the world is burning down    can't you smell the smoke in the air?    war disease and famine    this demon she is everywhere    poets and preachers and politicians    they've all had their say    and we got 10 000 years    devoted to nothing    but tomorrow and yesterday    if all of the ignorance in the world    passed a second ago    what would you say?    who would you obey?    I am here to say that    peace is now    mr. president    I hereby pardon you of all your crimes    for they are just as much mine    selfishness and separation have led me    to believe that the world is not my problem    the world is not my problem    I am the world    and your are the world    if all the ignorance in the world    passed a second ago    what would you say?    who would you obey?    I am here to say that    peace is now