Nobody Wins a War

Album: The Love & War MasterPeace (2010)
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  • No one will win the war
    See, families only die
    And birds won't soar the sky
    And there'll be no sun to shine
    No country wins a war
    The grass won't grow the same
    The moon won't shine at night
    And there's a losing fight
    Nobody wins a war

    Now what would you do, what would you say
    If you heard a bomb was headed your way?
    Where would you go, what would you bring
    If you heard a bomb was headed your way?
    Now what would you do, what would you say
    If you heard a rocket was headed your way?
    Where would you go, what would you bring?

    No soldier wins a war
    See, soldiers only die
    And mamas only cry
    Just for a conscious flag to fly, that's why
    Nobody wins a war
    No war is worth your life
    See, that's a priceless pride
    No war is worth your blood
    Nobody wins a war

    Now what would you do, what would you say
    If you heard a bomb was headed your way?
    Where would you go, what would you bring
    If you heard a bomb was headed your way?
    Now what would you do, what would you say
    If you heard a rocket was headed your way?
    Where would you go, what would you bring?
    Tell me, who would you pray to?
    Now what would you do, what would you say
    If you heard a bomb was headed your way?
    Where would you go, what would you bring
    If you heard a bomb was headed your way?
    Now what would you do, what would you say
    If you heard a rocket was headed your way?
    Where would you go, what would you bring?
    No one wins a war

    No one wins a war, no one wins
    No one wins a war
    No one wins a war, no one wins
    No one wins a war
    No one wins a war, no one wins
    No one wins a war
    No one wins a war, no one wins
    No one wins a war
    Nobody wins a war
    Nobody wins a war

    We the people speak, speak
    We want to be free of this sick bureaucracy
    No more death tolls with our morning coffee
    Oh, government, you have lost your feeling for life
    It is war that you reap
    But the loss is too great and the pain is too deep
    The scars do not heal
    Your system is thoughtless and your vision is weak
    Your actions are hurtful
    You never find what you seek
    You make the sky a storm
    You destroy the earth, make possibilities bleak
    Your lies are your destruction
    Your justice stinks
    Your pride is maniacal
    You are the bearer of grief
    Your win is shallow
    Your truth is oblique
    Your patriotism is garbage
    It rots and it reeks of death in the wind
    The foul stench of men basking in their cruelty
    Rejoicing in their sin
    You give up and give over so easily to the darker side
    Because of your pride
    You risk all of humanity
    You send my children to murder human beings
    Families they do not yet know
    People they have never seen
    You send my children to war
    Without exasperating dialogue to get to the meat
    An equal understanding, as if there isn't even a possibility for peace
    But there is always a possibility for peace
    As un-perfect as we are, we should in all ways reach deep
    Deep down in our beings
    Oh, this wicked, wicked system of things
    As our grandmothers say
    Will soon be no more
    Will soon be no more
    Because nobody no one ever wins a war Writer/s: CARL KENNETH GONZALEZ, JILL H. SCOTT, MICHAEL CIRO, RAHEEM DE VAUGHN
    Publisher: Missing Link Music, Universal Music Publishing Group
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