“Daddy said I have to work”

• The time has come
Our family is dying in slum
I have to leave school
Before our family falls to succumb

• Daddy is very ill
And I know it’s not his will
I have to work from now on
And pay the some bills

• Mom has cancer she is sad
My little brother is hungry so bad
I have to work to get some milk
Before he screams and goes mad

• His diapers are all filled with waste
No one can get them replaced
I have to wash them hard
My life already lost its taste

• I have to wash the clothes
I have to wipe my baby brother’s nose
Took him out to smell some air
While the sun shines and glows

• I have to work all day
To reach to the bills and pay
I have to work at home at night
To keep my family along the way

• I have to knit
Quilt and trail bit by bit
I have to take my brother to sleep
Caressing him in a whit

• I have to make daddy coffee
For he is deeply in need of me
Make my tea for mommy
Then scrub the floor on my knee

• I have to wake up at eight
A minute passed is too late
I have to make breakfast for all
Then run to work straight

• From morn to night
I have to work to earn
Return under the moonlight
For home stores a long long night
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