Powerless

It's hard to be strong when you feelin' powerless (powerless)
 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 devestated we are
 Vecause of what you did.'
 She wonders why nobody hears her cry
 The footsteps in the hallway have her terrified
 Scared as she looks into his starrin' eyes
 He crawls into her bed and she just lays there,
 Almost paralized 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, explain, how this man took her life within. **
 Abused for nine years - he got four 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
 I won't feel powerless
 I won't feel powerless
 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
 Cause I don't wanna be here no more, one day, one day
 We hope
 'Cause I don't wanna be here no more
 Shout out where my birthplace is, and to the First Nations
 And to the people makin' the best outa 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 its blatin' 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 fatheres 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
 I feel so powerless
 I feel so powerless
 It's hard to feel strong, but don't feel powerless
 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
 Cause I don't wanna be here no more, one day, one day