Why is it welcome in our cities
Why is it welcome in our schools
Are we ever gonna wake up or feed the fire fuel
The thing that’s tearing us apart isn’t welcomed in my heart

CHORUS
I hate hate
What’s it gonna take to love one another
Change our ways
Come on sisters, come on brothers
Haven’t we had enough
Just as much as I love love I hate hate

Hate infects us like a poison
Love’s the antidote we need
And if you’re not part of the cure then
You’re part of the disease
So what’s it gonna to be
A million ways to disagree, but we’ve only got one enemy

CHORUS

I admit I have thrown
My fair share of stones
Am I standing here alone, singing

CHORUS
I hate hate
What’s it gonna take to love one another
Change our ways
All of my sisters, all of my brothers
Haven’t we had enough
Just as much as I love love
I hate hate


(Adam Klutinoty / Ian Eskelin / Tony Wood) © 2014 Word Music, LLC (ASCAP) / Wordspring Music, LLC, Early Service Music (SESAC) (All rights on behalf of itself and Early Service Music adm. by Wordspring Music, LLC) / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songs From Exit 71 (ASCAP) (All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and Songs From Exit 71 adm. by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC)

Behind the Song:
'This song was written the night of the Boston bombings when I was watching TV and it got me really, really mad. You can’t turn on the TV without someone being shot or a building being blown up! I’ve never understood how someone could hate someone else so much that they would want to kill someone, so I came to the realization that I hate the idea of hate, which is something I know everyone outside of those with evil intentions can relate to.' - Adam Klutinoty (About A Mile)