The world is burning down 
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 
Passes 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 you are the world 

If all of the ignorance in the world 
Passes a second ago 
What would you say? 
Who would you obey? 
I am here to say that 

Peace is now