War - Sinead O'Connor

Until the philosophy

Which holds one race superior

And another inferior

Is finally and permanently

Discredited and abandoned

Everywhere is war

Until there is no longer first class

Or second class citizens of any nation

That until the color of a man’s skin

Is of no more significance

Than the color of his eyes

I’ve got to say «war»

That until the basic human rights

Are equally guaranteed to all

Without regard to race

Then we say «war»

That until that day the dream of lasting peace

World-citizenship and the rule of

International morality will remain

Just a fleeting illusion to be pursued

But never obtained

And everywhere is war

War in the east

War in the west

War up north

War down south

There’ll be war

And the rumors of war

That until the ignoble and unhappy regime

Which holds our sisters in Africa, yeah

Africa, yeah

Sub-human bondage has been toppled

Utterly destroyed

Everywhere is war

And until that day

The African continent

Will not know peace

We Africans will fight — we find it necessary

And we know we shall win

'Cause we are confident

In the victory

Of good over evil

Good over evil

Good over evil