A silent call from a distant land
Crying for a helping hand, so
How long will it go on?
Ignorance and vanity
Supersede humanity, so
How long it will go on?
I want to know how long will it go on?

We can't wait any longer
They're crying out, doesn't it matter
We can't wait any longer
No, no. Too long in a slumber
Shake it up,wake it up now.
We can't wait any longer. No, no.

Another child is laid to rest
Another day of hopelessness, so
How long it will go on?
And every day we're on the fence brings
Another fatal consequence, so
How long will it go on?
I want to know, how long will it go on?

Yuko awezayo kusikia kilio chetu? (Can somebody hear us crying out?)
Twaomba msaada wenu (Somebody help us)
Aweko mwenye kuttuoka (Somebody save us)
Aweko mwenye kutupa uhuru (Somebody free us)

Copyright: CAPITOL CHRISTIAN MUSIC GROUP, Capitol CMG Publishing, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer(s): MICHAEL W. SMITH, MICHAEL WHITAKER SMITH, WAYNE KIRKPATRICK