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Took The Children Away Lyrics
All of the lights (all of the lights)
(Lights, lights) all of the lights
Turn up the lights in here baby
Extra bright, I want y'all to see this
Turn up the lights in here, baby
You know what I need
Want you to see everything
Want you to see all of the lights
Fast cars, shooting stars
(All of the lights, all of the lights)
Until it's Vegas everywhere we are
(All of the lights)
If you want it you can get it for the rest of your life
If you want it you can get it for the rest of your life
Something wrong
I hold my head
M.J. gone, our nigga dead!
I slapped my girl, she called the feds
I did that time and spent that bread
I'm heading home, I'm almost there
I'm on my way, headed up the stairs
To my surprise, a nigga replacing me
I had to take 'em to that ghetto university (all of the lights)
Cop lights, flash lights, spot lights
Strobe lights, street lights
(All of the lights, all of the lights)
Fast life, drug life
Thug life, rock life
Every night (all of the lights)
Turn up the lights in here, baby
Extra bright, I want y'all to see this
Turn up the lights in here, baby
You know what I need, want you to see everything
Want you to see all of the lights
Restraining order
Can't see my daughter
Her mother, brother, Grandmother hate me in that order
Public visitation
We met at Borders
Told her she take me back
I'll be more supportive
I made mistakes
I bump my head
Courts suck me dry
I spent that bread
She need a daddy
Baby please,
Can't let her grow up in that ghetto university (all of the lights)
Cop lights, flash lights, spot lights
Strobe lights, street lights
(All of the lights, all of the lights)
Fast life, drug life
Thug life, rock life
Every night (all of the lights)
Turn up the lights in here, baby
Extra bright, I want y'all to see this
Turn up the lights in here, baby
You know what I need, want you to see everything
Want you to see all of the lights
Getting mine, baby
Gotta let these niggas know, yeah
Get it right, eh
You should go and get your own
Getting mine, baby
Gotta let these niggas know, yeah
Get it right, eh
You should go and get your own
Unemployment line, credit card declined
Did I not mention I was about to lose my mind? (my mind, my mind, my mind)
And also was about to do that line (line, line, line)
Okay, okay, you know we going all the way this time (time)
We going all the way this time (time)
We going all the way this time
We going all the way this time
We going all the way this time
Turn up the lights in here, baby
Extra bright, I want y'all to see this
Turn up the lights in here, baby
You know what I need, want you to see everything
Want you to see all of the lights
Whoa, whoa, oh
I tried to tell you but all I could say is oh
Whoa, whoa, oh
I tried to tell you but all I could say is oh
Whoa, whoa, oh
I tried to tell you but all I could say is oh
Whoa, whoa, oh
I tried to tell you but all I could say
i really love this song.... this song is about the stolen generation, of the native aboriginals of australia. its a story of his life, growing up in the country town of framlingham (near warrnambool) and being taken away from his family.
While we all accept the sadness did not many positive results come from the stolen generation. Today many wonderful aboriginal children suffer in very poor conditions. We as a nation must accepts today that alcohol drugs sexual abuse and health issues are not well addressed in aboriginal families.
@dave the falcon man from falcon - The outcomes for stolen children are far worse than those who were not removed. Don't just take my word for it - data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that Aboriginal adults who were removed as children have much worse outcomes in mental health, employment, alcohol abuse, and incarceration than Aboriginal adults who remained with their families. Added to this is that those who were institutionalised missed out on parenting and consequently many struggle to parent their children well because of this institutionalism and the trauma they suffered. Bill Simon has written...
@dave the falcon man from falcon - The outcomes for stolen children are far worse than those who were not removed. Don't just take my word for it - data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that Aboriginal adults who were removed as children have much worse outcomes in mental health, employment, alcohol abuse, and incarceration than Aboriginal adults who remained with their families. Added to this is that those who were institutionalised missed out on parenting and consequently many struggle to parent their children well because of this institutionalism and the trauma they suffered. Bill Simon has written a wonderful book 'Back on the Block' about his experiences of removal, his struggles as an adult and how he was to eventually able to overcome them.