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We Got to Have Peace Song by Curtis Mayfield

by | Nov 7, 2025 | Peace, Songs

Lyrics

We got to have peaceTo keep the world aliveAnd war to cease
We got to have joyTrue in our heartsWith strength we can’t destroy
People hear usThrough our voice the world knowsThere’s no choice
We’re begging to save the childrenThe little onesWho just don’t understand
Give them a chanceTo breed their youngAnd help purify the land
People hear usThrough our voice the world knowsThere’s no choice
And the people in our neighborhoodThey would if they only couldMeet and shake the other’s hand
Work together for the good of the land
Give us all an equal chanceIt could be such a sweet romance
And the soldiers who are dead and goneIf only we could bring back one
He’d say, “We got to have peace
To keep the world aliveAnd war to cease
We got to have joy
True in our heartsWith strength we can’t destroy
People hear us
Through our voice the world knowsThere’s no choice
And the people in our neighborhood
They would if they only couldMeet and shake the other’s handWork together for the good of the land
Give us all an equal chanceIt could be such a sweet romanceAnd the soldiers who are dead and gone
If only we could bring back one
We got to have peaceWe got to have peace
Let the world know
Peace, peace, peaceWe got to have peace
People hear usThrough our voice the world knowsThere’s no choice
Save the childrenSave the childrenSave the children
And the people in our neighborhoodWho would if they only couldMeet and shake the other’s hand
Work together for the good of the land
Give us all an equal chanceIt could be such a sweet romance
And the soldiers who are dead and gone
If only we could bring back one
We got to have peace
We got to have peace
Let the people singin’Peace, peace, peace
We got to have peace
I sing peace, peace, peaceWe got to have peace
Peace, peace, peaceWe got to have peace
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Songwriters: Curtis Mayfield
We Got To Have Peace lyrics © Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp.
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Lenny Kravitz We Want Peace

Nov 7, 2025 | ,

Come on people It’s time to get together It’s time for the revolution Here is once again in our face Why haven’t we learn from our past We’re at the crossroads of our human race Why are we kicking our own ass We want peace We want it yes We want peace We want it yes…

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We Got to Have Peace Song by Curtis Mayfield

Nov 7, 2025 | ,

Lyrics We got to have peace To keep the world alive And war to cease We got to have joy True in our hearts With strength we can’t destroy People hear us Through our voice the world knows There’s no choice We’re begging to save the children The little ones Who just…

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Heal the World Michael Jackson

Nov 7, 2025 | ,

“Heal The World” Think about—um—the generations and they say we wanna make it a better place for our children, and our children’s children, so that they they they know it’s a better world for them, and think if they can make it a better place There’s a place in your…

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Heal the World Michael Jackson

by | Nov 7, 2025 | Peace, Songs

“Heal The World”

Think about—um—the generations and they say we wanna make it a better place for our children, and our children’s children, so that they they they know it’s a better world for them, and think if they can make it a better place

There’s a place in your heart
And I know that it is love
And this place could be much brighter than tomorrow

And if you really try
You’ll find there’s no need to cry
In this place you’ll feel there’s no hurt or sorrow

There are ways to get there
If you care enough for the living
Make a little space
Make a better place

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

If you want to know why
There’s a love that cannot lie
Love is strong
It only cares for joyful giving

If we try we shall see
In this bliss we cannot feel
Fear or dread
We stop existing and start living

Then it feels that always
Love’s enough for us growing
Make a better world
To make a better world

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

And the dream we were conceived in
Will reveal a joyful face
And the world we once believed in
Will shine again in grace

Then why do we keep strangling life
Wound this Earth, crucify its soul?
Though it’s plain to see
This world is heavenly
Be God’s glow

We could fly so high
Let our spirits never die
In my heart I feel you are all my brothers

Create a world with no fear
Together we’ll cry happy tears
See the nations turn their swords into plowshares

We could really get there
If you cared enough for the living
Make a little space
To make a better place

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

Heal the world (Heal the world)
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

You and for me
Make a better place (You and for me)
Make a better place (You and for me)
Make a better place (You and for me)
(You and for me)

