Bomb The World
Michael Franti & SpearheadOriginal | Armageddon Version (featuring Radioactive and Ledisi) |
BOMB THE WORLD Please tell me the reason behind the colors that you fly love just one nation and the whole world we divide you say you're "sorry" say, "there is no other choice" but god bless the people them who cannot raise their voice We can chase down all our enemies bring them to their knees We can bomb the world to pieces but we can't bomb it into peace whoa we may even find a solution to hunger and disease We can bomb the world to pieces but we can't bomb it into peace Violence brings one thing more more of the same military madness the smell of flesh and burning pain so i sing out to the masses stand up if you're still sane! to all of us gone crazy i sing this one refrain We can chase down all our enemies bring them to their knees We can bomb the world to pieces but we can't bomb it into peace whoa we may even find a solution to hunger and disease We can bomb the world to pieces but we can't bomb it into peace And i sing power to the peaceful love to the people y'all power to the peaceful love to the people y'all | BOMB THE WORLD - ARMAGEDDON VERSION I don't understand the whole reason why you tellin' us all that we need to unify rally round the flag and beat the drums of war sing the same old songs ya know we heard 'em all before you tellin' me it's unpatriotic but I call it what I see it when I see it's idiotic the tears of one mother are the same as any other drop food on the kids while you're murderin' their fathers but don't bother to show it on cnn brothers and sisters don't believe them it's not a war against evil it's really just revenge engaged on the poorest by the same rich men fight terrorists wherever they be found but why you not bombing tim mcveigh's hometown you can say what you want propaganda television but all bombing is terrorism we can chase down all our enemies bring them to their knees we can bomb the world to pieces but we can't bomb it into peace whoa we may even find a solution to hunger and disease we can bomb the world to pieces but we can't bomb it into peace 911 fire in the skies many people died and no one even really knows why they tellin' lies of division and fear we yelled and cried no one listened for years but like, "who put us here?" and who's responsible? well, there's no debatin' cause if they ask me I say it's big corporations world trade organization tri-lateral action international sanctions, satan seems like it'll be an endless price tag of wars tremendous and most disturbingly the death toll is so horrendous so I send this to those who say they defend us send us into harm's way we should all make a rememberence that this is bigger than terrorism blood is blood is blood and um love is true vision who will listen? how many songs it takes for you to see you can bomb the world to pieces you can't bomb it into peace we can chase down all our enemies bring them to their knees we can bomb the world to pieces but we can't bomb it into peace whoa we may even find a solution to hunger and disease we can bomb the world to pieces but we can't bomb it into peace power to the peaceful and I say, love to the people y'all power to the peaceful and I say, love to the people y'all we can chase down all our enemies bring them to their knees we can bomb the world to pieces but we can't bomb it into peace whoa we may even find a solution to hunger and disease we can bomb the world to pieces but we can't bomb it into peace |