How wonderful it is, that nobody needs to wait,
A single moment before, starting to improve the world,
How wonderful it is that every man,
Acts like the world depends on every good thing he does,
How wonderful it is that every man,
Looks upon himself and sees that we are more than just all our colors,
Oh, yeah, every man can do something,
I can look into myself first, and you look into yourself first,
And then we see the good we lack,
So we could cry to God in one voice as we say,
Doctor, listen to life, and you would hear the voice of life crying,
Oh say doctor, listen to life,
And you would hear the voice of life crying,
Oh Lord, please, send down the cure, tonight oh Lord
I think it's time for a check-up, yeah a visit to the doctor,
Humanity is sick, and what's causing it I'm not sure,
But everywhere I look, yeah, everywhere I go,
I'm seeing sickness and disease, like it's becoming status quo,
We got poverty, people turning to robbery,
To put food up on the table, and seeing that bothers me,
We got terrorism, unhealthy patriotism,
See nothing but criticism when I watch the television,
We got no solidarity, and growing wealth disparities,
Between the poor and those with money and authority,
Got malnutrition, can't trust our politicians,
Overpopulated prisons, overstocked gun ammunitions,
We got sexism, and complex schisms,
Tryin' to use my lyricism to bring us some optimism
So, let's come together, turn our faces to the sky,
Cuz to bring us back to health we'll
Need some help from the divine, praying,
Doctor listen to life, and you would hear the voice of life crying,
Oh say doctor, listen to life,
And you would hear the voice of life crying,
Oh Lord, please, send down the cure, tonight oh Lord
– Awu]
Doctor, listen to life, and you would hear the voice of life crying,
Oh say doctor, listen to life,
And you would hear the voice of life crying,
Oh Lord, please, send down the cure, tonight oh Lord
Uh, some say that humanity's a virus,
That mankind has put the world into a crisis,
The environment is sick, it's got bronchitis,
Seems like our climate's got a case of meningitis,
I'm talking climate change, environmental degradation,
Dirty drinking water causing death in third-world nations,
Earthquakes and hurricanes bringing devastation,
I think its mother earth communicating her frustration,
Got giant garbage patches floatin' in the ocean,
And global warming is meltin' all of our snow man,
Pesticides, we're killing the butterflies,
Our actions are leading to biological homicide, uh,
We gotta do something to save the forests and the trees,
To save the animals, the rivers, and all of the seas,
So we turn to the Creator, the Supreme Physician,
To God we offer up this prayer, yeah, we hope you're listenin',
Doctor listen to life, and you would hear the voice of life crying,
Oh say doctor, listen to life,
And you would hear the voice of life crying,
Oh Lord, please, send down the cure, tonight oh Lord
Yeah, all of this talk of our sickness but what's the cure?
We gotta turn to the divine, yeah let's explore,
The fate of the world is connected with the fate of man,
And man is endowed with a spirit, please let me expand,
If people don't develop morally and spiritually,
Then we'll continue down this path of sickness, don't you see?
We gotta focus on our virtues and our values,
If you don't know any then please let me spit out a few,
I'm talking honesty and honor and integrity,
Faith and forgiveness, courtesy and sensitivity,
Respect, courage, understanding, and truthfulness,
Responsibility, love, and diligence,
Wisdom, tolerance, justice, and humility,
And if we practice these we'll have peace and tranquility,
Yeah, if we want a better world to last forever more,
We gotta focus on our soul!
Doctor listen to life, and you would hear the voice of life crying,
Oh say doctor, listen to life,
And you would hear the voice of life crying,
Oh Lord, please, send down the cure, tonight oh Lord