Well a man on his own stand up for what he believes to be He'll give all luxury up for the sake of a vision of freedom He walked 4000 miles across the green Because he knows he's had a dream And the old man he should fall He wants to change the white man's laws For the people Free the people Are the people Be the people For the future Of the children And the freedom Of the people For the people Free the people Let the people Be the people For the future Of the children And the freedom Of the people He has his vision held on a bright light he sees in the distance His children follow him from generation to generation This is not the golden age We're sending rockets into space We don't mind if we shall fall We gotta change the white man's laws For the people Free the people Let the people Be the people For the future Of the children And the freedom Of the people For the people Free the people Let the people Be the people For the future Of the children And the freedom Of the people Oh love You see it's easier now There's a dreammaker making a shape Coming through to you You see you're not dreaming now No no And the light comes in And then it's falling on the world And the light is coming in And you can see it in the child, the man, the boy and girl Come on For the people Free the people Let the people Be the people For the future Of the children And the freedom Of the people For the people Free the people Let the people Be the people For the future Of the children And the freedom Of the people