"liberty cries"

remember the children

in the city liberty's torch is dim
thru leaden clouds of gray
her downcast eyes look grim
at her children born today
facing life in uncertian times
watching them fall away
for the children of the street
liberty cries
for the babies born in addiction
innocent victims
of societies afflictions
deprived with loving neglect
and promising lies
for the progeny of poverty
liberty cries
for the kids on the block
turnin' to drugs an' theft
illiterate education teachin' 'em nuttin'
for them there's nothing left
lost with foolish pride
for the children dropped thru the cracks
liberty cries
for the children bound to gangs on the street
blood in,blood out
illusions of family
chained to violent lives
for the children dying in her streets
liberty cries