How Long - Raashan Ahmad, Geoffrey Oryema

Yesterday I heard all the hope was gone

More liquor for the dead, singing more sad songs

Gone to the heavens too soon

Flowers never had a chance to bloom

Power make doom cop killers take away lives

We drop like flies never see the new dawn

Word to Oscar Grant, word to Trayvon

Slap on the wrist and they just move on

And the pistols drawn in another war torn country

To become another image on the TV

Changing the channel can’t watch slaughter

No blood for oil, no child soldiers

Hidden racism talking about borders

Sex slave trade that be taking the daughters

How many laws to pass till we free from the pain

How many die till we really see change

How long

How long will it take

Yesterday I heard all the hope was here

And the problems of the world so crystal clear

If we just come together would they disappear

Love over hate every time walk with faith

Seen the poorest on the planet with a smile on face

And the richest on the planet say we need more space

Rat race with no just cause

Say we naive when we say stop wars

I just wanna breathe but the toxins more than the fresh air

Stopping is easy if greedy would just care

But we here the people hold power

Long as we standing its hope for the flowers

Good earth too under Babylons' towers

Let seeds grow and the new days ours

In the meantime hope the spirit won’t break

Till change come how long will it take