Change

There's so many things to say right now

I got so much on my mind

Look at what is going down

How much higher can we climb

The system that we're living in

Depends on poverty and greed

But people don't need charity

It's justice that we need

There's disrepair

Hey, it's surrounding you

And it's worse than it's ever been

We'll overcome the things they do, yeah

We're halfway there

'Cause we know the truth

But living is another thing

Overcome the things they do

Lift your voice and sing

A change is coming our way

Step by step, and day by day

And we'll live, we'll live by all that we say

Step by step, now come what may

There's war all around the world

In the name of democracy

Can't tell the wrong from the just

When they bring hypocrisy

I see my sisters on the move

Making sure we all contend

Must've lost something on the way

We reduced ourselves again, yeah

There's disrepair

Hey, it's surrounding you

And it's worse than it's ever been

We'll overcome the things they do, yeah

We're halfway there

And we know the truth

But living is another thing

Overcome the things they do

Lift your voice and sing

A change is coming our way

Step by step, and day by day

And we'll live, we'll live by all that we say

Step by step, now come what may

Before we go forth

We gotta take 'em back

So we can know what he did

'Cause if we never know

What happened in the past

Then we can never know

It's what it is

If we don't do it for us

We gotta do it for our kids

So they ain't gotta relive

See, there's so much happening

It ain't gon' get fixed with singing and rapping

And we gotta take action

And, turn that preach into practicing

'Cause what happened back then

Will be right back again

But each one, teach one

'Cause we only as fast

As the last one straggling, so help 'em out

Step by step, day by day

I said it won't be long, it won't be long

Step by step, come what may

I feel it comin' on strong, yeah

Step by step, day by day

Ooh, we gonna overcome

Step by step, come what may

As long as we are one

A change is coming our way

Ooh, step by step, and day by day

I said we'll live, by all that we say, yeah

Step by step, now come what may

A change is coming our way

Step by step, and day by day

We'll live by all that we say

Step by step, now come what may