Concept Residue - Feed Em' lyrics

[Verse 1 - Concept Residue] If you've got a single parent that the odds are apparent Seven out of ten got no money to spare it Can't feed the kids yo that's inherent Got spare food? please share it Imagine waking up with dread in your bed Always thinking bout that bread in your head Wondering when your next meal will be fed You prayed and you pled but no words have been said Poverty's risen for four years straight Lot more kids with no food on their plate Too many kids got no mac n' cheese Penniless pockets that lack the keys To open up the doors to pay the fees For these good vaccines that stop disease Lack of nutrition, we need a new vision Split the food up? diet division? We need a revision, a helpful decision Starvation and kids in a head-on collision SNAP and WIC Make me think we need to give more free Nearly half of American children Have utilized SNAP, over forty million Programs like these are the ones we need They feed, like a knight on a steed they lead Adopt their creed, maybe do a good deed Cause benevolence feels better than greed Feels better than greed, feels better than greed Low wages don't make you a dork or a goon Most people can't afford some pork or legume Minimum money can't fill a fork or a spoon That's why we gotta give and never a**ume [Hook (x2) - Concept Residue] Feed ‘em, feed ‘em! Make the meals, they need ‘em! Take out ya' cookbooks, read ‘em! Whatever ya' make, they'll eat ‘em! Feed ‘em, feed ‘em! Help the kids, don't leave ‘em! Fight the odds, man, beat ‘em! Do what's right, then lead ‘em! [Verse 2 - Cardiac] Easy to talk when you got that Poverty lines damn near flat Millions of kids on a day-to-day basis Hungry due to a state of lack Think it's time to give back Make a decision Look out for mankind with full provision It's all for one, not either or We got money for war, but can't feed the poor We gotta feed ‘em, feed ‘em Make the meals, they need ‘em Fight the odds, we'll beat ‘em Help the kids, don't leave ‘em Mom's outta work, pop's just part-time Scrape to make ends, need a full-time grind Stomach growl like close to bedtime Last food touched since little lunchtime Any child hungry, the biggest crime I gotta do my part, we're all intertwined Said we're all intertwined Yeah, we're all intertwined Shaking my head, disheveled design Unemployment at an all-time high Praying for help so I donate my time Volunteer often, it's deeper than rhymes Gotta add more to the campaign Just sit back, kick back, and maintain Gotta add more to the campaign Just sit back, kick back, and maintain Low wages don't make you a dork or a goon Some people can't afford pork or legume Short money can't fill a fork or a spoon That's why I give back, never a**ume! [Hook] [Verse 3 - Charlie Muscle] Have you ever seen a kid on the curb with a gun in his waist? Sitting with no food, and tears in his face? Hoping that someone would notice him and offer him up a plate cause he don't know the last time he ate? Now he forced to use a gun as he staring in your eyes Not because he want to, that's the way that he survive Gotta get it how he live it 'fore his random body dies All he really wanna eat is some burger and fries It starts at home! (It starts at home!) Gotta give 'em the vitamins and the minerals that help him grow! (Help him grow!) Cause when it hit the books, it takes strength to keep what they know So if the parent is working and not feeding the kids It's all left to us to give 'em nourishment Stop pointing the finger and start stirring the grits I was once a kid who only ate in school Maybe twice at home if Mom and Dad did too I hated the reason for not wasting food Mom and Pop stayed firm, but they wasted too 'Till I noticed the homie had never made it to school Always at home sick like he live in the blues He was eating the vittles that my family didn't use Cause his folks work hard to give him a roof To tell you the truth, I question the proof 'Till I visit the homie when he was hungry and he bit off my shoes That's when I knew I was through Trying hard to hold my tears all in but standing there was never all I could do A wage doesn't make you a dork or a fool Some people can't afford materials for they school Leaving kids hungry, the ultimate type of cruel That's why I give back and I never a**ume! [Hook]