This song protests the US immigration detention centers where legitimate aslyum seekers are detained, separated from their families, and abused, Music and Lyrics by Johnny Schaefer. Produced and arranged, and backup vocals by Gary Stockdale. Percussion by MB Gordy in Riot Drum Studio, recorded by Lucas Fehring. Mix and Mastering by Gregory Perstopino.
Lyrics
What Kind of Love?
Words and Music by Johnny Schaefer
They press on day and night
Toward a beacon of light
That we've always held high
With a child in their arms
And the dreams that our forefathers shared
Well, requesting asylum
Wasn't seen as a crime
Until you came along
tearing sisters and brothers
from fathers and mothers
is cruel, and it’s wrong
There's no honest expression of love
that involves kids in cages
Can’t you keep them together in fairness
'Til they've had a chance to be heard?
Chorus
What kind of love justifies your disdain?
What kind of heart won't empathize with such pain?
And what kind of god wants a cage in his name?
They come in good faith
But you lock them away
Fleeing death and oppression
They come, like so many before them
But you've slammed doors behind you
So nobody else can get in
You read scriptures on welcoming strangers
And yet you abhor them
Well, it seems that for you
Love depends on the tone of their skin
Chorus
What kind of love justifies your disdain?
What kind of heart won't empathize with such pain?
And what kind of god wants a wall in his name?
We're just told to love
Is that asking too much?
We must heal these families
That's what love requires.
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