What If

What if Martin didn't stand up? What if Rosa didn't sit down? (Sit down, sit down) What if Malcom didn't man up? Where would we be now? (Where would we be now?) What if Marley didn't get up stand up? What if Dubois didn't come to advance us? And Mandela didn't come to teach us Where would we be now? We are the ones we been waiting for We can change the world We can change the world With our love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love 'Cause it's up to us We are the ones we been waiting for We can change the world Our love can change the world We can change the world With our love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love Our love can change the world What if Maya didn't speak out? What if Langston Hughes didn't write it down? What if Josephine Braker didn't dance it out? (No) Tell me where would we be now? (Where would we be now?) What if Sojourner never told the truth? Or Ida B Wells never printed the news Harriet never went underground Where would we be now We are the ones we been waitin' for We can change the world We can change the world With our love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love 'Cause it's up to us We are the ones we been waiting for We can change the world Our love can change the world We can change the world With our love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love Our love can change the world Me too, I matter, you matter, we matter Together we are love Me too, I matter, you matter, we matter Together we are love It's gotta be all of us To standup and speak out With all of our love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love 'Cause it up to us We are the ones we been waiting for We can change the world Our love can change the world We will change the world With our love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love Our love can change the world Oprah, Kamala, Ava, Tarana and Lena Serena, Viola, Opal, Patrice and Alicia You and me are the chosen Right now this is our moment We are a people of motion Our loves gonna change the world