The Whole World Is Watching

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