Some say he started a religion, some say he was a radical Jew 
No doubt, he taught us all by example what our conscience says we should do 
Like we want to be treated ourselves is the way to treat our sister and brother 
It's the key to human and civil rights, yeah, and the sum of all that matters 

Look out among you, my mother, my sister, my brother 
We must have love for each other if we want to be free 
And if we want to save the planet we must help the people on it 
A friend of sinners holds the keys to liberty 
And change down here begins within you an' me 

He went up against right-wing religion an' tried to teach us what's really is true 
Standin' up for peace and freedom, he warned us not to do what they do 
Like we want to be treated ourselves is the way to treat our sister and brother 
And those who teach otherwise are against their own children, father an' mother 

There's a wall in Arizona along the border in Nogales 
Someone painted on it in Spanish, “walls turned sideways are bridges” 

Look out among you, my mother, my sister, my brother 
We must have love for each other if we want to be free 
And if we want to save the planet we must help the people on it 
A friend of sinners holds the keys to liberty 
You know, change down here begins within you an' me 

Yeah, we need help from above, 'cause God in heaven's got all the love 
And change down here begins within you an' me