Tryin' Times

Tryin' times, is what the world is talkin' about You got confusion all over the land Mother against daughter, father against son The whole thing is gettin' out of hand But folks wouldn't have to suffer If there was more love for your brother But these are tryin' times You got the riots in the ghetto, and it's all around A whole lot of things that's wrong is going down I don't understand it from my point of view I remember somebody said, "Do unto others" "As you would have them do unto you" And then folks wouldn't have to suffer If there was more love But these are tryin' times People always talk about man's inhumanity to man But what you tryin' to do to make this a better land? Just pick up your paper, turn on your TV You see a lot of demonstrations for equality But folks, folks wouldn't have to suffer If there was more love But these are tryin' times, yeah, yeah Tryin' times is what the world is talkin' about You got confusion all over, all over, all over the land Mother against daughter, father against son The whole thing is getting out of hand