[106 BPM] [29 bars per minute] [4/4 meter] [F minor] [simplistic] [bass line] [solitary drum] [crisp vocals] [falsetto] [ominous] [gated reverb] [falsetto] [high voice] [gritty vocals] [verse 1] (hee-hee!) (Aaow!) (chk chk) We're drifting on a planet through everlasting space and tiiiime (uck uck) (tuh) (uck uck) We're sieving through memories before history and rhyme (uck uck) (oooh yeah) (uck) It is a message woven through a galaxy divine (uck uck) (mercy!) It is a miracle that no living soul can decline (dahh) (hee-hee!) Wave goodbye (dahh) to desperation (ack) Got no tiiime (ucka) for deliberation (nah!) It's alriiiiight-tah, across the nation (ahh tahh) It's just the message of love (pre-chorus) Gotta shake it up, ground it down, lift it up and get on down (shk shk) Gotta hand it out, make it through, gotta get this message straight to yoooouuuuuuu! (chk chk) (chorus!) this is the message! The message of love-ah! (dahh!) It comes from angels, it comes from above-a-tah! (dahh!) You can't refuse it, (dahh) you can't abuse it-tah You must accept it-tah, you must expect it-tah this is the message! The message of love-ah! (dahh!) It comes from angels, it comes from above-a-tah! (dahh!) You can't refuse it, (dahh) you can't abuse it-tah You must accept it-tah, you must expect it-tah The MESSAGE (dahh!) THE MESSAGE of loooove Ooooh yeah! THE MESSAGE of looooove (verse 2) (chakka chakka) (dahh!) (hee-hee-hee!) Bring yourself closer to your brothers and sisters nah (ackah!) Ain't nothing nobler in all of history nah (dahh!) (uck) You know it really really ain't a mystery (uck) It's the message of loooove (dahh!) Gotta listen to it (aaaaah) Gotta listen to it (ooooooh girl) Gotta listen to it nah (ahh, dahh, ahh, dahh) Gotta listen tooooooo it! (pre-chorus) Gotta shake it up, ground it down, lift it up and get on down (shk shk) Gotta hand it out, make it through, gotta get this message straight to yoooouuuuuuu! (chk chk) (chorus!) this is the message! The message of love-ah! (dahh!) It comes from angels, it comes from above-ah You can't refuse it, (dahh) you can't abuse it-tah You must accept it-tah, you must expect it-tah The MESSAGE (dahh! THE MESSAGE of loooove Ooooh yeah! THE MESSAGE of looooove [gospel] [choir] [soulful] [verse 3][choir][backing vocals] now hear me out-tah (hear me out!) spread the woooord nah (spread the word!) now hear me out-tah! (listen now!) spread the woooord nah (the message) it's the MESSAGE-dahh (the message!) it's the MESSAGE OF LOVE-ah-dahh (comes from angels) (uck) COMES FROM ABOVE-a-tahh (it's the message) LISTEN TO THE ANGELS (to the angels now) THEY COME FROM ABOVE-ah (tell the world) (gotta tell the woooorld) AH-DAHH-AHH-TAHH (gotta tell the wooooooorld) AAAAAAH NO NO NO NO (it's the message) OOOOOH LORD (the message of love) SPREAD THE WORD NOW (dahh, ahh, uck) MAKE A CHANGE NAH (make a change) BE A SAVIOUR-rah (now save me lord) AHHH (save me lord) DAHH (saaaaave me lord) THE MESSAGE (it's the message) SPREAD THE WORD (spread the word) GOTTA LOVE SOMEBODY-ahh-tahh (love the world) GOTTA LOVE SOMEONE-t-uhh (love yourself) GOTTA BE SOMEBODY NAHH (spread the word) DONT WANNA BE ALONE-a-dahh (comes from above) LIFE'S NOT LIKE A MOVIE-DAHH-UCK-DAHH (dontchu know, dontchu know) GOTTA MAKE IT YOURSELF-FAH (do it now, do it now) THIS WORLD IS YOURS-uhh-dahh (baby now) THIS WORLD IS OURS-a-tahh (take care of it now) WHAT IS THE MESSAGE (tell me babe) (uck uck) (tahh) WHAAAAAAAAAAT IS THE MESSAGE? (comes from above) (ACK DAHH) NO BROKEN BRIDGES (dontchu now) (DAHH) NO WOUNDED HEARTS (no no no no) NO CRUMBLING TOWERS-SAH (dontchu fall now my lord) MUST PLAY YOUR PART-TAH (spread the word) ITS THE MESSAGE BABE (it's the message now) MAKE THEM BELIEVE-AHH (maaaaaake them believe) BELIEVE IN YOURSELF (believe now baby) ITS THE MESSAGE OF LOVE chorus!) this is the message! The message of love-ah! (uck uck tahh) (dahh!) It comes from angels, it comes from above-ah-tahh You can't refuse it, (dahh) you can't abuse it-tah (uck uck) You must accept it-tah, you must expect it-tah (uck tahh) (uck tahh) The MESSAGE (dahh! THE MESSAGE of loooove (uck tahh) Ooooh yeah! THE MESSAGE of looooove ... spread the word ...