The Time Is Now

Africa's in the neighborhood
World at our fingertips
For all the lessons understood
So little consciousness
Somebody's child is thrown away
Sleeps in a salvage yard
How could she be at seventeen
So solitary hard

The time is now
The time is now
You know the time is now

Say, can you see the refugee
Hearing the Lady cry
"Give me the ones who long to be
Free tonight", does she lie
Streets of Beijing, the students fell
Must've been just your age
Losing their lives for liberty
But losing their lives the same

The time is now
The time is now
You know the time is now

Who is oppressed and who is free
And who has just gone to sleep
Wake me the day the Kingdom comes
When we shall be released

The time is now
The time is now
You know the time is now

The time is now
The time is now
Oh, the time is now