze eyes glazed, lost in deep thought
Sold me to a strange man just to pay the lease off
Beaten and raped by any who payed the three bucks
They hurt me mommy, burnt me mommy, left me locked
Sold my body, lost my soul, forgot free thought
One after another, disease and suffering please god
Take this pain away, this is not the life I want
I'd rather die here than lie here with these Johns
My clothes tattered, my spirit broke shattered
No man alive can save me from what has happened
Police captains take no action
Pockets have been fattened, American greed has them
I miss you mommy
Will anyone ever love me again?
Hook
[Verse 3: Bodi]
Six months old in the slums of Kibera
But wait - let me paint it clearer
Millions like me living in tents
Paper bag bathrooms thrown across the fence
An orphan - both parents in the grave
Mom and dad both victims of AIDS
I never knew em but their blood is in me
Fate sewn closed spelled HIV
A woman with a heart as big as the ocean
And the sun took me in, made her house open
To me and thirty kids in the same position
Die to make a livin in the only conditions
We've ever known, never shown any sad tears
Truth is I'm thankful just to be here
Even if the odds are I won't make it
To 10, for granted, my time I'll never take it
And when the end comes with a smile and a nod
Is how I'll reunite with my parents and god
My name's Kefa, this is my story
You may forget me, but please don't ignore me