"Luka"
My name is Luka
I live on the second floor
I live upstairs from you
Yes I think you've seen me before
If you hear something late at night
Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight
Just don't ask me what it was
Just don't ask me what it was
Just don't ask me what it was
I think it's because I'm clumsy
I try not to talk too loud
Maybe it's because I'm crazy
I try not to act too proud
They only hit until you cry
After that you don't ask why
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore
Yes I think I'm okay
I walked into the door again
Well, if you ask that's what I'll say
And it's not your business anyway
I guess I'd like to be alone
With nothing broken, nothing thrown
Just don't ask me how I am [X3]
My name is Luka
I live on the second floor
I live upstairs from you
Yes I think you've seen me before
If you hear something late at night
Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight
Just don't ask me what it was
Just don't ask me what it was
Just don't ask me what it was
And they only hit until you cry
After that, you don't ask why
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore
The song Luka by Suzanne Vega is about a boy who gets abused by an adult, probably a parent. He is saying how he can’t tell anyone, and you can’t really fight getting abused. He also covers up, and hides what’s happening and his injuries. He lies about what’s going on, and how he got hurt. Luka makes up excuses for his bruises, for example in the song he says, “Yes I think I'm okay I walked into the door again…” This shows how he is pretending that he is fine, and nothing happened to him, it was an accident.
The meaning of this song is that so many kids in the world get abused by their guardians, or even other adults, and never say anything. Sometimes there are even people who see the bruises, or hear the screaming, and the ask, and they put in some effort into helping, but they don’t say anything. Child abuse is a very big problem throughout not just the country, but also the world. Many countries turn a blind eye to it, and encourage corporal punishment, which is to cause deliberate pain to someone or something physically, as a punishment.
America truly tries to prevent child abuse, and to help people who are getting abused. Corporal punishment is very much discouraged, and is illegal for anyone who isn’t a legal guardian of the child. There are agencies to help people who are getting abused, and to prevent abuse. It is even the responsibility of any personal that works in the school, to report anything they see that could suggest that a child is being abused, such as bruises, or cuts. In fact many people do report child abuse now a days, and are trying to help people. Around 3.6 million reports are made a year about child abuse, and more and more are being made every year.
I think child abuse is a horrible thing. In most cases, it is even parents taking out their anger on their kids. At the same time I understand how Luka in the song, and thousands of kids all over the world, don’t say anything about being abused. They don’t want to live in foster care, they are scared of what the person hitting them would do if they found out they told, scared they no one would believe them, and a lot of time they still really love the person who is hurting them, and wouldn’t want them to get in trouble. But, still child abuse is a horrible things, and it is important for people to tell because in most cases, it just gets worse and worse. An average of four people in America alone, die of child abuse and neglect every day. That 1,460 people a year whose parents of guardians are the cause of their death. About 24% of them are for abuse.
http://member.preventchildabuse.org/site/DocServer/Child_Maltreatment_Fact_Sheet_2005.pdf?docID=221
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