I Want Love

I woke up this morning
 Hunger was gnawing my soul
 But the preacher man's sermon
 Won't put no food in my bowl
 Abidjan to Monrovia
 Looking for food and a home
 Instead I found factions and armies
 In the middle of a combat zone
 I want love, I need love
 I want love
 I want love, I need love,
 And a little food in my bowl
 Here in this tribal warfare
 For food you need money or a gun
 I signed up - whose side I don't care
 At least now I'm someone
 At parade time the grown-ups are cruel
 And all of the soldiers are small
 Commanders and captains and colonels
 All kids with their backs to the wall
 I want love, I need love
 I want love
 I want love, I need love,
 And a little food in my bowl
 They told me I'm joining a family
 But here I ain't nobody's son
 My brothers are right here beside me
 We share our hunger and we share our gun
 Tomorrow we start the offensive
 Been drinking palm wine all day
 Grigrimen can keep us from bullets
 But hash won't keep hunger at bay
 I want love, I need love
 I want love
 I want love, I need love,
 And a little food in my bowl
 When it's time the small soldiers march forward
 When one falls the next takes his gun
 Four to one AK47
 I was number three but now I'm gone
 Our future is dying right here
 Children only ten years old
 In this tribal colonial nightmare
 We're reaping the seeds you have sown
 We're reaping the seeds you have sown
 We want love, we need love
 All of us want love
 We want love, we need love
 And a little food in my bowl