Put your gun down and look around ya',
Are you alive or has hell found ya'?
Don't be a damn fool, don't ya' give in,
You can help make this life one worth livin',
You don't need to try hard, no not at all,
Just stand tall, help us to break the hating wall!
Try harder, go farther, no, no, no more tragedy,
See clearer in the mirror, is that who you want to be?

How are we supposed to look and find an escape
When our streets are full of hate, violence, and rape?
You show your flag, you show your colours but you're
Not the ones walking down the front lines of a war,
You're not the one who's starving and dying,
And all around the world there's children trying
To get up for their next day in life, tired and weak,
Problems are all we've got now, we're all up a creek,
Try harder, go farther, no, no, no more tragedy,
See clearer in the mirror, is that who you want to be?

What will we do when we're outta' bags for our bodies?
When will we just admit we were wrong and face our follies?
See the children, dirty and half-clothed, with broken dollies,
And in the face of all of this, all we can offer is a "probably,"
So now what'cha gonna' do when you can't run no more,
Hide out 'till the cops burst in, ya' hit the floor,
Even our protectors and servers are messed in the head,
Fillin' every single badguy they see with lead,
That ain't the way, and we gotta' see,
We gotta' change the way we're gonna' be
If we ever want that chance at bein' free,
No, no, no more tragedy,
Is this who you really wanna' be?