There is a time when we should hear the certain calls
'Cause the world it seems it's right in this line
'Cause there's a chance for taking in needing our own lives
It seems we need nothing at all
I used to feel I should give away my heart
And it shows that fear of needing them
Then I read the headlines and it said they're dying there
And it shows that we must heed instead

We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a chance we're taking
We're taking our own lives
It's true we'll make a brighter day
Just you and me

Give in your heart and you will see that someone cares
'Cause you know that they can feed them all
Then I read the paper and it said that you've been denied
And it shows the second we will call

We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a chance we're taking
We're taking our own lives
It's true we'll make a brighter day
Just you and me

Now there's a time when we must love them all
And it seems that life, it don't make love at all
But if you'd been there, and I'll love you more and more
It seems in life, I didn't do that

We are the world, the world
We are the children, are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving, let's start giving
There's a chance we're taking
We're taking our own lives
It's true we'll make a brighter day
Just you and me

We are the world, are the world
We are the children, are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving (let's start giving)
But there's a chance we're taking (taking)
We're taking our own lives
It's true we'll make a brighter day
Just you and me

We are the world (shalom)
We are the children (shalingin)
We are the ones who make a brighter day (shalom)
So let's start giving ('cause that's what we're being)
There's a chance we're taking
We're taking our own lives
It's true we'll make a brighter day
Just you and me
Come on, yeah

We are the world (shalom)
We are the children (shalingin)
We are the ones who make a brighter day (shalom)
So let's start giving ('cause that's what we're being)
There's a chance we're taking
We're taking our own lives
It's true we'll make a brighter day
Just you and me

Oh, yeah, we got it
We are the world (shalom)
We are the children (shalingin)
We are the ones who make a brighter day (shalom)
So let's start giving (cause that's what we're being)
There's a chance we're taking
We're taking our own lives
It's true we'll make a brighter day
Just you and me