I have my dream
of cleaner air
a home and food
that I can share

will you give me
a reason to believe
this world can be
a place where I can breathe

stop killing us
stop killing us
stop killing us
stop killing us
stop killing us
stop killing us
stop killing us
stop stop stop killing us

we are the whales
we are the seas
we are the wind
we are the trees

we are the earth
we are the sky
it’s up to you --
do we live or do we die?

stop killing us
stop killing us
stop killing us
stop killing us
start seeing us
start hearing us
stop killing us
we’re dying/stop stop stop killing us

sister brother
come testify
sister brother
it’s do or die

stop killing us
we’re dying/stop killing us
we’re crying/start seeing us
we’re dying/start hearing us
we’re crying/start feeling us
we’re dying/start healing us
we’re crying/stop killing us
stop stop stop killing us

I have a face/start seeing
I have a voice/start hearing
you have to face/start feeling
you have a choice/start healing us

please please please stop killing us
please please please stop killing us
please please please stop killing us/buss karo
please please please stop killing us
please please please stop killing us/mutt karo
please please please stop killing us/pyar karo
please please please please stop

in Urdu (from Pakistan):
buss karo/please stop
mutt karo/stop fighting
pyar karo/start loving each other

copyright 2006, words and music,
Galen Brandt and Jim Matus,
StartHearingUs Music
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