When the things that you can't hold on to Are the ones that you wish you could keep Are you really ready to pay for love If it costs you everything? All of God's children All of God's children Shining underneath Shining underneath I believe in a world that's beyond me I believe in a world I ain't seen Past the gla**, and shotgun shacks And violent, faceless, racist facts I believe in a world that's made clean All of God's children All of God's children Shining underneath Shining underneath Underneath these wars Underneath these walls Underneath the bullet holes I still don't know who we are But it's shining underneath Oh, I've been waiting for love to give birth New life to show pain it's worth I've been waiting for peace on earth Like a newborn child Oh, like a newborn child Shining underneath Is there a well that won't run empty? Is there a friend that can't be bought? Do you find them when you're thirsty? Learn the lesson that can't be taught All of God's children All of God's children Shining underneath Shining underneath