FIFTEEN YEARS OLD TRAPPED IN POVERTY
SEARCHING FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM IN HER BABY’S HUNGRY EYES
THIS MOTHER LIVES IN FEAR SHE’S BEEN CONDEMED AND SENTENCED
THERE SEEMS NO NEED TO GO ON AND NOBODY HEARS THEIR CRIES
NO ONE HEARS THEIR CRIES NO ONE HEARS THEIR CRIES
IN A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE NOBODY HEARS THEIR CRIES
IT WAS A DARK HOT NIGHT THREE YOUNG MEN WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO
TOOK THEIR ANGER OUT ON A GIRL WE ALL KNEW
GOD BLOCKED KATY’S MIND FROM REMEMBERING THE ACT THAT RAVAGED
HER BODY AND SOUL BUT THE TERROR STILL COMES THROUGH
IT STILL COMES THROUGH IT STILL COMES THROUGH
IN A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE THE TERROR STILL COMES THROUGH
HIV CHILD HIS FRIENDS AND TEACHERS DISCOVER THE TERRIBLE TRUTH
THAT HIS PARENTS COULD NOT HIDE HE KEEPS TO HIMSELF
ALL OF HIS HOPES AND DREAMS THEY’RE SHATTERED
AND ALL OF HIS FRIENDS THEY CAN’T HIDE THE FEAR IN THEIR EYES
IT’S IN THEIR EYES IT’S IN THEIR EYES
IN A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE THERE’S FEAR IN THE YOUNGSTER’S EYES
WHAT’S WRONG WITH A WORLD WHERE THERE’S FEAR
IN THE YOUNGSTER’S EYES