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Feed The Poor

from Collaborator by Larry Norman

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​You gotta feed the poor
They're dying every day
If your momma asks you if you fed the poor
What are you gonna say

You gotta feed the poor
You must obey
If your pappa asks you if you fed the poor
What are you gonna say

There's a little boy lying on the ground
Too weak to lift his head up, too sick to make a sound
There's a little baby girl with her eyes shut tight
Her body burns with fever, there is no food tonight

You gotta feed the poor
You must obey
If the angels ask if you fed the poor
What would you say

You gotta feed the poor
They're dying every day
And when Jesus asks you if you fed the poor
What are you gonna say

They're cutting down the rain forest so they can feed the cows
Fast food corporations, they got no time for ploughs
The wet lands and the swamp land are being drained away
The animals and bird life, they have no place to stay

Insidious conglomerates deny that they're involved
Offshore phoney shell fronts make it hard to solve
With a thousand miles of paper trails winding round and round
While you subpoena affidavits another million trees comes down

Inner city children go to school without a meal
They study this great land of ours, it must seem so unreal
In Haiti and in Africa and in your small town too
There's children starving everywhere and they are watching you

You gotta feed the poor
You gotta feed the poor
Gotta feed the poor
Feed the poor

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from Collaborator, released December 1, 2002

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Larry Norman Los Angeles, California

American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. Norman had a major influence on artists as diverse as The Pixies, Guns n' Roses, and U2. After his death in 2008 his most well-known album, 1972's Only Visiting This Planet, was selected for inclusion in The United States Library of Congress for its cultural significance and impact on American culture. ... more

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