a song to train young lions

we are the world, we are the citizens of the world,
we are the downtrodden, misdirected,
and misused.
we are the media.
we are what we see.
we are what we speak,
we are what we are.

never let anyone tell you otherwise.

we are the torturers in abu-ghraib,
we are the cia
we are the fbi
and the bbc.

we are the record labels,
the film producers,
we are global warming
and international terrorism.

we are without regret
we are without salvation
we are without self
and without each other.

we are uncivilized warfare
we are the revolutionaries
we are reactionaries.
we are what we read.

don't let anyone take this away from you.

we are the shouts in the darkness
we are children dying of hunger
we are the intestines
spilling from an innocent's wound.

we are assault rifles,
we are video cameras,
we are record players,
we are wikipedia, google, and ohmynews

we are fox news.
don't ever forget it.

we are the poet dying in the gutter.

we are the priest touching children in the chapel.

we are obesity, we are suicide, we are drug addiction.

it's alright,
drink your wine with your woman.

i am mohatmas ghandi.
i am vladimir lenin.
i am leon trotsky.
i am the last of the iraqis.

i am ernesto guevara.
i am simon bolivar.
i am mother teresa.
i am martin luther king.

i am a citizen of the world.

i am a revolutionary.

i am a peace loving man.
i am a god-fearing man.

i am a man who walks in the paths of righteousness.

i am a man without limitations.
i am a man without obligations.
i am a man without resignation.

i am a warrior.
i am a freedom-fighter.

i am a child-killer.

wherever you look, there is ugliness.
wherever you look, there is struggle.
wherever you look, there is liberty.

we are the new peoples.
we are the world.
we are the young lions,
we are the hunters in the night.

don't ever let this go.

this is a song to train young lions.

don't ever let it go.