This track is a song from the album Why Can’t We Live Together, released in 1972. It uses an organ and an rhythm machine to talk about the problems about global peace and presents it with Timmy Thomas' soulful and passionate voice.
This sample was used in the Drake’s “Hotline Bling.”
[Verse 1]
Tell me why? Tell me why? Tell me why?
Mmm, why can't we live together?
Tell me why? Tell me why?
Mmm, why can't we live together?
[Chorus]
Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we live together?
[Verse 2]
No more wars, no more wars, no more war
Mmm, just a little peace in this world
No more wars, no more war
All we want is some peace in this world
[Chorus]
Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we live together?
[Bridge]
Can't live, can't live
Can't live together
Can't live together
[Verse 3]
No matter, no matter what color
Mmm, you are still my brother
I said, no matter, no matter what color
Mmm, you are still my brother
[Chorus]
Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we live together?
Why Can’t We Live Together was written by Timmy Thomas.
Why Can’t We Live Together was produced by Timmy Thomas.
I had written the song out of frustration. It was written out of my concern for the world. Not a racial trouble but a general problem of why we can’t all live together- not necessarily black and white but take a look around the world and see all the little problems that are being experienced – and t...