Took The Children Away-Archie Roach

[ti:Took The Children Away] [ar:Archie Roach] [al:Charcoal Lane] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Took The Children Away - Archie Roach [00:03.79]This story's right this story's true [00:06.41] [00:08.41]I would not tell lies to you [00:11.77]Like the promises they did not keep [00:15.33] [00:16.89]And how they fenced us in like sheep [00:21.32]Said to us come take our hand [00:24.25] [00:25.75]Sent us off to mission land [00:28.93] [00:30.18]Taught us to read to write and pray [00:33.36] [00:34.43]Then they took the children away [00:37.67] [00:38.23]Took the children away [00:39.73] [00:42.42]The children away [00:43.97] [00:47.22]Snatched from their mother's breast [00:49.65]Said this is for the best [00:51.77] [00:52.40]Took them away [00:53.33] [00:56.33]The welfare and the policeman [00:59.01] [01:00.82]Said you've got to understand [01:03.44] [01:04.75]We'll give them what you can't give [01:07.75] [01:09.31]Teach them how to really live [01:11.68] [01:13.74]Teach them how to live they said [01:16.67] [01:17.36]Humiliated them instead [01:20.85] [01:22.47]Taught them that and taught them this [01:25.47] [01:26.72]And others taught them prejudice [01:30.03] [01:30.59]You took the children away [01:32.96] [01:34.77]The children away [01:36.33] [01:39.76]Breaking their mothers heart [01:42.19]Tearing us all apart [01:44.56]Took them away [01:45.62] [01:48.81]One dark day on Framingham [01:51.55] [01:53.05]Come and didn't give a damn [01:55.30] [01:56.61]My mother cried go get their dad [02:00.22] [02:01.22]He came running fighting mad [02:04.84] [02:06.16]Mother's tears were falling down [02:08.84] [02:10.33]Dad shaped up and stood his ground [02:13.70]He said 'You touch my kids and you fight me' [02:17.76] [02:18.88]And they took us from our family [02:22.44] [02:23.31]Took us away [02:24.44] [02:27.18]They took us away [02:28.68] [02:31.74]Snatched from our mother's breast [02:34.17]Said this was for the best [02:36.79]Took us away [02:37.67] [03:07.31]Told us what to do and say [03:09.93] [03:11.55]Told us all the white man's ways [03:14.36] [03:16.04]Then they split us up again [03:18.04] [03:19.47]And gave us gifts to ease the pain [03:22.97] [03:24.59]Sent us off to foster homes [03:27.34] [03:28.40]As we grew up we felt alone [03:31.71] [03:32.33]Cause we were acting white [03:34.70]Yet feeling black [03:36.14] [03:37.51]One sweet day all the children came back [03:41.31]The children come back [03:43.44] [03:45.62]The children come back [03:47.43] [03:50.36]Back where their hearts grow strong [03:52.80]Back where they all belong [03:54.98]The children came back [03:56.60] [03:58.60]Said the children come back [04:00.41] [04:03.04]The children come back [04:04.84] [04:07.90]Back where they understand [04:10.21]Back to their mother's land [04:12.08]The children come back [04:13.64] [04:15.45]Back to their mother [04:17.26] [04:19.82]Back to their father [04:21.69] [04:24.18]Back to their sister [04:27.24] [04:29.11]Back to their brother [04:30.80] [04:32.80]Back to their people [04:34.61] [04:37.23]Back to their land [04:39.97] [04:41.59]All the children come back [04:43.41] [04:45.59]The children come back [04:47.96] [04:50.08]The children come back [04:51.77] [04:54.70]Yes I came back