Heal the world we live in (You and for me)
Save it for our children (You and for me)
Heal the world we live in (You and for me)
Save it for our children (You and for me)
Heal the world we live in (You and for me)
Save it for our children (You and for me)
Heal the world we live in (You and for me)
Save it for our children

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Lenny Kravitz We Want Peace

Nov 7, 2025 | ,

Come on people It’s time to get together It’s time for the revolution Here is once again in our face Why haven’t we learn from our past We’re at the crossroads of our human race Why are we kicking our own ass We want peace We want it yes We want peace We want it yes…

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We Got to Have Peace Song by Curtis Mayfield

Nov 7, 2025 | ,

Lyrics We got to have peace To keep the world alive And war to cease We got to have joy True in our hearts With strength we can’t destroy People hear us Through our voice the world knows There’s no choice We’re begging to save the children The little ones Who just…

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Heal the World Michael Jackson

Nov 7, 2025 | ,

“Heal The World” Think about—um—the generations and they say we wanna make it a better place for our children, and our children’s children, so that they they they know it’s a better world for them, and think if they can make it a better place There’s a place in your…

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I Wish You Peace Lyrics by the Eagles

by | Nov 7, 2025 | Music, Peace, Songs

Lyrics

I wish you peace when the cold winds blowWarmed by the fire’s glowI wish you comfort in the, the lonely timeArms to hold you when you ache inside
I wish you hope when things are going badKind words when times are sadI wish you shelter from the, the raging windCooling waters at the fever’s end
I wish you peace when times are hardA light to guide you through the darkAnd when storms are high, and your, your dreams are lowI wish you the strength to let love growOh, I wish you the strength to let love flow
Wish you peace when times are hardA light to guide you through the darkAnd when storms are high and your, your dreams are low
Wish you the strength to let love grow, ah, ah, ahI wish you the strength to let love flow, ah, ah, ah
I wish you the strength to let love glow, ah, ah, ahI wish you the strength to let love glow
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Lenny Kravitz We Want Peace

Nov 7, 2025 | ,

Come on people It’s time to get together It’s time for the revolution Here is once again in our face Why haven’t we learn from our past We’re at the crossroads of our human race Why are we kicking our own ass We want peace We want it yes We want peace We want it yes…

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We Got to Have Peace Song by Curtis Mayfield

Nov 7, 2025 | ,

Lyrics We got to have peace To keep the world alive And war to cease We got to have joy True in our hearts With strength we can’t destroy People hear us Through our voice the world knows There’s no choice We’re begging to save the children The little ones Who just…

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Heal the World Michael Jackson

Nov 7, 2025 | ,

“Heal The World” Think about—um—the generations and they say we wanna make it a better place for our children, and our children’s children, so that they they they know it’s a better world for them, and think if they can make it a better place There’s a place in your…

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A Wish for Peace

A Wish for Peace

by | Nov 7, 2025 | Peace Poems, Poems, Poetry

A Wish for Peace

I wish for you,
I wish for me,
I wish for all the world to live in harmony.
When I look into the sky at night and see the stars above,
I wish for peace, I wish for love.

I wish for you
…I wish for you
I wish for me
…I wish for me

I wish for all the world to live in harmony.
When I look into the sky at night and see the stars above,
I wish for peace,
…I wish for peace

I wish for love.

I wish for hope, I wish for joy,
I wish for all these things for every girl and boy,
That where ever in the world they are,
they’ll see the stars above and wish for peace,
And wish for love.

Ah…

When I look into the sky at night and see the stars above,
I wish for peace
…I wish for peace
I wish for love.

How To Acquire Peace

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How To Acquire Peace Poem by Kumarmani Mahakul On changeable Earth human beings are wise,They want to perpetuate the progress in rise.Some vie in earning wealth to live happily,Attractive edifices they build to reside properly.To lead a prosperous life some are on…

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A Prayer for Victory over Temptation

Nov 25, 2025 | , ,

A Prayer for Victory over Temptation
Haste to me, Lord, when this fool-heart of mine
Begins to gnaw itself with selfish craving;
Or, like a foul thing scarcely worth the saving,
Swoln up with wrath, desireth vengeance fine.
Haste, Lord, to help, when reason favours wrong;
Haste when thy soul, the high-born thing divine,
Is torn by passion’s raving, maniac throng.

