40 Yrs Later, Still Same Meaning

[Elle Blake]

Man thinks 'cause he rules the Earth, he can do with it as he please 
And if things don't change soon, he will 
Oh, man has invented his doom 
First step was touching the moon

Now, there's a woman on my block 
She just sit there as the night grows still 
She say who, gonna take away his license to kill?

Now, they take him, and they teach him, and they groom him for life 
And they set him, on a path where he's bound to get ill 
Then they bury him with stars 
Sell his body like they do used cars

Now, there's a woman on my block 
She just sit there facin' the hill 
She say who gonna take away his license to kill?

Now he's hell-bent for destruction, he's afraid and confused 
And his brain has been mismanaged with great skill 
And all he believes are his eyes 
And his eyes, they just tell him lies

But there's a woman on my block 
Sitting there in a cold chill 
She say who gonna take away his license to kill?

Even noisemaker, spirit maker 
Heartbreaker, backbreaker 
Leave no stone unturned 
May be an actor in a plot 
That might be all that you got 
'Til your error you clearly learn

Now he worships at an altar, of a stagnant pool 
And when he sees his reflection, he's fulfilled 
Oh, man is opposed to fair play 
He wants it all and he wants it his way

Now, there's a woman on my block 
She just sit there as the night grows still 
She say who wanna take away his license to kill?