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Genius

by We Drew Genius

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The Great Africa was created for us all The African mind loves the short and the tall But I wonder why some of my people Out of greed and selfishness have a stern zeal to cripple The vulnerable souls they were mandated to protect Eagle-eyed experts in conspiring They easily detect those with whose views they differ I shall defend my own Africa and rights If need be with peaceful fights We shall scale heights And set far our sights We struggle armed with literature To be a new creature We need to stand tall Never accept downfall Oh Oh Africa
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Living Death 02:31
Oh parents what have you done? Living us in dillema Like a dead goat Waiting to be roasted Like a dead goat Waiting to be eaten Like a dead goat Waiting to be roasted You were not responsible Your children were not educated Our talents were blocked How can we develop ourselves While working in other people's fields How can we get out of this mud, mother and father? What you did shows no love, mother and father You gave away our value Commending us to a Living Death Because of your irresponsible
3.
My Life 02:39
My Life is scattered My mother died when I was 2 years old My father married another woman My stepmum had four children with my father She was responsible for her own children But irresponsible towards me When my father got very ill I had to take care of him I had to go from door to door asking for food I had to leave school when I was doing grade 7 Every day I was thoroughly beaten After which I had to search water, Wash the dishes, feed my stepbrothers and sisters While I had to go without food Eventually my stepmother went to town Leaving my father dying When I look at my parents' graves I see mine next to them I am suffering I'm living in Hell
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I'm lost in the streets My life gone in the bush When I was born my parents had a small farm And I enjoyed a warm atmosphere But now they're all gone They all died And I'm so lonely Like a Bird without a Song I'm living in the streets And no one to take care of me But there are people around us They say we are like animals They say we are bad people Because they don't undertsand why we are in the streets Some say we are thieves But in our hearts we feel the pain We cry all day and night long So have a heart people We are the people like you Things change in life Be kind and feel the pain What if it was you? We cry and pray and one day God will answer our prayers We love you people (We love you)
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The World 03:18
The World is clouded in darkness With tainted colours of death Wearing its ugliest mask For responsibility seems a task This world is proud of shame That will remain the same Until responsibility makes it tame The World with cruel stories to tell Is irresponsibility a shaft of war Thrust deeper to the core Taunting force on the poor Violence prevails over human reason This is the time for responsibility to unfold Truth and love stand bold With no justice sold A responsibile world we mould Where all will never be cold
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I have a dream today That the innocent child will be bank manager Do not keep quiet Do not keep silent Break the silences (Break the silences) I was born dirty Picked up by a stroller It is not my desire to eat food from the bin It is not my desire to sleep on the pavements or the verander Why you abuse me? But you are my parents The dustbin is my kitchen unit I have my rights as an African Child Everyone is not saying I'm wild I'm the African Child
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Ways of Life 03:37
The Ways of Life can be bitter They cause agony in the soul The woman held her head in both her hands And stared at the heavens in pain She flung herself to the hard ground And let out a wail It stopped the early morning singing birds The Earth went silent It was a terrible wail indeed Her husband had bolted With all the years of hard work of cotton How would she make end's meet Four hungry children to feed She had prayed he would come back with something Indeed he did He had a stupid grin on his face And another wife He had married her with the cotton money The wails sent shivers Down people's spines The wind picked up her wails The wails of a wronged woman Such are the ways of life Full of poison
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We can hear you calling in the air tonight, Genius We've been waiting for this moment for all our lives, Genius Can you hear us calling in the air tonight, Genius? Well you told us you've been drowning We want to lend a hand We've seen your words Seen your thoughts But you don't know who we are. We met your friend and we saw what you'd done We want to thank you for what you shared So try to contact us Lucy knows where we are But we don't know where you are We can hear you calling in the air tonight, Genius We've been waiting for this moment for all our lives, Genius Can you hear us calling in the air tonight, Genius? We've been waiting for this moment for all our lives, Genius She remembers, she remembers, don't worry How could she ever forget The first time we met, Lucy showed us your poetry Oh we know the reason why you state your story Your story was felt not just by us The hurt in this world shows Responsibility will grow Your voice will be heard We can hear you calling in the air tonight, Genius We've been waiting for this moment for all our lives, Genius Can you hear us calling in the air tonight, Genius? We've been waiting for this moment for all our lives, Genius

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These words are written by Genius, a young African man, when he was a young orphan living on the streets of Zimbabwe.
Through a chain reaction, an Englishman living in Argentina, without having met Genius, composed music for the words and recorded them across the planet with Alex James.
We have managed to locate and speak to Genius. He said that if we could make some money with the music it would help guarantee that he could be off the streets. This is the reason we have created this page.
The album artwork is by Genius; the portrait of Genius by Drew Walker; and the WeDrew Collective together continue exploring ways to provide support..
Genius is currently in school studying 10 subject and loving the Sciences!!

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released March 4, 2016

Genius English (Poetry & Artwork) Drew Walker (Music & Artwork) Alex James (Recording)

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We Drew Genius Gweru, Zimbabwe

These words are written by Genius, a young African man, when he was a young orphan living on the streets of Zimbabwe.
Through a chain reaction, an Englishman living in Argentina, without having met Genius, composed music for the words and recorded them across the planet with Alex James. We have created this page to try to support Genius in whatever way we can. He is now in school loving Sciences!!
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