Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
MC5
Performer
Wayne Kramer
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Wayne Kramer
Songwriter
Brad Brooks
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bob Ezrin
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Hey people, why do we let fear chain us down?
No one sees what's inside that tent
Restitution is just hollow prayers sent
Rhetoric comes with no money spent
But I'll be damned if anything can pay the rent
[PreChorus]
Helpless and homeless are burning their hope
Clothes all strewn from sacrificial rope
[Chorus]
Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why
Change, no change
Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why
Change, no change
[Verse 2]
Together we stand; divided, we stall
No hail of bullets gonna make us crawl
Strategies taught, and battles will be fought
But a man who's hungry cannot always be bought
[Verse 3]
Picked apart, patterned in risk
Nobody likes it when you raise your fist
See what you want and just deny
That empty stare is an empty lie
[Chorus]
Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why
Change, no change
Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why
Change, no change
[Bridge]
Why can't we stand together
Without our backs turned around?
Culprits and hypocrites take their oath
Oh, no
Corporates and delegates aim the scope
Oh
But I can see beauty in the seeds of change
You better look at yourself and take some blame
[Chorus]
Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why
Change, no change
Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why
Change, no change
Written by: Brad Brooks, Wayne Kramer