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 mental 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 carca** 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 'Cause the whole wide world is watching But no one's doing anything 'Cause 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. (oppression, ignorance, authority) But that is nothing new if you've heard what I say As 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 'Cause the whole wide world is watching But no one's doing anything 'Cause he whole wide world is watching We justify the enemy 'Cause the whole wide world is watching But no one's doing anything 'Cause the whole wide world is watching We justify the enemy All we are And dream to be Come to pa** It won't, you'll see While the land we claim to be Chains the world so we are free