Earth, Wind & Fire

Released: May 1, 1973

Songwriter: Skip Scarborough

Producer: Joe Wissert

Skip Scarbrough

Can this world be a masquerade?
Are you really what we see on the outside?
And hidin' what you really are on the inside
Pretending that you're something you're really not

Whole world is a masquerade
Everybody, everybody wears another face (another face)
Whole world is a masquerade
Everybody, everybody wears another face
Just like a masquerade
Just like a masquerade

Can't you see, can't you see what you really are?
Pretending that you want the world to be a better place
Yet you fight, makin' war on your fellow man

So why wear this face
That makes it seem everything's so great

Whole world is a masquerade
Everybody, everybody wears another face
Whole world is a masquerade
Everybody, everybody wears another face

What can the whole world be hiding?
Whole world is a masquerade
What can the whole world be hiding?

Earth, Wind & Fire is an American band that has spanned the musical genres of R&B, soul, funk, jazz, disco, pop, rock, Latin and African. They are one of the most successful bands of the 20th century.

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