I was a child (Stop War please)

[INTRO – SPOKEN] I was a child. Not a target. Not a number. A child. [VERSE 1] I learned the sound of bombs before I learned to write I learned how to hide before I learned what’s right My toys are buried under broken concrete My school is a memory with no heartbeat They say “collateral” like it’s clean Like my name didn’t exist between Walls fall faster than promises do Tell me—what did I ever do to you? [PRE-HOOK] I don’t hate. I don’t fight. I just wake up screaming every night. [CHORUS / DROP] I was a child when the sky turned red I was a child when my mother bled I was a child, I had no gun Tell me why I’m the one who’s gone I was a child — say it slow I was a child — now you know [VERSE 2] You watch my life through a broken screen Swipe left, swipe right, then call it “mean” You change the channel, you change your mood I change my clothes next to shattered food My house is dust, my name is ash My future burned in a sudden flash You talk about war like it’s strategy I talk to graves that look like family [BRIDGE – WHISPERED] If this is defense Then what is murder? If this is silence Then who is louder? [CHORUS / DROP 2] I was a child, not a threat I was a child you won’t forget I was a child, no last goodbye Just a scream swallowed by the sky I was a child — remember that Before you justify the facts [OUTRO – SPOKEN] Don’t say it’s complicated. Don’t say it’s ancient. Say it clearly. You killed a childhood. And called it necessary. [CHORUS / DROP] I was a child when the sky turned red I was a child when my mother bled I was a child, I had no gun Tell me why I’m the one who’s gone I was a child I was a child I was a child I was a child...