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Inspired by seeing my nephew being raised and thinking that I want the best for him as his uncle.

lyrics

Parenting (over the Chicago beat) by Esoligh

Bring up the kids, look after em’
Bring up the kids, look after em’
Bring up the kids, look after em’
Bring up the kids, look after em’


Chorus
Light up the kids,
Make them love Aotearoa,
Make them love each other,
Move forward the future


1st Verse
My nephew loves Ninjago and Spiderman,
Playing with, watch n be around, the little man,
Raising him my sis n our whanau strive,
Making sure he lives alight and alive

Being alright, using his rights right,
Being a happy dude of light like christ,
A timeout occurred as happens all over,
Ignoring was the charge, the boy a wild rover

Making children be respectful can take hours,
We're bigger, but small words wield great powers,
As we love them so much,
And are light to their touch

Don't want ta use them as a crutch,
Growing up is like singing while doing a double dutch,
Bo is skipping away, while we all stay,
Giving him smiles and arohanui


Chorus
Light up the kids,
Make them love Aotearoa,
Make them love each other,
Move forward the future


2nd Verse
Will I be even able to have kids?
Don't want them to be afflicted,
With what I have to muggle up to,
On the everyday, I struggle on through

There are babies all over facebook,
The kids of tomorrow just take a look,
Being born to people I know or once knew,
Once on my day to day travels through

It will be revealed to me,
Beauty and brains coordinatedly,
An ultimate woman awaiting me,
Moving on to future's necessitating gee

Court dates made just because,
I felt pain on that day like my whanau does,
It happened that way to create more belief,
Golden, like an autumn maple leaf


Chorus
Light up the kids,
Make them love Aotearoa,
Make them love each other,
Move forward the future


3rd Verse
Yo I mentioned I went to court?
Cos I crashed my car when distraught,
Blew me away, fantastically,
The Ross whanau stopping to help me

Saved my bacon as I walked away,
The cops took a photo that day,
Showed me sick as can be, that was me,
Needing to heal to be healthy

Integration my aim yo,
Integrating body and brain yo,
Move to connectedness,
Wholeness, bless away the distress

I gotta deserve to receive,
An amazing woman called Genevieve?
With strength in heart and numbers,
Love to share, understanding like no others


Chorus
Light up the kids,
Make them love Aotearoa,
Make them love each other,
Move forward the future

credits

from THE WAY I SEE THE WORLD by ESOLIGH, released May 16, 2014
D. Patterson, M. Smith

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