Twenty-five years and my life is still Tryin' to get up that great big hill of hope For a destination I realized quickly when I knew I should That the world was made up of a brotherhood of man For whatever that means And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to get it all out, what's in my head And I, I'm feeling a little peculiar And when I wake up in the morning and I step outside And I take a deep breath and I get real high And I scream at the top of my lungs "What's goin' on And I said, "Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey Hey-ey-ey I said, "Hey, what's goin' on And I said, "Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey Hey-ey-ey I said, "Hey, what's goin' on Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh, ooh And I try Oh my God, do I try I try all the time In this institution Oh, I pray (I pray) Oh my God, do I pray I pray every single day For a revolution And well I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to get it all out, what's in my head And I, I'm feeling a little peculiar And when I wake up in the morning and I step outside And I take a deep breath and I get real high And I scream at the top of my lungs "What's goin' on And I said, "Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey Hey-ey-ey I said, "Hey, what's goin' on And I said, "hey-ey-ey-ey-ey Hey-ey-ey I said, "Hey (I said, "Hey"), what's goin' on And I said, "Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey Hey-ey, hey, what's goin' on And I said, "Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey Hey-ey-ey I said, "Hey (I said, "Hey"), what's goin' on And I said, "Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey Hey-ey-ey I said, "Hey, what's goin' on

Mother, mother There's too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There's far too many of you dying You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today Father, father We don't need to escalate Oh, war is not the answer 'Cause only love can conquer hate You know, you know we've got to find a way To bring some understandin' here today Picket signs (sister) and picket lines (sister) Don't punish me (sister) with brutality (sister) C'mon talk to me (sister), you will see (sister) Oh, what's going on? (What's going on?) What's going on? (What's going on?) Tell me, what's going on? (What's going on?) I'll tell you what's going on (what's going on?) Father, father, everybody says we're wrong Who are they to judge us Simply 'cause our hair is long You know, know we've got to find a way Bring some understanding here today Picket signs (brother) picket lines (brother) Don't punish me (brother) with brutality (brother) C'mon talk to me (brother), you will see (brother) Oh, what's going on? (What's going on?) What's going on? (What's going on?) Tell me, what's going on? (What's going on?) I'll tell you what's going on (what's going on?) What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? Father, father What's going on? Mother, mother, mother What's going on?

1, 2, 3, 4 Mother, mother There's far too many of you crying Brother, brother There's far too many of you dying You know we've got to find a way To bring some loving here today Mother, mother We don't need to escalate War is not the answer For only love, only love can conquer hate Picket lines and picket signs Don't punish me with brutality Talk, talk to me, talk to me You will see, talk to me Said talk to me, and you will see What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? Mother, mother Everybody says you're wrong But who are they to judge us Simply 'cause your hair ain't long? Ain't long? Ain't long? Your hair ain't long? Picket signs and picket lines Don't punish me with brutality Talk to me, said talk to me Talk to me, talk to me Talk to me, talk to me Talk to me, talk to me What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? Mother, mother Sister, sister Brother, brother What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? Mother, mother Everybody says you're wrong But who are they to judge us Simply 'cause your hair ain't long? What's going on?