A world of confusion
Led by a few and followed by many

If you listen to the people
You will understand
Where we need to go
And where we coming from

Leaders have been speaking
For all of this time
Making decisions
And fitting your life in mine
We have been listening
And following the lights
Still, what I see
It boggles my mind

We've gotta listen to the people (hear them cry)
Listen to them now (them crying now)
'Cause if we don't do that
We're all going down (all going down)
Listen to the people, listen for a change
They need a change
For here lies the answers
To the problems we face

We all must sow
But we all can't reap
And the chance to succeed
Remain so far out of reach
This, I know
Will make our bitter turn sweet
And we are so tired of taking it to the streets

So we've gotta listen to the people (hear them cry)
Listen to the rich and the poor (the rich and poor)
Crime and violence
We can't take it no more (can't take it no more)
Listen to the people (hear them cry)
You better hear their cry (don't you wonder why)
Stop making false promises
Stop telling them lies

The best is yet to come
The rest is already gone
The present as we know it
Cannot change your past
But it can bring
Bring the future we all want
So listen to the people
And give us all a chance

We've gotta listen to the people (hear them cry)
Hear the cry of the poor (the cry of the poor)
Poverty and injustice
We can't take it no more (can't take it no more)
Listen to the people (hear them cry)
You better hear their cry (no wonder how)
No more suffering
No more must die, die, die, oh-oh, oh-oh, no
No more must die
No more one must die

Leaders have been speaking
For all of this time
Making decisions
And fitting your life in mine
Still, what I see
It really blows my mind
Poverty, injustice
Corruption, war and crime

We've gotta listen to the people
And you'll understand
What you need to do