Hope of the world is in our generation It's all left up to us to change this present situation Take caution from our elders, don't make the same mistake Let's fill the world with love, and get rid of all the hate Our elders taught us one thing but, practice another Just look at what happened to the indian and the brother Straighten it out (x3) Hope of the world is in our generation It's all left up to us to change this present situation Our leaders make us fight, and we don't know what for If they want people killed, let them fight the war It's gotta end somewhere, this killing's got to cease If no one were to fight, we'd all live in peace Our generation, it's all left up to us Our generation, let's do just what we must Straighten it out, gotta straighten it out Straighten it out, , we can straighten it out Our generation, let's straighten it out (repeat till end)