Matt Redman & LZ7 - Twenty Seven Million (Offical)

국내에서도 잘 알려진 예배인도자인 Matt Redman과 한 백인 래퍼가 함 한 노래인데... 
래퍼는 솔로가 아니고 LZ7라는 크리스런 랩, 댄스 그룹의 멤버입니다.

구글 번역기의 도움을 받아 위키 백과를 보니,이 노래는 평범한 노래가 아니더군요.
이 노래는 여성 인신매매를 반대하고 그로 인해 고통당하는 여성들을 격려하는 노래였습니다.

예전에 세계 유명 예배인도자들이 함께한 컴패션아트 앨범이 생각났습니다.
가난과 빈곤을 퇴치하는 운동을 하기 위해 음악적 재능을 공유하고 연합하는 모습이 참 좋아 보였는데...

멜로디도 좋지만, 의미와 뜻이 담겨 있는 노래여서 그런지 더 좋은 것 같네요^^

See what the world’s done? Came to London
She’s a nothing, a no one, she’s undone
Broken dreams, stolen freedom
Trapped in the night, trafficked and beaten
All a part of an evil economy
Nothing more than someone’s commodity
A precious being like you and me
A daughter, a sister, a somebody!

She was drawn by the bright lights
She was tied up in their lights
She worked right through the daylight
No voice, she’s a slave to the night

27 million like me
(That’s 27 million on this cruel journey)

We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up
Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!
We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up
Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!
We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up
Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!
We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up
Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!

After the man left, she’s nothing left
No one, no love, no one to call her friend
She’s stuck in the pit of hell
She’s almost sick from the smell
She’s numb, she’s dead from the inside out
Her heart is screaming but you don’t hear the shout
Who’s the voice? Who’s gonna break the door down?
Who wakes her up from the nightmare now?

She was drawn by the bright lights
She was tied up in their lights
She worked right through the daylight
No voice, she’s a slave to the night

27 million like me
(27 million need Heaven’s mercy!)

We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up
Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!
We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up
Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!
We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up
Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!
We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up
Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!

27 million, are you joking?
How did we let evil get so tight a grip
Watching while the world falls apart?
How did we let this stuff begin?
We’re not bothered if this offends
Cause you got people that can depend
But they ain’t got that, they got nothing
Sometimes you gotta stand for something
Let this be the stand against your blood running

Little girl don’t cry
Let me dry your eyes in the darkest night
(You’re not alone)
Hold on through the storm
You’re not on your own
Hold on, love will come

We’ve got to rise up, open our eyes up
Be her voice, be her freedom, come on stand up!
[repeat until end]