People moving out, people moving in   Why? Because of the color of their skin   Run, run, run but you just can't hide      An eye for an eye   A tooth for a tooth   Vote for me and I'll set you free      Rap on, rap on brother   Rap on      Well, the only person talking about love today is the preacher   And it seems nobody gets just all the learning but the teacher      Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration   Aggravation, humiliation, devastation of our nation      Ball of confusion   That's what the world is today   Hey, hey      Ball of confusion   That's what the world is today   Hey, hey      The sale of pills at an all time high   Who put the filling in the primus sky?   The city's a flame in the summer time      And the beat goes on   And the beat goes on   And the beat goes on   And the beat goes on      Economics, reaganomics, birth control, the status quo   Shooting rockets to the moon, kids growing up too soon   The Politicians say and the band plays on      So, round and around and around we go   Where the world's heading   Nobody knows      Ball of confusion   That's what the world is today   Hey hey      Ball of confusion   That's what the world is today   Hey hey, hey hey      Fear in the air, tension everywhere   Unemployment rising fast   Rockets new record's a gas      And the band played on   And the band played on   And the band played on   And the band played      Eve of destruction, tax deduction, city inspectors, bill collectors   Solid gold in demand, population out of hand, suicide      Too many bills, everyone movin' to the hills   People all over the world are dying in the war      And the band played on   And the band played on   And the band played on   And the band played      Ball of confusion   That's what the world is today   Hey hey      Hey, ball of confusion   That's what the world is today   Hey hey      Ball of confusion, ball of confusion   That's what the world is today   Hey hey      Hey, ball of confusion, ball of confusion   That's what the world is today   Hey hey      Ball of confusion, ball of confusion   Ball of confusion, ball of confusion   That's what the world is today   Hey hey      Ball of confusion   That's what the world is today   Hey hey, hey hey, hey hey, hey hey      Ball of confusion   That's what the world is today   Hey hey      Ball of confusion   That's what the world is today   Hey hey, hey hey, hey hey   Hey hey, hey hey, hey hey