For the Sake of My Children by The Steeles

For the Sake of The Children by The Steeles

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For the Sake of My Children
by The Steeles

Album: For the Sake of The Children

When I look at my children
My heart swells with pride
When I think of all they are
And what they have inside
But then I look around
And see evil's rising tide
It lets me know I cannot leave
I must stand by their side

For the sake of my children
I will guard the gate
And if I must stand alone
I'm not going anyplace
While entertainers preach perversion
With their fingers in our face
I will lift the Holy Bible
Get down on my knees
I will take a stand for righteousness
Whatever it costs me
Our nation's lost her values
Our leaders walked away
So, it's up to you and me
To rise and stand
For the children's sake

Many are starting to ask
"What has happened to our young people?"
Teen pregnancy is at an all-time high
Sex, drugs and alcohol
Are words America's children all too many times
Have learned from experience
And school shootings have let us know
That this nation's children
Have overdosed on violence
Through television, movies, music and video games
Kids killing kids and teachers at the schoolhouse
And forty years ago
Teachers listed as their number one problem
Gum-chewing in class
Maybe the question we should be asking is
"Where are the parents?"

Where are the parents
When the cable company asks
If they want the movie channels in their homes
And they say yes, opening up their children
To the most graphic violence
The most perverted sexual activity
And an almost constant cursing of God's name
No matter what Hollywood says
Our children are imitators of what they see and hear
How do you think they learned to walk, talk and eat?
If you want to protect your children
Get the evil influences of Hollywood's hellish movies
Out of your home

Where are the parents
When youngsters sit for hours
Being taught how to kill by violent video games?
Where are the parents
When rock music blares from the stereo
In their children's bedroom
And they sit surrounded by posters
Of rock's most celebrated entertainers on their walls?
Mom, Dad, these songs promote
Rape, Satanism, teen sex
And they glorify the use of drugs and alcohol
Parents, there is no excuse for your children's heroes
To be the green-haired, earring-wearing
Perverted lyric-singing, devil-promoting
Rock stars of this generation
Tear down the posters
Get rid of the CDs and cassettes
They have no place in the home of a child of God
And it is your home, you are in charge
And God expects you to keep it pure

I have too much invested in my children
I have loved them too much
Prayed for them too long, walked the floor
And cradled their fevered bodies
At midnight too many times
To let a government that lost its respect for God
Or a Hollywood that's focused
On corrupting the morals of a nation
Or a rock star who spits in the face of God
Steal the minds of my children
Or tell me how they ought to be raised
They are my children, this is my job
And I will do my duty until God relieves me
And I will do it for the sake of my children

For the sake of my children
I will guard the gate
And if I must stand alone
I'm not going anyplace
While entertainers preach perversion
With their fingers in our face
I will lift the Holy Bible
Get down on my knees
I will take a stand for righteousness
Whatever it costs me
Our nation's lost her values
Our leaders walked away
So, it's up to you and me
To rise and stand
For the children's sake

So, it's up to you and me
To rise and stand
For the children's sake
For the children's sake