Who Knows? Lyrics

Why are people fighting? Whoa

Who knows? Who knows?

And why are children dying? Whoa

Who knows? Who knows?

I remember my young years

Of virgin eyes and ears

The luxury of meaningless tears

Before I learned that the souls jumping out

The towers weren't flying

They were actually dying

I wondered why my momma was crying

The sun is rising on a new generation

The peacemakers are coming

We must be patient

And we gon' stop the hatin'

Together creatin'

A world where kids got food on they plate and

Who gon' fight for world peace and love

Kisses and hugs

And put that hopeful breath

Back in your lungs

Let it be sung that love is as strong as

Alcatraz prison bars and American-made cars

The brother with love's

Got superpowers for real

The power to heal that's missing in people

What's the deal?

The human race is declining

Lining up bodies in the streets

For power, money

More bitter than honey

Some have faith, some have hope

Some none

Come troubled flower

Why don't you put down that gun

Love yourself

Leave your grudges on the shelf

And help your enemy

Cause his cousin was a friend to me

Why are people starving? Whoa

Who knows? Who knows?

And why are sisters crying? Whoa

Who knows? Who knows?

When I think about the horrors of Earth

I sink beneath the floors

Beneath the dirt

It hurts to see psychos

With guns and rifles

Killin' children that are nervous

Cause there's liquor in their thermos

Tell me, how can the deceased rest in peace

When the madness won't cease

When the sun rises blood red in the east

Somethin' needs to happen

Somethin' incredible

Like love indivisible

And tears for the invisible

See I knew this girl who grew up

On the wrong side of the tracks

Where villains hunted in packs

They took her innocence

Without her consent

Black rose blood

Never to return

From whence it was spent

She was so little, barely a teen

Brittle

Like the half-frozen ice over a body of water

Little did she know

That the memory of these men would haunt her

With nobody to go to

But a daddy who didn't want her

Riddle me why

The little ones fiddle

In the middle of darkness today

Answer me why

These children aren't at play

What can I do or say

But pray to you

To bring us round

That my sound

Will reach higher ground

Life is too brief for grief

Too beautiful for hate

Too much to do to wait

Or to play its safe

So don't be bashful

Put on your cap for compassion

Nobody knows why

But at least we can try

Teach what's that sound

He said it's peace within, I found

Let it sing

Raging fire

Gentle thunder

Such sweet rain

Why are mothers mourning? Whoa

Who knows? Who knows?

Do we remember love?

Who knows? Who knows?

Who knows? Who knows?

Who knows? Who?

Who knows? Who?

Won't you bring the light

Yeah

Won't you bring the light

Won't you bring the light

Yeah

You're gonna feel it all over

You're gonna feel it all over

Yeah

I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna shine my light on you

I'm gonna shine my light on you

Yeah