[Intro, Verse 1]
We are the world
And we've done wrong
Through the years
We have been around
I sure hope, we will be strong
Through the problems we bring to ourselves
And when the world begins to fall apart
Will we give up?
When everyone believes that there's no start
Will we give up?

[Chorus]
Help me now
'cause I don't wanna waste another day
Help me now
'cause I don't wanna waste another day
I hope to god we make a change
'cause I don't wanna waste another day

[Verse 2]
And if this is hell
Then we've made it for ourselves
We should hate it
Because we've become everything that brought us down
We're going down
So we've got to change our habits
If we don't
We won't get to have them
But we can't seem to shake
All the temptations that this cruel world
Has to offer

[Chorus]
Help me now
'cause I don't wanna waste another day
Help me now
'cause I don't wanna waste another day

[Bridge]
Digging graves that we've made for ourselves
Can we put the shovels down?
Or hope god will help us now
So please

[Chorus]
Help me now
'cause I don't wanna waste another day
I hope to god we make a change
'cause I don't wanna waste another day