Powerless Lyrics - Classified

It's hard to be strong when you feelin' powerless (powerless) 

[Intro] 

"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 devastated we are feeling because of what you did." 

[Verse 1] 

She wonders why nobody hears her cry 

The footsteps in the hallway have her terrified 

Scared as she looks into his staring eyes 

He crawls into her bed and she just lays there, almost paralyzed 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, explaining how this man took her life within 

Abused for 9 years, he got 4 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 

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[Pre-Chorus] 

I'm not sad I'm strong 

I won't feel powerless 

I won't feel powerless 

I won't feel powerless 

[Chorus] 

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 

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 

[Bridge] 

One day, one day 

One day, one day 

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[Verse 2] 

Shout out where my birthplace is, and to the First Nations 

And to the people making the best out of 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 it's blatant 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 fathers 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 

[Pre-Chorus] 

I feel so powerless 

I feel so powerless 

I'm not sad I'm strong 

It's hard to be strong 

But don't feel powerless 

Don't feel powerless 

Don't feel powerless 

No, speak up and keep on 

[Chorus] 

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 

One day (One day, one day) 

Cause I don't wanna be here no more 

For some people all they have is hope (one day, one day) 

Hopefully one day (cause I don't want to be here no more) 

There's a lot of things that we don't like talking about 

(No more, no more) 

And we know we should be talking about it 

(Cause I don't wanna be here no more) 

This happens a lot more than what we think it does 

(No more, no more) 

Don't let it make you feel powerless 

[Bridge] 

One day, one day 

One day, one day