Matt Redman - Twenty Seven Million lyrics

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See what the world’s done? Came to London

She’s a nothing, a no one, she’s undone

Broken dreams, stolen freedom

Trapped in the night, trafficked and beaten

All a part of an evil economy

Nothing more than someone’s commodity

A precious being like you and me

A daughter, a sister, a somebody!

She was drawn by the bright lights

She was tied up in their lights

She worked right through the daylight

No voice, she’s a slave to the night

27 million like me

(That’s 27 million on this cruel journey)

We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up

Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!

We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up

Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!

We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up

Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!

We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up

Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!

After the man left, she’s nothing left

No one, no love, no one to call her friend

She’s stuck in the pit of hell

She’s almost sick from the smell

She’s numb, she’s dead from the inside out

Her heart is screaming but you don’t hear the shout

Who’s the voice? Who’s gonna break the door down?

Who wakes her up from the nightmare now?

She was drawn by the bright lights

She was tied up in their lights

She worked right through the daylight

No voice, she’s a slave to the night

27 million like me

(27 million need Heaven’s mercy!)

We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up

Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!

We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up

Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!

We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up

Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!

We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up

Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!

27 million, are you joking?

How did we let evil get so tight a grip

Watching while the world falls apart?

How did we let this stuff begin?

We’re not bothered if this offends

Cause you got people that can depend

But they ain’t got that, they got nothing

Sometimes you gotta stand for something

Let this be the stand against your blood running

Little girl don’t cry

Let me dry your eyes in the darkest night

(You’re not alone)

Hold on through the storm

You’re not on your own

Hold on, love will come

We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up

Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!

[repeat until end]