You don't have to look too hard

To see the future in that old woman's eyes

Her son's broken and

His son's close behind

Oh, yeah

Disappointment's on her face

She's been walkin' through a recoccurin' dream

Races, hatred

This is what it means

And every time she witnesses the violence in the streets

She reaches for the cross, bows her head, and then she pleads

Let the spell be broken

Break its hold on our minds

Let it pass from our lives

Let the spell be broken

Every heart beats the same

So how much longer will it take?

Neighborhoods are burnin' down

And when they're gone, there's still a line in the dust

Your side, my side

Ain't things bad enough?

Oh, yeah

'Cause everyone's a victim of the violence in the streets

And every mother knows about the sorrow that it breeds

So let the spell be broken

Break its hold on our minds

Let it pass from our lives

Let the spell be broken

Every heart beats the same

So how much longer will it take

Till it's over?

Over, oh, yeah

Let the spell be broken

Let the spell be broken

'Cause everyone's a victim of the violence in the streets

And every mother knows about the sorrow that it breeds

So let the spell be broken

Break its hold on our minds

Let it pass from our lives

Let the spell be broken

Every heart beats the same

So how much longer will it take?

Let the spell be broken

Break its hold on our minds

Let it pass from our lives

(Let the spell be broken)

Let the spell be broken

Every heart beats the same