can't you smell the smoke in the air?
 war  disease  and famine
 this demon  she is everywhere
 poets and preachers and politicians
 they've all had their say
 and we got 10 000 years
 devoted to nothing
 but tomorrow and yesterday
 if all of the ignorance in the world
 passed a second ago
 what would you say?
 who would you obey?
 I am here to say that
 peace is now
 mr. president
 I hereby pardon you of all your crimes
 for they are just as much mine
 selfishness and separation have led me
 to believe that the world is not my problem
 the world is not my problem
 I am the world
 and your are the world
 if all the ignorance in the world
 passed a second ago
 what would you say?
 who would you obey?
 I am here to say that
 peace is now