As America is right as America is wrong As America is weak so America is strong Ain't nobody perfect At least up until now But now it's the time for the one mind In this time of darkness America we need the light The part that you wrote it on we got to make it right America, America We need the light We want the light We need you If the beauty is still the same Take me to the beautiful lands Are you feeding hungry babys Have you forgotten them, hey old lady Most people that are living here Have forgotten they got to be restored the pride, justice andlove Grabbing us from above America, America We need the light We want the light We need you Oh As America is true as America is false As America may slave so America may abolish Ain't nobody perfect Let'em all about themselves But now the time for the perfect mind A merry day, your beauty can last forever Open up your eyes we gotta get better You're two hundred years old today Come such a long long way That few words that you wrote correspond with the words you spoke Get up to what you suppose to say What America has to say America, America We need the light We want the light We need you America is peace As America is power As America makes peace as America makes war Ain't nobody perfect, at all until now And now it's the time for the perfect mind, the perfect mind We need the light We want some light We need you As America is brave as America is free As America is home I see no reason to leave Ain't nobody perfect Let all about themselves And now it's the time for the one perfect mind We need the light We want some light We need you We need the light We want some light We need you America, America We want some light We need the light We need you You're two hundred years old today And you've gone such a long long way We need the light We want some light We need you America, America, America America, America, America America, America We need the light We want some light