If everybody were poor, we would all be rich If everybody are born to serve the poor, we would all be rich If I had no work, I would enjoy life I would put my family first I would spend some time with my baby I would love her more and more If I was poor, I'd cut down trees to build my roof I'd hunt in the forest, get my fish from the ocean And we would live like a king and a queen And we would have a little princess or prince We would never have felt more free People, people, will always be people to me Yeah, we do wrong, we do right Yeah, we do wrong, then we do right Yeah, we do wrong and do right People, people, will always be people to me Here comes another Friday I haven't had work in weeks I just wanna make a living Any problems, I don't even sleep Work every day, work every day, work every day, oh lord Work every day, work every day, work every day I, I'd even work at night I'd never take a day off, rest of my life I would send the kids to school, make sure they alright And make sure they better than I, better than People, people, will always be people to me Yeah, people, people, will always be people to me Yeah, we do wrong, we do right Yeah, we do wrong, then we do right Yeah, we do wrong and do right Cause people, will always be people to me Cause people, will always be people to me Ca m'a appris de ne pas me plaindre et d'être bien avec qui je suis Nous sommes que des hommes, on est tous pareils On fait du bien, et puis on fait du mal La la la la, la la la la, la la la la Mais c'est ton choix People, people, will always be people to me Yeah, people, people, will always be people to me Yeah, we do wrong, we do right Yeah, we do wrong, then we do right Yeah, we do wrong, we do right Cause people will always be people to me La la la la, la la la la, la la la la People are people, that's all I know People are people, that's all I know Hey, people are people, that's all I know People are people, that's all I know And people will be, and people they are And people are people, that's all I know Oh no, no, that's all I know Mama was wrong, that's all I know