People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?
People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?

And so we're different colors, and we're different breeds
And different people, have different needs
It's obvious you hate me, though I've done nothing wrong
I've never even met you, so what I could I have done? (Yeah)

I can't understand
What makes a man hate another man?
Help me understand

People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?
People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?

Help me understand
Help me understand

And now you're punching, and you're kicking
And you're shouting at me
I'm relying on your common decency
So far it hasn't surfaced but I'm sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel
From your head to your fist (yeah)

Can't understand
What makes a man hate another man?
Help me understand

People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?
People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?

I can't understand what makes a man hate another man
Help me understand
I can't understand what makes a man hate another man
Help me understand
I can't understand what makes a man hate another man
Help me understand
I can't understand what makes a man hate another man
Help me understand
I can't understand what makes a man hate another man
Help me understand (people are people)
I can't understand
What makes a man (why should it be)
Hate another man
Help me understand (people are people)
I can't understand
What makes a man (why should it be)
Hate another man
Help me understand (people are people)
I can't understand
What makes a man (why should it be)
Hate another man
Help me understand

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Writer(s): Martin Gore