We're all born without hate We're all born without hate A child is an open book So please people, don't mess them up A child is an open book So please people, don't mess them up A child is an open book So please people, don't mess them up A child is an open book So please people, don't mess them up We're all born without hate We're all born without hate I took a breath and in it were the screams Of every grieving mother and daughter The heaving of the water thick with oil, dreaming of the prisoner Staring at the walls and imagining the kisses of her son And I was sickened by the fumes, the cities on its knees Blood dripping from the teeth of the kids who walk the streets The junkie with the baby in her womb Numb beneath the stranger in her room But then I took a step and with it I walked past The feeling there's nothing I can do to help or grasp with any certainty Life is ours to take care of, you can't love what you're scared of And love is the key, I took another breath and with it I was sure No matter what's to come or what has been before We have the right now, the right here to make peace with No hidden truths, no secrets, we have all the answers already We were born without hate, eyes wide, hearts heavy Skies full of lightning, tonight the clouds bellies are purple And ready to rain, what's pleasure to the man who has never known pain We're all born without hate We're all born without hate We were born without any bitter blood If you hold the hand of hatred you reject the hand of love We were born without any bitter blood If you hold the hand of hatred you reject the hand of love A child is an open book So please people, don't mess them up A child is an open book So please people, don't mess them up We're all born without hate We're all born without hate A child is an open book So please people, don't mess them up A child is an open book So please people, don't mess them up A child is an open book So please people, don't mess them up A child is an open book So please people, don't mess them up