Twenty Seven Million lyrics

Newscasters: “Human trafficking is on the rise.
It astounds me that not only does human trafficking exist on earth today,
But there are actually more slaves than there has ever been before in the history of humanity.
That’s almost incomprehensible.”
Chorus:
We’ve got to rise up
Open our eyes up
Be her voice
Be her freedom
Come on stand up (2 times)

Rapper: See what the world’s done?
Came to London, she’s a nothing, a no one, she’s undone.
Broken dreams, stolen freedom,
Trapped in the night, trafficked and beaten.
All a part of an evil economy,
Nothing more than someone’s commodity.
A precious being like you and me,
A daughter, a sister, a somebody.
She was drawn by the bright lights
She was tied up in their lies
She works right through through the daylight
No voice. She’s a slave to the night.

Woman: Twenty seven million like me.

Rapper: That’s twenty seven million on this cruel journey.

Chorus:
We’ve got to rise up
Open our eyes up
Be a voice
Be a freedom
Come on stand up (4 times)

Rapper: Off there to my left, she’s nothing left
No one, no love, no one to call her friend
She’s stuck in the pit of hell
She’s almost sick from her smell

She’s numb, she’s dead from the inside out
Her heart is screamin’ but you don’t hear the shout
Who’s the voice? Who’s gonna break the door down?
Who wakes her up from the nightmare now?

She was drawn by the bright lights
She was tied up in their lies
She works right through through the daylight
No voice. She’s a slave to the night.

Woman: Twenty seven million like me.

Rapper: Twenty seven million need Heaven’s mercy
C’mon!

Chorus

Rapper: Twenty seven million…are you jokin’ it?
How did we let evil get so tight a grip?
Watching while the world falls apart
How did we let this stuff begin?
We’re not bothered if this offends
Cuz you know people who can defend
But they don’t know that; they got nothing
Sometimes you gotta stand for something
Let this be the stand that gets your blood running.

Woman: Little girl don’t cry, let me dry your eyes
In the darkest night you are not alone
Hold on through the storm; you’re not on your own
Hold on, I will come

Chorus