Human Family

It is time for the preachers, the rabbis, the priests
Pundits and the professors
To believe in the awesome wonder of diversity
It is time for parents to teach young people early on
That in diversity, there is beauty, and there is strength

I note the obvious differences in the human family
Some of us are serious, some thrive on comedy
Some declare their lives are lived as true profundity
And others claim they really live the real reality

The variety of our skin tones can confuse, bemuse, delight
Brown and pink, and beige, and purple, tan and blue, and white
I've sailed upon the seven seas and stopped in every land
I've seen the wonders of the world
Not yet one common man

I know ten thousand women called Jane and Mary Jane
I've not seen any two who really were the same
(Mirror twins are different, although, their features jibe)
And lovers think quite different thoughts
While lying side by side

We love and lose in China
We weep on England's moors
We laugh and moan in Guinea
And thrive on Spanish shores

We seek success in Finland
Are born and die in Maine
In minor ways, we differ
In major, we're the same

I note the obvious differences between each sort and type
But we are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike
We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike
We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike

Our young must be taught
That brain-shock, peculiarities do exist
Back then, beneath the skin, beyond the different features
And into the true heart of being
Fundamentally, we are more alike, my friend, than we are unalike

We all should note that diversity makes for enriched tapestry
And we must understand that all the traits of the tapestry are equal in value
No matter their colour
Equal and important, no matter their texture