VERSE1
D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
I woke up this morning, hunger was gnawing my soul
D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
But the preacher man's sermon, won't put no food in my bowl
D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
Abidjan to Monrovia, looking for food and a home
D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm...
Instead I found factions and armies, in the middle of a combat zone
CHORUS
Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
I want love, I need love, I I want love
Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl
VERSE2
D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
Here in this tribal warfare, for food you need money or a gun
D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
I signed up, whose side I don't care, at least now I'm someone
D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
At parade time the grown ups are cruel, and all of the soldiers are small
D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm...
Commanders and captains and colonels, all kids with their back to the wall
CHORUS
Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
I want love, I need love, I I want love
Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl
BRIDGE
F Bb Cm Cm7 Cm Cm7
They told me I'm joining a family
F Bb Cm Cm7 Cm Cm7
But here I ain't nobody's son
F Bb D7
My brothers are right here beside me
D# Dm Gm
We share our hunger and we share our gun
F Bb Cm Cm7 Cm Cm7
Tomorrow we start the offensive
F Bb Cm Cm7 Cm Cm7
Been drinking palm wine all day
F Bb D7 D# Dm Gm
Gri gri men can keep us from bullets, but hash won't keep hunger at bay
CHORUS
...Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
I want love, I need love, I I want love
Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl
VERSE3
D# Dm Gm
When it's time the small soldiers march forward
D# Dm Gm
When one falls the next takes his gun
D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
Four to one AK forty seven, I was number three but now I'm gone
D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
Our future is dying right here, children only ten years old
D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
In this tribal colonial nightmare, we're reaping the seeds you have sown
D# Dm Gm...
We're reaping the seeds you have sown
CHORUS
...Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
We want love, we need love, all of us want love
Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm
We want love, we need love, and a little food in our bowls
Cm Dm Gm
Cm Dm Gm
Cm Dm Gm Cm Dm Gm
I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl.
I woke up this morning
Hunger was gnawing my soul
But the preacher man's sermon
Won't put no food in my bowl
Abidjan to Monrovia
Looking for food and a home
Instead I found factions and armies
In the middle of a combat zone
I want love, I need love
I want love
I want love, I need love
And a little food in my bowl
Here in this tribal warfare
For food you need money or a gun
I signed up, whose side I don't care
At least now I'm someone
At parade time the grown-ups are cruel
And all of the soldiers are small
Commanders and captains and colonels
All kids with their backs to the wall
I want love, I need love
I want love
I want love, I need love
And a little food in my bowl
They told me I'm joining a family
But here I ain't nobody's son (nobody's)
My brothers are right here beside me
We share our hunger and we share our gun
Tomorrow we start the offensive (yeah)
Been drinking palm wine all day
Grigrimen can keep us from bullets (no, no, no)
But hash won't keep hunger at bay
I want love, I need love
I want love
I want love, I need love
And a little food in my bowl
When it's time the small soldiers march forward
When one falls the next takes his gun
Four to one, AK47
I was number three but now I'm gone
Our future is dying right here
Children only ten years old
In this tribal colonial nightmare
We're reaping the seeds you have sown
We're reaping the seeds you have sown
We want love, we need love
All of us want love
We want love, we need love
And a little food in our bowls
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I want love, I need love (ooh, ooh, ooh)
And a little food in my bowl
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