I'm hot, I'm cold, been bought been sold
You know all about me, I do what I’m told
You will decide how my life will unfold
I’m one in a billion souls
I’m one, I’m one, one in a billion souls
And I know, I know, we’re playing different roles
 
You’re rich, I’m poor, you decide what I’m for
You’re strong, I’m weak, you tell me when I can speak
You have the power, in your ivory tower
I’m just one in a billion souls
 
We may not be equal, life may not be fair
But can we make a world where poverty’s rare
With another billion people, pressures will mount
That’s the time when numbers count
 
So I’m right, and you’re wrong, and this is where I am strong
Change is gonna come, just like it said in the song
Then we will decide, when no-one can hide
From more than a billion souls
 
We’re one, we’re one, we’re one billion souls
And we know, we know, we’re playing different roles
I’m one, I’m one, one of those billion souls
And I know, I know, one day we’ll change our roles

© Richard Rhys O'Brien 2014