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lyrics

Heartbroken, a mother’s words are spoken
bringing up a baby in a world that is unjust
with tears on her face, she says, when will my boy because of race
Go from innocent to being framed as dangerous
All I want is to connect, to love and have respect
Tell me when did our humanity, our sanity get trained out of us

Try, try, to see it through a mother’s eyes
Our sons and daughters are suffering
Rise, rise, open your eyes
can you hear my plea, have the courage to see
Through a mother’s eyes

It wasn’t that long ago, a white mother revealed during Jim Crow
We’re at a Sunday picnic, our children by our side
For entertainment and control our husbands hung a black child from a pole
To save our own we sat there screaming inside but did not cry out horrified
Shoved it down deep, closed our eyes and went to sleep
for generations to carry the pain inside, bury the shame and deny, while the truth cries

Try, try, to see it through a mother’s eyes
Our sons and daughters are suffering
Rise, rise, open your eyes
Can you hear my plea, have the courage to see
Through a mother’s eyes

And these words echo still, from the mother of Emmett Till
Open my son’s casket show the world this racist crime
lay him out in my living room, my agony for all to view
With hopes there will be change this time
If this was your child, you would be screaming why
no longer blind

Bridge
If you faced it, if you really faced it you would have to do something
If you faced it, you would have to
Rise, stop the suffering
Try, together we can reclaim our humanity
Through a mother’s eyes

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from Sanctuary (Deluxe Edition with Booklet), released March 3, 2023
Publishers: Rebecca Folsom (ASCAP/Easy World Productions)
Contributors: James Tuttle (Mixing Engineer), Tom Wasinger (Producer), Tom Wasinger (Engineer), Tom Wasinger (Mixing Engineer), Rebecca Folsom (Producer), Rebecca Folsom (Writer), Rebecca Folsom (Performer), Rebecca Folsom (Composer), Rebecca Folsom (Lyricist), Rebecca Folsom (Mixing Engineer), Heather Kawamoto (Writer), Dee Moore (Writer)

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Rebecca Folsom Colorado

Born and raised in Boulder, CO, Rebecca has played on BBC television/radio for an audience of 1.5 million, Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado, The Bluebird and Opryland in Nashville. Her song Sanctuary was a semi-finalist in the “2021 International Songwriting Competition.” and Better Times was #1 on National Folk Radio DJ Chart with 5 months on the Top 50 National Americana Country Radio Chart. ... more

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