As human beings, we're a complex thing
  Sometimes so beautiful, other times so vain
  We've built an empire, the blood is on our hands
  Genocide and the chains that bind
  The consequence ahead
  
  Oh, you ought to know
  Oh, you ought to know
  
  Wrote about in history as if it's all O.K.
  A race of people murdered another one enslaved
  Now our world crumbles, it's happening within
  Open your eyes and realize
  The world we're living in
  
  Oh, you ought to know
  Oh, you ought to know
  
  If we could focus on important things
  Live and let live true freedom, not everyone's the same
  No more war for your god, no more war for your race
  It's our world, it's what we make it
  Make it a better place
  
  Oh, you ought to know
  Oh, you ought to know
  
  We can change the world that we're living in
  Live and let live true freedom
  Let the reign begin