«Dreaming of Freedom»

Canzone composta dagli alunni della scuola media «Dante Alighieri» di Torino nel quadro del programma SCREAM.

Instructional material | 17 December 2013


All over the world
They wonder why
An exhausted look
That comes as a cry
A child’s face
that no longer smiles
Big sad eyes
blurred by the pain
A whispered call
Asking for you to see
that too many children
aren’t free

(CHORUS)

We can hear your cries of pain
And no, we can’t explain
How those who lock the chain
Don’t hear your cries of pain
And no, we can’t be silent

I can hear the voice
The voice of your heart
Desperate it tells of
The days of sorrow and pain
I want to help you dream
of better days, rays of hope
No kid should be a slave…
I want to help you be free
learn, play and see...
that…

(CHORUS)

RAP

So why just look on and do nothing
Can’t pretend they’re not suffering
Their lives are pain every single day
There’s no joy, no love, no play
Come on and help us break these chains
Let the sun shine, take back the reins
Shout it to the sky, let me hear you
Stand up for children without freedom
Stolen childhood is what I see
but can’t just let this be
laws are the start
the rest comes from the heart
we know what we can do
Today change a life
Stand up for child rights

(CHORUS)