I Made a Difference

[Chorus – Maya Azucena] We are more than a photo in the magazine And our souls are shining brighter than you've ever seen [Verse 1 – Cormega] From darkness comes light for you to find your way When lost, he who has faith God sustains Haiti lost so many brothers. Therefore, we pray With heavy hearts for the mothers who lost their babies Lost their homes, lost everything they own Yet still kept it together, never lost their hold Or lost their soul which is more than gold I overstand now—I think the whole world should know [Verse 2 – General Steele] I can feel the earth shake. What can make the earth quake? Some of us get through the storm. Others’ help came late Families live in dire straits. Kids die at higher rates Looking for a higher power, asking God, “Is this my fate?” Look my baby in the face. “It’ll be OK We gon’ get through this together. Promise I'mma make a way Regardless any obstacle we ever face It can’t erase the fact that we made it and we here to stay” (So let us pray…) [Chorus – Maya Azucena] We are more than a photo in the magazine And our souls are shining brighter than you've ever seen [Verse 3 – stic.man] This is not celebrity charity—this is sincerity Haiti don't need our pity—they need our solidarity Our people need to know the severity of the tragedy The news can't give you the scope of the catastrophe Talk to the people that still missin’ they families The ones that wasn’t able to escape to Miami Seein’ mudslides on the hillside, roofs cavin’ in Whole cities destroyed, floods came rushin’ in Dead bodies and furniture floatin’ through the neighborhoods Governments rushin’ in, hungry for that Haitian blood Older kids gotta take care of the younger ones Young Dessalines—every struggle makes another one Toussaint Louvertures are surely needed now Graffiti tags on the wall reads, “Freedom Now” The strength of a nation is defined by the struggle I got faith that Haiti gonna rise from the rubble [Chorus – Maya Azucena] We are more than a photo in the magazine And our souls are shining brighter than you've ever seen [Interlude – Redman] Words can't even express the heartache and the devastation that Haiti went through and is still goin’ through today. I'll tell you like this, man. I just wish God would hear they prayers, man. You know what’m talking ‘bout? So I’mma do it like this for Haiti ‘cause I love… Check it out… [Verse 4 – Redman] Big up to H-A-I-T-I, yeah Throw the flags up, Haiti. Tell ‘em, “We out here” Sometimes, I think God don’t hear our prayer So this rhyme, we gon’ make him hear. Yeah I said, “My people ain’t eatin” And tell Mother Nature, “Let’s come to an agreement” And tell MJ, “I want corruption defeated” My people mistreated And if I had to vote, I’d vote for Wyclef to lead it [Verse 5 – Lil’ Fame] Hopped into a yellow cab [?] today, talking to the Haitian man driving Homie broke down and started crying Man, and what this dude told me, this ain’t make sense He said he just lost a daughter and a son at Port-au-Prince And I knew what he was feeling, but the pain hurts worse When you lose your own children, he was there since birth I thought Brownsville was messed up, but over there is worse This is realness I speak about—let’s help the people out [Chorus – Maya Azucena] We are more than a photo in the magazine And our souls are shining brighter than you've ever seen [Verse 6 – Maya Azucena] Can we pray for us? Stand for us? Fight for us? Never forget us ‘Cause we are you and you are us And we will rise with dignity, self-respect And why can’t you see? We’re beautiful in history It’s still being written And we will rise [Chorus – Maya Azucena] We are more than a photo in the magazine And our souls are shining brighter than you've ever seen