I asked you for Freedom, for freedom to choose But discovered too late it’s a word that you use To enslave and oppress those who don't share your views When you tell them that free men are equal. I asked you for Justice, for justice I see As the triumph of truth with its power to set free, But you gave me these laws that are shackling me And the law says that all men are equal I asked you for Love, a love that I said Should remember the wreaths on the graves of the dead But their flowers are watered by tears that I shed When you showed me how nations are equal I asked you for Peace, must peace now depend On your right to make war, or the money you spend On a race that we know to have only one end As you prove that in death we’re all equal If I ask for Life for this child that I bear That the sins of his father his children you’ll spare Will you show me a world free from hate and despair? Will you show me a world without people? Will you show me a world without people?