Whole World Is Watching

i was standing on the stop

thinking of humanity

when you came along so righteous with a new national hate

so convincing is the ardor of war and of men

it's harder to breathe than to believe you're a friend

you stick me in the back with a sideways smile

unity's the front of a gang mentality

you're trying to burn the ashes

but they won't catch fire

while reason is coagulating in the mire

as the final poor man's carcass washes up on my shore

i don't know much but i know that wars begets more war

are you willing to wait?

for another watergate?

this national uproar's got me in surrender

fear is the sender

cause the whole wide world is watching

but no one's doing anything

the whole wide world is watching

we justify the enemy

how unpopular it seems to be persuasive for peace

i got a mind full of destruction-

but it's only for me

like a wedding vow i speak the word: equality

but alas i feel that everyone is stronger than me

you know that i was born against the O.I.A.

(oppression, ignorance, & authority)

but that is nothing new if you've heard what i say

as the mahatma sheds a tear, buried so deep underground

we continue to uphold the men who keep us down

are you willing to die

for a president-sized lie?

for a man you've never met?

why ask why?

we stick our brother

while the whole wide world is watching

all we are

and dreams to be

come to pass,

it won't, you'll see

should the land we claim to be

chain the world so we are free

though i try to see

i'm blinded by the light in front of me

are we doomed to stumble on and to repeat?

well so it seems