Why can't we be humble    Like the good lord say    He promised to exault us    but no-one is away    How men be so greedy    When there's so much left?    All things are God given    And they all have been blessed    That's the way God planned it    That's the way God wants it to be, be    That's the way God planned it    That's the way God wants it to be, be    Let not your heart be troubled    Let mourning sobbing cease    Learn to help one another    And live in perfect peace    If we'd just be humbler    Like the good lord say    He promised to exault us    But love is the way    That's the way God planned it    That's the way God wants it to be, be    You better believe me    That's the way God planned it    That's the way God wants it to be, be    I hope you get this message    Where you won't others will    You don't understand me    But I'll love you still    That's the way God planned it    That's the way God wants it to be, be