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100 People In A Room

from Fully Alive by Bryan Sirchio

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"100 People In A Room"
from "Fully Alive" album (Note: These stats were from about 2000 and are to some degree outdated, though the basic picture remains the same. Contact Bryan Sirchio at bsirch@sirchio.com if you would like more information on the original study the song is based on).

100 People In One Room

Words & Music By Bryan Sirchio (Based on a study by Dr. Lucille Pearson of Clemson University)


If the world were 100 people gathered in one room
An awfully blurry picture would snap right into view
It’s easier to see the direction things must move
When the world’s 100 people in one room
If there world were 100 people in one room…

57 would be Asian
21 would come from European nations
Just 14 from the entire Western Hemisphere
The other 8 would be from Africa

70 would be what we call people of color
30 would be what we call white
And of the 100 in the room at least 75
Would have no place to sleep tonight
No home of their own to sleep in tonight

Chorus

70 would not know how to read
30 at most will ever have the chance to learn to write
33 would call themselves Christian
67 embrace another way to seek the Light

80 of the 100 are severely malnourished
Suffering from hunger and disease
Of the 100 in the room there would only be 1
Who has a college degree

Only 1 with a college degree

Chorus

Bridge: Half of all the wealth in the world
Would be in the hands of 6 people
And all 6 of these would live in the USA

If the world were 100 people gathered in 1 room
Would we quickly see the disparity and do what’s ours to do
To help the dream of God become a dream that’s real and true
For every single person in the room
If the world were 100 people in one room
Blessing and Light for every person in the room
If the world were 100 people in one room

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from Fully Alive, released May 4, 2015

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