Covered all the Earth

Covered all the Earth

IT ALL STARTED BACK BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME
BEFORE THERE WERE BEATS BEFORE THERE WERE RYHMES
LEGENDS OF A WORLD THAT WAS SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL
A STRAIGHT UP BATTLE BETWEEN THE HEART MIND AND SOUL
NATION AGAINST NATION AND BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER
RACE AGAINST RACE 'CAUSE WE ALL HATING ONE ANOTHER
IT WAS BACK IN THAT TIME BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LOVE
THAT ALL OF THE WORLD WAS COVERED IN A FLOOD
TIME GOES ON AND ON AND THE WHEEL KEEPS ON TURNING
AND WHILE WE KEEP ON TRYING MAN WE AINT NEVER LEARNING
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF IF WE DO NOT ANSWER ITS CALL
CAN’T YOU SEE THE ENDING CAUSE WE ALL GOING TA FALL
IT’S WRITTEN IN THE BOOK AND IT’S PLAIN FOR ALL TO SEE
THE BURDEN FOR THIS MESS IS LAID UPON YOU AND ME
BUT IT ALL STAYS THE SAME AND THE DAYS TURN TO YEARS
IGNORING ALL THE PAIN AND ALL THE SHEDDING OF TEARS

TEARS, FEARS, PAIN, PAIN, FEARS, TEARS

DO WE SIT BEHIND THE SCENES JUST LIVING IN THE SHADOWS
THEY SIT AND DELIBERATE AND WHAT THEY CHOOSE NO ONE KNOWS
SO BOTH SIDES ARE WAITING ON THE VERGE OF DECISIONS
NOW THERE'S RIOTS IN THE STREETS AND RACIAL DIVISIONS
WE SEE IT ON THE NEWS AND WE SEE IT ON THE T.V.
IT’S A MEDIA EXPLOSION BUT WE'RE BLIND AND WE CAN’T SEE
THEY SCREAM FOR JUSTICE AND TRUTH BUT WILL IT EVER COME
WHEN WE'RE JUST CAUGHT IN THE ACT WITH THE SMOKING GUN
BUT WE’RE ALWAYS LONELY AND WE WILL NEVER FIND PEACE
IT’S THE STATE OF OUR LIFE DECAYING LIKE SOME KIND OF DISEASE
WHAT ABOUT THE RIGHT TO GO OUT INTO THE STREETS
HELPING HUMANITY THAT’S THE REASON THAT I PREACH
AND IF WE DON'T STEP ASIDE AND TAKE TIME TO EMBRACE
WHAT IS THE ANSWER FOR WHAT WE CALL THE HUMAN RACE

HATE, HURT, SHAME, SHAME, HURT, HATE

AND IF NOTHING EVER CHANGES THEN WILL WE EVER LEARN
ARE WE DESTINED LIKE TRASH TO BE CAST ASIDE AND BURNED
THE CHOICES WE MAKE NOW WILL DETERMINE ALL OUR FATE
SO DO WE CHOOSE TO LOVE OR DO WE CHOOSE TO HATE
WARS THAT WERE RAGING THROUGH ALL OF THE LAND
FIGHTING FOR NO REASONS THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND
THAT WE NEED TO LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE AND HARMONY
THAT’S MY GOAL MY MISSION IT’S JUST A PART OF ME
WHAT HOPE IS THERE IF WE CAN NEVER GET ALONG
CAN WE FIND THE ANSWER WRITTEN IN THE WORDS OF A SONG
OR IS THERE SOMETHING GREATER THAT WE NEED TO OBTAIN
SOMETHING WITHIN US THAT CAN ELIMINATE ALL THIS PAIN
WHAT THIS WORLD NEEDS IS FOR US TO SHOW SOME LOVE
IT’S THE ONLY KIND THAT IS COMING DOWN FROM ABOVE

LOVE, PEACE, HOPE, HOPE, PEACE, LOVE

CC 2359
WC 472
LC 47 (Not counting Spacing/Blanks)