Don't Kill Our Boys / River Ride Lyrics

Don't kill our boys. Our sons they matter

What will become of them? Our lives matter

They'll grow to be strong and fight on our enemies

But if they're gone, how will we survive the war

Don't kill our boys. Don't kill our boys

You were a prayer from God, I wanted a boy

And oh how happy I was, my heart filled with joy

When you entered the world with your beautiful brown eyes

I lift my head to the heavens, my hands to the sky

When you saw your mother, you saw me

Aand to know you'll be dead as they fear the next king

Don't kill our boys

Don't kill our boys

You see the blood stream down the street

A genocide was close to me

Our boys, our sons, they'll die because you're afraid

Afraid, of our boys, of our sons

I'll take you down by the river

I can't imagine my son being killed by the hands of another man

Who knows where the water will take you

I'll watch my brother for my mother, down the river

Don't throw our children in the Nile. You bastards are killing my child

Oh dear God on high, we ask you to draw nigh

And answer our prayers, and guide him down the stream

And keep him safe. Answer our prayer

Give me your sons. You know the decree to kill your boy

I'll kill your boy. Give me your son