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    cuz the whole wide world is watching    but no one's doin 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.    (opression, 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