Asetha Power: Music

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I. Their stories told to an outreach nurse
Giving her time to preserve their worth
Those whose minds have had enough
Those whose eyes have seen too much
The homeless seared in all her thoughts
The lot they’re dealt is not their fault
Women abused flee with child
Senior citizens cannot get by

Chorus
Under the bridge
Lives left for dead
Over the wind
Angels count the beds

II. Government-funded NGOs
Balance the world stood on tipsy toes
Branded, cornered, put on a leash
Rollover! Sit! Good! Here's your treat
Shelters built with no supports
Affordable and housing are divorced
CMHC breeds poverty
The provinces are on their knees

III. Housing is a crisis of today
Like the fight for oil and empty fame
Who decides who gets a roof
Do Maslow’s tiers not speak the truth
What is left for each proud man
When families are driven mad
Circumstances knock us down
Politicians count us out

IV. Religion lets the devil in
Integrity must always win
Based on codes derived from God
Rooted in guts, right and wrong
We focus on the war abroad
The right to choose and marriage laws
While here within communities
Children live without basic needs

...Human rights must steer this course
Take good care of you and yours