Joel DeVaughn - This Ain't Living/Open Your Eyes Lyrics

People keep on crying
While the leaders tell their lies
The death toll keeps on climbing
It's dangerous outside
Mother keeps on smiling
And keeps her babies fed
At night she works for money
To keep a roof over their heads

This ain't living no, no, baby
Struggling to survive
And keep the hope alive
This ain't living no, no, baby
Freedom slowly dying
Before our very eyes

Protesting and riots
Rampant in the streets
We all need some guidance
But we're clothed in unbelief
Police roam their cities
Hunting whom they please
Can we ever be free now, honey,
If we cause our suffering? Yeah

But This ain't living no, no, baby
Struggling to survive
And keep the hope alive
No, this ain't living (no, no)
Freedom slowly dying
Before our very eyes

Listen, baby
Listen now

This ain't living

One of the great liabilities of life
Is that all too many people find themselves
Living amid a great period of social change
And yet they fail to develop the new attitudes
The new mental responses that new situation demands
They end up sleeping through a revolution

Open your eyes
Open your eyes
Open your eyes
Open your eyes, your eyes
Your eyes
Your eyes
Open your eyes
Open your eyes
Open your eyes

I want you
I need you
I want you, baby
To open up those eyes
Open up those eyes
Open up those eyes

Can't you see that we're all people?
Can't you hear us crying for more?
Can't you see that there's no need for
The innocent to bleed for sure
Can't you hear the children wail?
Crying out for love and peace
Can't you see we've got to get up
And wake the sleeping from their dreams?

Can't you see that we're all people?
Can't you hear us crying for more?
Can't you see that there's no need for
The innocent to bleed for sure
Can't you hear the children wail?
Crying out for love and peace
Can't you see we've got to get up
And wake the sleeping from their dreams?