Lyrics Powerless - Classified
It′s
hard
to
be
strong
when
you
feelin'
powerless
(powerless)
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
devestated
we
are
Vecause
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
starrin′
eyes
He
crawls
into
her
bed
and
she
just
lays
there,
Almost
paralized
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,
explain,
how
this
man
took
her
life
within.
**
Abused
for
nine
years
- he
got
four
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
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,
one
day,
one
day
Cause
I
don't
wanna
be
here
no
more,
one
day,
one
day
We
hope
′Cause
I
don't
wanna
be
here
no
more
Shout
out
where
my
birthplace
is,
and
to
the
First
Nations
And
to
the
people
makin′
the
best
outa
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
its
blatin'
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
fatheres
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
It's
hard
to
feel
strong,
but
don′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,
one
day,
one
day
Cause
I
don't
wanna
be
here
no
more,
one
day,
one
day
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