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A Prayer For You

Nov 24, 2025 | , ,

A Prayer For You by Lenora McWhorter

I lifted you to the Lord today
as I spent some time in prayer.
I asked God to be near you
and your burdens help you bear.

I could feel the Father smile
each time I called your name
because I talk to Him quite often
and my prayers are the same.

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Song of Songs Chapter 1

Song of Songs Chapter 1

by | Nov 7, 2025 | Ancient Texts, Articles, Bible, Books, Hebrews

The Song of King Solomon Chapter 1 Kings James Version

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.

Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.

Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

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Song of Songs Chapter 1

Nov 7, 2025 | , , , ,

The Song of King Solomon Chapter 1 Kings James Version The song of songs, which is Solomon’s. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do…

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Friendship by Henry David Thoreau

by | Nov 6, 2025 | Friendship Poems, Love Poems, Male Poets, Poems, Poetry, Poets

I think awhile of Love, and while I think,
Love is to me a world,
Sole meat and sweetest drink,
And close connecting link
Tween heaven and earth.

I only know it is, not how or why,
My greatest happiness;
However hard I try,
Not if I were to die,
Can I explain.

I fain would ask my friend how it can be,
But when the time arrives,
Then Love is more lovely
Than anything to me,
And so I’m dumb.

For if the truth were known, Love cannot speak,
But only thinks and does;
Though surely out ’twill leak
Without the help of Greek,
Or any tongue.

A man may love the truth and practise it,
Beauty he may admire,
And goodness not omit,
As much as may befit
To reverence.

But only when these three together meet,
As they always incline,
And make one soul the seat,
And favorite retreat,
Of loveliness;

When under kindred shape, like loves and hates
And a kindred nature,
Proclaim us to be mates,
Exposed to equal fates
Eternally;

And each may other help, and service do,
Drawing Love’s bands more tight,
Service he ne’er shall rue
While one and one make two,
And two are one;

In such case only doth man fully prove
Fully as man can do,
What power there is in Love
His inmost soul to move
Resistlessly.

Two sturdy oaks I mean, which side by side,
Withstand the winter’s storm,
And spite of wind and tide,
Grow up the meadow’s pride,
For both are strong

Above they barely touch, but undermined
Down to their deepest source,
Admiring you shall find
Their roots are intertwined
Insep’rably.

The Mirage Machine by Lord Bechard

by | November 20, 2025 | Articles, Life Poems, Male Poets, Poems, Poetry | 0 Comments

“The Mirage Machine” is a poem by Rev Lord C.M. Bechard, and
is a multi part work that explores themes of imagination, the human mind, dreams, and reality

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by | November 19, 2025 | Life Poems, Love Poems, Male Poets, Poems, Poetry | 0 Comments

I do not love you except because I love you; I go from loving to not loving you, From waiting to not waiting for you My heart moves from cold to fire. I love you only because it’s you the one I love; I hate you deeply, and hating you Bend to you, and the measure of my…

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by | November 19, 2025 | Life Poems, Male Poets, Poems | 0 Comments

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Aubade by Philip Larkin

by | November 18, 2025 | Articles, Life Poems, Male Poets, Poems, Poetry | 0 Comments

Aubade By  Philip Larkin I work all day, and get half-drunk at night.    Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare.    In time the curtain-edges will grow light.    Till then I see what’s really always there:    Unresting death, a whole day nearer now,    Making all…

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Character of the Happy Warrior

by | November 18, 2025 | Articles, Life Poems, Male Poets, Poems, Poetry | 0 Comments

Character of the Happy Warrior By  William Wordsworth   Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be? —It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish…

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A Friend by Gillian Jones

by | Nov 6, 2025 | Female Poets, Friendship Poems, Poems, Poetry, Poets

A person who will listen and not condemn
Someone on whom you can depend
They will not flee when bad times are here
Instead they will be there to lend an ear
They will think of ways to make you smile
So you can be happy for a while
When times are good and happy there after
They will be there to share the laughter
Do not forget your friends at all
For they pick you up when you fall
Do not expect to just take and hold
Give friendship back, it is pure gold.

