Nauru

Chorus:

Nauru Nauru Nauru, scared to see what they might do, I want a life too
Nauru Nauru Nauru, your ethnicity does not define you, I want a life too

Verse:

I been in this place for way too long, don't noone care if i'm alive
I been in this place for way too long, don't noone care if i survive
Oh, I know that god will help me
I know that god will help me
I miss my family, hope my mama healthy
Mama i know that we had to leave
But the guard just told me you a fucking rat to me
Harassing me, i wish that it was only verbal, but mama they've tried to touch me
They know there isn't much we, can do
i've told the nurse but she saying that she can't hear it
Something about 2 years in jail if she interfering
What?!
They tryna silence us, they tryna silence us
And I thought back home was where the violence was
I'm dying from loneliness and all i see is crying children
I've been here enough to know these guards ain't gonna heal them
Only faith in god is keeping me alive
Truthfully it's cause they don't let me suicide, but in my mind
I'm dead, it's over, this life was a waste
Mama you swore that we were going to a better place
I can't even be angry, i just miss seeing your faces
They're telling us we're not human because of our races
And that noone in Australia cares of our existence
They've told them all about us but like nobody listens
They say everybody glistens off the thought of having such a nation
All to themselves, that they're scared of overpopulation
Mama don't they know that where we from there's like 180 million people?
Many of them depressed and feeble?
They say it's all our fault for choosing to get on the boats
What is choice mama? They acting like we had some votes
They acting like we had some homes, like we weren't sleeping in dirt
Like we had options, i don't even own a fucking shirt
Just this rag from my father hope he's living better than I
Oh mama please help me, the guard is giving me the eye
He's got his hands on my thigh, says I'll get more time in the shower
They don't see us as humans, they're addicted to the power
I'm addicted to the hope that i'll soon see some happiness
Soon these tears will dry up and i'll forget all this happening
And i'mma see your faces again, i hope i do
The only thing keeping me going is the memories of you
And memories of feeling loved, it's been 1000 days
Since i knew that someone loved me and that i wasn't a slave
Mama, the guard is walking to me, I think he's gonna hurt me, or flirt me
I'm screaming "NOT TODAY, IT'S MY SEVENTH BIRTHDAY!"
But they don't listen, he says "now it's only you and i"
Why don't they let me suicide?

Papa you always said to be good so that we won't end up in prison
I've been good my whole life and i'm still imprisoned
This life is not fair, papa they do not care
They say it's our fault for leaving, they wanted us to rot there
But they don't realise we used to count the land mines to pass time
They didn't hear the gunshots all the damn time!
Please help me.

Chorus:

Nauru Nauru Nauru, scared to see what they might do, I want a life too
Nauru Nauru Nauru, your ethnicity does not define you, I want a life too