This is a perfect world So let's stop trying to make it what it's not This is a perfect world So let's stop trying to make it what it's not Everybody's talking 'bout the world And wondering what it's coming to But it ain't the world it's the people in it That's a-makin' it hard for you If you don't believe That what I say is true Then show me the day that the sun will shine And it verily [?] shines on you This is a perfect world So let's stop trying to make it what it's not This is a perfect world So let's stop trying to make it what it's not I know some people who never Had a clock or a radio But they get up every morning Just by hearing that rooster crow One day I picked a rose Fresh from the morning dew That was the day I made up my mind To sing this song to you This is a perfect world So let's stop trying to make it what it's not This is a perfect world So let's stop trying to make it what it's not Blacks say they don't like whites And the whites say they hate the blacks Just the other day I saw a man Puttin' that suntan lotion on his back We got to get it together Decide what we're gonna do We oughta show the man Who made us all That we have it perfect too This is a perfect world So let's stop trying to make it what it's not This is a perfect world So let's stop trying to make it what it's not We gonna stop doing all those things We ain't supposed to do Just take a look around ya See what He's done for you See the world [?] Ah, and man He put it there See the flowers He made, see the trees Ah, He made for you and me He made a perfect world This is a perfect world