How men be so greedy When there's so much left? All things are God-given And they all have been blessed Why can't we be humble Like the good Lord say? He promised to exalt us But love is the way That's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be Oh, that's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be Let not your heart be troubled Let mourning, sobbing cease Learn to love your brothers and And live in perfect peace Why can't we be humble Like my Lord say? He promised to exalt us But love is the way That's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be Yeah, that's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be Oh, why can't we be humble Like my Lord said, y'all? God's gonna exalt us all But love is the way Yeah, that's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be Ya better believe me That's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be, ya-hey Why don't you believe me? That's the way God planned it That's the way He wants us to be Love one another Whoa, man That's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be So we can have peace now We've gotta do it the way God planned it We gotta do it way He planned it to be Before we can have peace, y'all We've gotta do it the way God planned it We gotta do it the way God wants it to be That's the way God planned it