Why can't we be (together?)
Could you love me? Don't hate me
I don't see (why can't we live together)
(Maybe we can get it on, people, we can get along)
Should be our destiny
There's a cold streak living (inside us)
There's no rainbows, just bullets and bombs
And if you wanna rise up (we got to stick our love inside us)
We can make this hate stop (it's all the same, all the shame)
Now, don't you wanna rise up?
We've been giving hate a chance
(We got all this love to give, you know)
And the love will be running out for us
Can you feel the dream's alive?
We're hoping we can still survive
As the wind carries every dove away
So why do we see (these colors?)
It's only skin deep, don't mean a thing
So clear (underneath this, we're all brothers)
(Can't you see it's killing us? Can't you see it's killing us?)
Can't you see it's killing me? Trigger-happy fantasy
So stand up and be (so strong now)
Freedom is not so far away
If you know you wanna rise up
(We've wanted to rise up for so long now)
We can make this hate stop
Now don't you want to rise up?
We've been giving hate a chance
(We got all this love to give, you know)
And the love will be running out for us
Can you feel the dream's alive?
We're hoping we can still survive
As the wind carries every dove away
The wind carries every dove away
The wind carries every dove away
(Every dove away)
(Dove, dove, dove, dove, dove, dove, dove)
Now, you've been taking our dignity for too long (don't give this hate a chance)
I want to save this sanctity that we hold (we got all this love to give, you know)
And who's right and who is wrong? (Don't give this hate a chance)
We're not so different anyway (we got all this love to give, you know)
Words are in this song (don't give this hate a chance)
Can't we stop the fighting? (We got all this love to give, you know)
'Cause we've been giving hate a chance (don't give this hate a chance)
(We got all this love to give, you know)
We have all this love to give (and the love)
Will be running out for us
I feel the love is gonna run out for us
Can you feel the dream's alive?
We're hoping we can still survive
As the wind carries every dove away
(The wind carries every dove away) don't give this hate a chance
We got all this love to give, you know
(The wind carries every dove away) that this dream's alive, we'll still survive
Until no more people have to cry, I said
(The wind carries every dove away) don't give this hate a chance
(As the wind carries every dove away) we got all this love to give, you know
(And the love will be running out for us) that this dream's alive, we'll still survive
(Until no more people have to cry)
(Give yourself a break, amen) don't give this hate a chance
(Just because you know you can) we got all this love to give, you know
That this dream's alive, we'll still survive
Until no more people have to cry