What A Rose Can Say Poem by Margie Driver

by | November 19, 2025 | Female Poets, Love Poems, Nature Poems | 0 Comments

A rose can say I love you and want you to be mine, A rose can say I thank you for being so very kind, A rose can say congratulations, whatever the occasion may be, A rose can say I miss you and wish you were here with me, A rose can say I’m sorry if I’ve hurt you in…

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Phenomenal Woman Poem by Maya Angelou

by | November 19, 2025 | Female Poets, Maya Angelou, Women Poems | 0 Comments

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I’m a woman…

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Crusoe in England

by | November 18, 2025 | Articles, Female Poets, Life Poems, Poems, Poetry | 0 Comments

Crusoe in England By  Elizabeth Bishop A new volcano has erupted, the papers say, and last week I was reading    where some ship saw an island being born:    at first a breath of steam, ten miles away;    and then a black fleck—basalt, probably— rose in the mate’s…

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I felt a Funeral, in my Brain

by | November 17, 2025 | Female Poets, Poems, Poetry, Poets | 0 Comments

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, And Mourners to and fro Kept treading – treading – till it seemed That Sense was breaking through – And when they all were seated, A Service, like a Drum – Kept beating – beating – till I thought My mind was going numb – And then I heard…

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The Brain — is wider than the Sky

by | November 17, 2025 | Emily Dickinson, Female Poets, Poems, Poetry, Poets | 0 Comments

The Brain — is wider than the Sky — For — put them side by side — The one the other will contain With ease — and You — beside — The Brain is deeper than the sea — For — hold them — Blue to Blue — The one the other will absorb — As Sponges — Buckets — do — The Brain is…

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Sonnet 104: To me, fair friend, you never can be old

by | Nov 6, 2025 | Friendship Poems, Male Poets, Poems, Poetry, Poets

Sonnet 104: To me, fair friend, you never can be old

By William Shakespeare

To me, fair friend, you never can be old,
For as you were when first your eye I eyed,
Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold
Have from the forests shook three summers’ pride,
Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turned
In process of the seasons have I seen,
Three April perfumes in three hot Junes burned,
Since first I saw you fresh, which yet are green.
Ah, yet doth beauty, like a dial-hand,
Steal from his figure, and no pace perceived;
So your sweet hue, which methinks still doth stand,
Hath motion, and mine eye may be deceived:
For fear of which, hear this, thou age unbred:
Ere you were born was beauty’s summer dead.

Alone by Maya Angelou

by | Nov 6, 2025 | Female Poets, Friendship Poems, Life Poems, Maya Angelou, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Wisdom Poems

Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
And I don’t believe I’m wrong
That nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

There are some millionaires
With money they can’t use
Their wives run round like banshees
Their children sing the blues
They’ve got expensive doctors
To cure their hearts of stone.
But nobody
No, nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Now if you listen closely
I’ll tell you what I know
Storm clouds are gathering
The wind is gonna blow
The race of man is suffering
And I can hear the moan,
’Cause nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

About Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. She grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. She was an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist.

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Ode Written On The First Of January

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Love and Friendship by Emily Bronte

by | Nov 6, 2025 | Female Poets, Friendship Poems, Love Poems, Poems, Poetry, Poets

Love is like the wild rose-briar,
Friendship like the holly-tree—
The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms
But which will bloom most constantly?
The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring,
Its summer blossoms scent the air;
Yet wait till winter comes again
And who will call the wild-briar fair?
Then scorn the silly rose-wreath now
And deck thee with the holly’s sheen,
That when December blights thy brow
He still may leave thy garland green.

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Jan 21, 2026 | ,

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Why Do I Love You Sir?

Dec 11, 2025 | , ,

In “Why Do I Love You Sir,” Emily Dickinson explores love’s irrational nature. She compares love to natural phenomena like the wind and lightning, emphasizing that true affection does not require explanation. The poem suggests that love exists beyond reason, embraced through its innate, unspoken power and beauty.

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