Fired up ain't gonna take it no more
Tied up ain't gonna take it no more
You say cool down, we say step down
You're breaking my mother's heart

Fired up ain't gonna take it no more
Tied up ain't gonna take it no more
You say cool down, we say step down
You're breaking my mother's heart

Children need schools more than they need jails
That's where our society fails
First seven years creates the child's foundation
Mandatory for a healthy nation

How could we forget that the children come first
We left them alone and they died of thirst
Mothers and fathers confused and forlorn
When the children are missing there's something wrong

Can't just focus on kids with wealth
Can't pick and choose who gets the health care
Take an honest look at the great divide
Looks dangerously similar to genocide

Fired up ain't gonna take it no more
Tied up ain't gonna take it no more
You say cool down, we say step down
You're breaking my mother's heart

Ain't gonna take it no more
Tied up ain't gonna take it no more
You say cool down, we say step down
You break another mother's heart

 

Can you call on your imagination
As if telling a myth to a child 
Put in the fantastical, wonderful, magical
Add the romantic, the brave and the wild

Once upon a time there was a power
So great that no one could know its name
People tried to claim it and rule with it
Always such arrogance ended in shame

Thousands of years would pass in a moment
Hundreds of cultures would come and go
Each generation with a glorious calling
Even when they were too busy to know

Then one day after two millennia
Which after all was a small part of time
Hundreds of souls found their way out of nowhere
To be on earth at the threat of decline

Let's all go, they moved as one being
Even though each would arrive here alone
They promised to work in grace with each other
To brave the beautiful planet called home

There was no promise that they could save it
But how exciting to give it a try
If they each did one or two actions beautifully
Complex life on earth might not die

And so they arrive in a spectrum of colors
The population on earth did explode
Some threw themselves in front of disaster
Other slowly carried their load

Some adopted small girls from China
Some lived high in the branches of trees
Some died as martyrs, some lived as healers
Some bravely walked with a dreadful disease

They mingled among each class and culture
Not one of them could be identified
But together they altered just enough moments
To help the lost and the terrified

To step outside of our egos and our bodies
To know for once that we truly are one
Then quickly we would forget to remember
But that's OK, their job was well done

And earth went on for another millennium
Now it's time for my song to end
This magical story of hope and wonder
Invites you all to wake up and pretend to be
Fabulous creatures sent from the power
Souls that have come with a purpose in mind
To do one little thing that will alter the outcome
And maybe together we'll do it in time

Can you call on your imagination
As if telling a myth to a child 
Put in the fantastical, wonderful, magical
Add the romantic, the brave and the wild

The Souls are coming back!

Send in a thousand grandmothers
They will surely volunteer
With their ancient wisdom flowing
They will lend a loving ear

First they'll form a loving circle
Around the wounded wing
Then contain the brutal beasts of war
Sweet freedom songs they'll sing

A lullaby much stronger
Than bombs and threats to kill
A force unlike we've ever seen
Will break the murder's will

To the prisons we'll invite them
The most violent men will weep
When a 1000 women hold them strong
And pray their souls to keep

Let them rock the few who steal the most
And rule with youthful charm
So they'll see the damage that they do
And will fall into grandma's arms
Two thousand loving arms

If you think these women are too soft
To face the world at hand
Then you've never known the power of love
And you fail to understand

An old woman holds a powerful force
When she no longer needs to please
She can cut your shallow life to bits
And bring you to your knees
We best get down on our knees

And pray for a thousand grandmothers
Will you please come volunteer
No longer tucked deep out of sight
Will you bring your power here
Will you bring your power here

He is an Arab, she is a Jew
And they don't care if that bothers you
One may be brown, one may be black
But when love is true they don't hold back

Kids are gonna love. gonna love, gonna love
Kids are gonna love. gonna love, gonna love
Kids are gonna love. gonna love, who they damn well please

She loves a she, he loves a he
They are thrilled to be who they turned out to be
One may marry God, one may marry poor
Curse all you want as they walk out the door

Help them stay safe, lend them a hand
Promise never to abandon them
Love them, enjoy them and watch them grow
Kids have angels and the angels know

We need more honest love
We don't always do that so well
If we can learn to love with open arms
Only time can tell, but rest assured

Kids are gonna love. gonna love, gonna love
Kids are gonna love. gonna love, gonna love
Kids are gonna love. gonna love, who they damn well please

Oh those kids!
Kids are gonna love. gonna love, who they damn well please

Ah!

I feel so sad
I feel so bad
I feel so mad
Breathe in, breathe out

My mind is here
My mind is there
Life is unfair
Breathe in, breathe out

I feel so blue
Too much to do
I'm blaming you
Breathe in, breathe out

It moves so fast
And nothing lasts
Just let it pass

I want to kill
Afraid I will
Try to be still
Breathe in, breathe out

Come back to here
Let go of fear
My mind is clear
Breathe in, breathe out

I feel so sad
I feel so bad
I feel so mad
Breathe in, breathe out

Rest
When do we rest?

What's left to drink after you've stirred up the waters
What's left to love after you've lost your mind
What's left to hate after you have hated yourself
What's left to hurt after you have hurt mother-kind

Judges are not welcome in this court room
They want you to kill stray cats to work off you DUI
How strange?

Daddy got a reason
Lawyer got a reason
Preacher got a reason
Judges got a reason

Doors open
Windows open
Heart open
Why not
When do we rest?

Didn't you mean to say you assassinate your enemies
Didn't you mean to say you kill journalists and artists
Didn't you mean to say you give orders for the murder
Didn't you mean to say you sell drugs to make your fortune

Didn't you mean to say you hire thugs to do the dirty work
Didn't you mean to say it's been going on for years
Didn't you mean to say you'd do anything for power
Didn't you mean to say you govern out of fear

Didn't you mean to say you can't tolerate an insult
Didn't you mean to say you were beaten as a boy
Didn't you mean to say you were sexually assaulted
Didn't you mean to say you have never trusted love

Didn't you mean to say statistics show it's common
Didn't you mean to say we should never hit a child
Didn't you mean to say we need counseling for parents
Didn't you mean to say your report has just been filed

Didn't we mean to say there's fire that is burning
Didn't we mean to say there is something we can do
Didn't we mean to say that we turn babies into monsters
Didn't we mean to say if we create you

We can prevent you

I ain't afraid of your Yahweh
I ain't afraid of your Allah
I ain't afraid of your Jesus
I'm afraid of what you do in the name of your God

I ain't afraid of your churches
I ain't afraid of your temples
I ain't afraid of your praying
I'm afraid of what you do in the name of your God

Rise up to your higher power
Free up from fear, it will devour you
Watch out for the ego of the hour
The ones who say they know it
Are the ones who will impose it on you

Rise up, and see a higher story
Free up from the gods of war and glory
Watch out for the threats of purgatory
The spirit of the wind won't make
A killing off of sin and satan