People are people so why should it be

You and I should get along so awfully?

People are people so why should it be

You and I should get along so awfully?



So with different colors and with different creeds

And different people have different needs

It's obvious you hate me though I've done nothing wrong

I've never even met you, so what could I have done?



I can't understand what makes a man hate another man

Help me understand, help me understand, help me understand



[Inaudible] decency

Surely this is head to your fist



I can't understand what makes a man hate another man

Help me understand



People are people so why should it be

You and I should get along so awfully?

People are people so why should it be

You and I should get along so awfully?



Now you're punchin' and you're kickin' and you're shoutin' at me

I'm relyin' on your common decency

So far it hasn't surfaced but I'm sure it exists

It just takes a while to travel from your head to your fist



Help me understand, help me understand



People are people so why should it be

You and I should get along so awfully?

People are people so why should it be

You and I should get along so awfully?



I can't understand what makes a man hate another man

Help me understand

I can't understand what makes a man hate another man

(People are people so why should it be)

Help me understand

I can't understand what makes a man hate another man

(People are people so why should it be)

Help me understand

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