“I just want to ask a question:
Who really cares?
To save a world in despair
There'll come a time, when the world won't be singin'
Flowers won't grow, bells won't be ringin'
Who really cares?
Who's willing to try to save a world
That's destined to die?”

—  Marvin Gaye

Save the Children, co-written with Al Cleveland and Renaldo Benson.
Song lyrics, What's Going On (1971)

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