One hundred years ago isn't long Would you be blamed for another's wrong Generations claiming retribution While your poets & your prophets are yelling "execution" 1st CHORUS Who's building the walls now? (2x) I never held you down I never put you down I never held you down Let's be brothers Ten billion people all unique You've only got one thing in common The color of your cheeks You put down your brothers who found a way to fit in It's survival of the fittest But you say they've betrayed their own kin 1st CHORUS I'll never say you have no right But the only cure today is not to fight Hate will not stop hate, I know I'm right But when you trust a man today whose skin is white 2nd CHORUS Who's putting the chains on now? (2x) I never held you down I never put you down I never held you down Let's be brothers