ever wondered about the hurricane?
ever see the anger in the rain, false
i think it’s just the world crying for
asking what the [bad word] we dying for
but here’s lloyd, r. kelly, miss keri
and k’naan, yo the [bad word] is getting scary
they spend up all our money, yeah
on the rockets in the sky, ah, ah,
but they don’t have a reason
so they generate a lie
to [bad word] us from the times
there’s a hood in every city, yeah
 [bad word] to bombay, yeah, yeah
when nobody likes to be there
the system found a way
that made them wanna stay
and i say, ah, da ri rap da ra ra, da ri rap da ra ra
da ri rap da, yeah
i hate to see the whole world cry,
i hate to see the whole world cry
if it was up to me, i would wipe tears from your eyes
i hate to see the world cry
we need a plan, anybody please
so sick of this god [bad word] earth
that i wish that i could hitch hike to heaven
and buy the god’s studio and put in work
playing down my melodies,
get the whole world one song to sing
cause hatred’s got ourselves a pickle
a love costs 5 cents less than a nickel
i’m talking about 1 … one love, one call up
nobody’s rich, nobody’s poor
nobody’s less, nobody’s more
nobody’s winning, nobody’s loosing
no categories, we all music
if we [bad word] to see
if the whole world needs me
then we can touch and agree
that we are the [bad word] enemies
and it makes me wanna say
na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na na na
i hate to see the whole world cry,
i hate to see the whole world cry
if it was up to me, i would wipe tears from your eyes
i hate to see the world cry

looking in the mirror, seeking in the peace
every day’s constant battle
between what’s wrong and right
i just wanna live my life
praise for the future
is that we learn from our mistakes, oh yeah
halfway into [bad word] 
but it’s not too late
to lay to make a change
so i’ll say
da ra rap da ra ra, da ra rap da ra ra
and i hate to see the whole world cry
i hate to see the world cry
i hate to see the whole world cry
if it was up to me, i would wipe tears from your eyes
i hate to see the world cry
i don’t wanna see them cry
somebody help me understand
anybody got a plan, whoa, whoa
i hate to see the whole world cry

streets on fire, burning
every herd every city is hurting
i will wipe every tear, you shed in
cause i hate to see the whole world cry
i hate to see the whole world cry
i hate to see the whole world cry.