Islands in the stream That is what we are No one in between How can we be wrong Sail away with me To another world Baby when I met you there was peace unknown I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb I was soft inside

With my own With my own two hands With our own I can change the world, with my own two hands Make it a better place, oh, with my own two hands Make it a kinder place, with my own two hands I can make peace on earth, oh with my own two hands I can clean

Lords of destruction Walk in my world of war and mass confusion Peace is a word that no one cares of knowing Death is the drug of choice amongst the masses Engines of hell forever burning faster The shotgun of life, the spread of all the ashes The wheels

Spin out of control Try to recover, but collide with each other We spin out of control There, high on the watchtower Keeping the peace Whatever that means 'Cause you see the world through Cross hairs and TVs don't you Ten foot walls built around us

World is hating, that's forever (uh, c'mon) It's time that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), world (peace), world Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, Nas, uh,

But somebody's gonna have to answer The time is coming soon Why do the babies starve When there's enough food to feed the world Why when there are so many of us Are there people still alone Why are the missiles called peace keepers When they're aimed to

God must be busy That anchor man says the fight began Somewhere in the Middle East, world prays for peace There's a single mom just got laid off when they lost a job To some foreign hands, some faraway land Last night in Oklahoma some twister took

Like a man who has two hearts Can there be peace No release always the same I won't come here again Both of them worlds apart Both of them play their part you know Like a man who has two wives His life the becomes alibis Nobody asks him why you know

Wooh oh oooh this is world war me Wooh oh oooh I will never find peace I look into the mirror and I hate what I've become 'Cause I'm the only casualty from damage that I've done I'm the only enemy in world war me Wooh Oh oooh this is world war me Wooh oh

It's okay when there's nothing more to say to me And the peaceful quiet you create for me And the way you keep the world at bay for me The way you keep the world at bay Easy silence that you make for me The easy silence that you make for me When the