No nos convencerán

And they won't convince me,
and they won't convince me
the violent ones that man
will be a wolf to another.
And they won't convince me,
and they won't convince me
that someone of another race
knows less about love than I do,

that sharing my life
steals my privacy
or that 'who has more is worth more',
that fighting is enmity
or that nature
is more cared for by laws;
that in the Horn of Africa
hunger will always be there.

And they won't convince me,
and they won't convince me
that fights help
bring happiness.
And they won't convince me,
and they won't convince me
that by getting into the mud
my name will be tarnished,

or that children with AIDS
are possessed,
or that those who come from outside
never want to work,
that in the Church women
are still not trustworthy
or that drugs are a cancer
that cannot be cured.

And they won't convince me,
and they won't convince me
that only punishments
will open up the tough man.
And they won't convince me,
and they won't convince me
that there is hardly any difference
between loving and using.

And they won't convince me,
and they won't convince me
that Divine Justice
does not go hand in hand with equality.
And they won't convince me,
and they won't convince me
that this land belongs to a few,
and if it belongs to everyone, it will sink.

And they won't convince me,
and they won't convince me
that the Gospel is a book
more about being than guiding;
that living it is utopia
and cutting it short doesn't matter...

And they won't convince us,
and they won't convince us
that only punishments
will open up the tough man.
And they won't convince us,
and they won't convince us
that fights will bring us
happiness.

And they won't convince us,
and they won't convince us
that there is hardly any difference
between loving and using.
And they won't convince us,
and they won't convince us
that this land belongs to a few,
and if it belongs to everyone, it will sink.

And they won't convince us,
and they won't convince us
that in these good times
we should neither fight nor pray,
that in these hard times
hope is not the same.