You have the courage to love somebody.

Do you have the courage to love somebody?

Do you have the courage to love somebody?

You've got to be carefully taught.

You got to be tall

To hate and fear You got to be taught

From year to year, it's got to be drummed in your dear little ear.

You've got to be carefully taught

You've got to be taught.

To be afraid of people whose eyes are oddly made.

And people whose skin is a different shade

You've got to be carefully taught.

Do you have the courage to love somebody?

Do you have the courage to love somebody?

You got to be taught before it's too late.

Before you are six or seven or eight.

To hate all the people your relatives hate

You've got to be carefully taught

You've got to be careful.

Do you have the courage to love somebody?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Do you have the courage to love?

You've got to be soft

Before it's too late Before you are six

All seven, all eight Hate all the people

Your relatives hate.

You've got to be careful.

You've got to be

It don't just happen.

You learn from the people around you.

You've got to be taught to hate.

You've got to be...

Talk to fear.

Love is not the thought.

Love is an action.

Keep up the true truth of your compassion

You can teach love.

You can teach hope.

You can teach peace all over this world.

Can you walk the true truth of your compassion?