There is hope for God's creation Burned and scarred by man's deprivation We're rippin' it up, oh oh Tearing it down How did we come to have world starvation When he provided for every nation We're rippin' it up Tearing it down Why are we rippin' it up? Why are we rippin' it up? Why are we rippin' it up? Why are we tearing it down? Stop and think of what we're doing And cry a chain before we're ruined Stop rippin' it up Tearing it down We know that our Mayan God is the one solution Just stop thinking and to end pollution Stop rippin' it up Tearing it down Why are we rippin' it up? Why are we rippin' it up? Why are we rippin' it up? Why are we tearing it down? Why are we rippin' it up? Why are we rippin' it up? Why are we rippin' it up? Why are we tearing it down? Listen to your heart Listen to the sound Within the rhythm his voice is found One, one by one We all must turn Stop speaking, he's speaking to your heart Our hearts together beat as a rhythm A quality of a god made system And what we burned and scarred he can heal it Listen to your heart Stop and think of what we're doing It's up to me and it's up to you and The rippin' it up Tearing it down Why are we rippin' it up? Why are we rippin' it up? Why are we rippin' it up? Why are we tearing it down? Why are we rippin' it up? (Oh oh) Why are we rippin' it up? (Oh oh) Why are we rippin' it up? (Oh oh) Why are we tearing it down? What you gonna do when it all comes down? Everybody's turn to look around Sound of freedom burning down, burning down Why are we rippin' it up? (Oh oh) Why are we rippin' it up? (Oh oh) Why are we rippin' it up? (Oh oh) Why are we tearing it down? Why are we rippin' it up? (Oh oh) Why are we rippin' it up? (Oh oh) Why are we rippin' it up? (Oh oh) Why are we tearing it down? Why are we rippin' it up? (Oh oh) Why are we rippin' it up? (Rippin' it up) (oh oh) Why are we rippin' it up? (Rippin' it up) Why are we tearing it down?