I asked my mother why do you cry
  she said your brother had... he just died
  Well I told him not to go outside
  he said he had to fight for his country's right
  But don't you know that mo-mother
  don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no
  Because the war is not over
  until you can feel love, peace, and hear silence
  But I smell gunpowder (pow)
  my brother's been dead ever since
  I didn't beleive it, but when I saw him I was convinced
  Two shots to the head he was already dead Lord,
  I headed for revenge in the city of Port Au Prince
  Screaming bro-brother
  don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no
  Because the war is not over
  until you can feel love, peace, and hear silence
  But I smell gunpowder (Pow)
  Zion's gunpowder (pow)
  L.A.'s gunpowder (pow)
  I wanna know why
  Christians pray for a new day
  we don't need no, we don't need no, we don't need no
  But its still the same way
  I wanna know why
  ghetto people pray for a new day
  hey, hey, heeey
  and its still the same way
  But the preacher man told me
  good things come to those who wait
  do good things come to those who wait?
  I wanna know tell me
  good things come to those who wait
  do good things come to those who wait?
  we wanna know, we wanna know, we wanna know [pause]
  Pe-people
  don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no
  because the war is not over
  until you can feel love, peace, and hear the silence
  but I smell gunpowder (gunpowder)
  Brooklyn's gunpowder (gunpowder)
  Shaolin's gunpowder (gunpowder)
  Uptown's gunpowder (gunpowder)
  Jersey's gunpowder (gunpowder)
  even New Zealand's gunpowder (gunpowder)
  Australia's gunpowder (gunpowder)
  Brixton's gunpowder (gunpowder)
  even New Haven's gunpowder