There is a woman in somalia Scraping for pearls by the roadside There's a force stronger than nature Keeps her will alive That is how she lives her life She's dying to survive I don't know what she's made of I would like to be that brave
She cries to the heavens above There is a stone in my heart She lives a life she didn't choose And it hurts like brand-new shoes
Yes, it hurts like brand-new shoes
There is a woman in rwanda The sun shows her no mercy The same sky we lay under Burns her to the bone Long as afternoon shadows It's gonna take her to get home Each grain carefully wrapped up Pearls for her little girl
Hallelujah Hallelujah
She cries to the heavens above There is a stone in my heart She lives a life she didn't choose And it hurts like brand-new shoes Yes, it hurts like brand-new shoes And it hurts like brand-new shoes