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We could

There are 8.2 billion people in the world 
If we all invested ten dollars each every week 
We could create employment 
For every unemployed person in the world 
parents with fair wages 
can feed their families 
overcoming both poverty 
and starvation 
Every country would benefit from
increased tax revenue 
Well, the extra wages 
decreased cost of benefits 
making every government's 
budget profits better 
meaning they could improve education, 
health, and pensions 
If we add to that using 
the brains of the country 
to put forward investment ideas 
Then we could direct that investment 
to create sustainable greenhouse products 
That improves our world, 
We could decide to have fewer children 
So we don't overpopulate 
the world and create a world 
That can sustain our existence 
allowing other animals 
to also have room to live, 
Working together, 
We can use our imagination 
To create everything we want 
We are only limited 
by what we can imagine

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