Help is on the way 

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To my fellow blacks and my fellow browns, 

I see your angst, I see the tears behind, 

I feel your pain when you can’t breathe 

I watch your torment and trust me,  

If I could do anything, I’d take that away 

I want to comfort you; I want to ball my fist with you  

I want to tell you it will be worth it one day 

Because help is on the way 

 

To my pained Palestinians,  

I want to give you warmth,  

I want to give you your home 

And I see you praying even when bombed, 

I see you seeking solace even when there is little hope 

I ask god to give you strength, to give you peace 

I ask him to tell you it’s going to be okay 

Because Help is on the way 

 

To my hidden Uyghurs, 

I hear your pain even in your silence, 

I see the unjust, the evil, the violence 

I go to bed thinking of you, of how you are not in yours 

Of how you are tortured in ways world might never know 

I pray for your release, I long for your freedom 

And trust me friend, it won’t take long 

Because Help is on the way 

 

To my Rohingyas, 

I see the blatant injustice, I see the unfair treatment, 

I see all of it and I also see your tears, 

Your cries, your yearnings 

I want to say hang in there, I want to give you hope 

I want to give you a blanket, to hide you from this world 

I want to tell you just a little bit more 

Because Help is on the way 

 

To my fellow Indians, those who are wronged 

By our country whose freedom we have longed,  

She claims accepting all, loving all 

But only cares for some in times of want 

I see the injustice, I see the blatant disregard 

And I want to tell you this too shall pass, 

Hang on to hope, Clutch it tight 

Because help is on the way 

 

To all those,  

Wronged by their leaders, Judged by their friends  

Killed by their protectors, Slaughtered by their neighbors  

Your pain isn’t ignored, Vicariously, I feel it through you 

Your screams aren’t unheard, they talk to me in my dreams 

Your tears aren’t wasted, they find solace in my eyes 

And I want to tell it will all soon end, and to end I say 

Help is always on the way