FEAR

Another Day In Paradise
She calls out to the man on the street

"Sir, can you help me?It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep,

Is there somewhere you can tell me?"
He walks on, doesn't look backHe pretends he can't hear her

Starts to whistle as he crosses the street

Seems embarrassed to be there
Oh think twice, it's another day forYou and me in paradise

She calls out to the man on the street

He can see she's been cryingShe's got blisters on the soles of her feet

Can't walk but she's trying
Oh lord, is there nothing more anybody can do

Oh lord, there must be something you can say
You can tell from the lines on her face

You can see that she's been thereProbably been moved on from every place'

Cos she didn't fit in there
Oh think twice...

Written by babyface, stevie wonder (1997)

There was a girl I used to know

She was oh so beautiful.But she’s not here anymore

She had a college degree.Smart as anyone could be

She had so much to live forBut she fell in love

With the wrong kinda man.He abused her love and treated her so bad

There was not enough education in her world

That could save the life of this little girl

How come, how longIt’s not right, it’s so wrong

Do we let it just go onTurn our backs and carry on

Wake up, for it’s too late.Right now, we can’t wait

She won’t have a second try.Open up your hearts.As well as your eyes

She tried to give a cry for help.She even blamed things on herself

But no one came to her aid.Nothing was wrong as far as we could tell

That’s what we’d like to tell ourselves.But no, it wasn’t that way

So she fell in loveWith the wrong kinda man.And she paid with her life

For loving that man.So we cannot ignore

We must look for the signs.And maybe next time

We might save somebody’s life.I on occasion met that guy

He stirred up bad feelings deep inside.Something about him wasn’t right

The way he proves himself a man.By beatin’ his woman with his hands

Oh I wish she’d seen the light.How can someone like that

Call himself a man.In reality he’s far more less than that

And we cannot ignore.Whenever we see the signs’cause any kinda of abuse

God knows isn’t right

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I was told many times that I have a 'good' heart. Too emotional. Too 'busybody'.

I was kind to 3 strangers for the past one week.

I did what I did only because I was alone and nobody would judge me.

No. I didn't do it to feel good or to fulfill some kind of charity gestures 'quota' I had imposed to myself.

I did what I did out of FEAR.

Fearful that my loved ones may be in their shoes one day.

Fearful that God would one day asked me WHY.