Think about it
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I don't understand what's goin' on
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I'm trying to figure out the world around me
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It seems we make the same mistakes over again
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An I can't understand why
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Tell me about it
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Why do we walk in the footsteps of our ancestors
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In a monotonous fashion
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Recreating the same failures and crimes of passion
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Help me understand our fascination with bloodshed and violence
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What happened to the notion of the evil days being behind us
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Are we too lost to find salvation or could it be
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We don't want salvation to find us
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Are we content with the changes that bind us
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(Chorus)
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We go on and on
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To the rhythm
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On and on
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To the rhythm
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We go on and on
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To the rhythm
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On and on
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There's something else on my mind
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Ain't it strange when we make change
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We end up with dollars and no sense
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Progress is a false pretense
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From and Cain & Abel to any ghetto
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Tiannemen Square to Soweto, apartheid to Jim Crowe
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Are these problems incurable
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We can charge stars invisible to the eye
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But we can't find the solution for oppression or learn
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If we can't live together we're all gonna die
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Repeat Chorus
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Hatred, racism, war, killing for sport
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Got to change the way we look at each other
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Abuse, rape, murder, neglecting the poor
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Look at the pain we're going through
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Selling our souls just to make a profit
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Respect yourselves my sisters and brothers
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Using addictions to deal with our problems
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It's up to you
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When we gonna stop it
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Generations come and generations go
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Time is the rhythm to which we all flow
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Help me to realize cause I don't understand
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Why does every generation have to do
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The same thing again and again
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Repeat Chorus
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We're not destined to lose: it's about the paths we choose
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How long before we get it
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The value of which you get is measured in how much you're
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Willing to sacrifice
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Life's too short we can't waste a minute
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So how much is it worth to you to save your life
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And the lives of your children
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How much must we go through
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We have to change the words to the song before
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We can truly enjoy the rhythm
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It's up to you, It's up to you
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Repeat Chorus
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Life beats
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360 degrees in a cycle to the rhythm
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Time beats
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Repeating things in a circular fashion to the rhythm
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Hearts beat
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To the rhythm
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Love beats
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To the rhythm
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What are we gonna do about it
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What are we gonna do about it
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To the rhythm
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Time we got ourselves together
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To the rhythm
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Cause we can't let hate beat to the rhythm
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To the rhythm
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Can't let lies beat
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To the rhythm
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To the rhythm
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Bloodshed no, no
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To the rhythm
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There's nothing new under the sun
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Hold on to the good
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To the rhythm
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We're doin' the same things over and over and over
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Hold on to the good
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'and over and over'
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Stop the madness
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'and over and over again
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To The Rhythm
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Lionel Richie |