What do we really need in this life?

I look at myself sometimes like it's not right

People out there with no food at night

And we say we care, but we don't, so we all lie

What if there's more to this, and one day

We become what we do, not what we say

We end up in all the shit that they're in

And roles are reversed and it was different

And we were the ones with nothing to eat

We were the ones with blood in our streets

We were the ones with only our screams

And they were the ones just watching on TV

And we were the ones broke down and torn

With our life at our back and a wife in our arms

And they were the ones like, damn, that's so sad

And we were the ones like

Nothing ever changes

It's the only thing I know

That nothing ever changes

I'm looking down this road

And nothing ever changes

No, nothing ever changes

Look at your dreams and your intentions

How selfish it is for you to mention

Turning your thousands into millions

Marry a model and you have some children

Well they've got their dreams too, I imagine

Like water that won't come back to kill them

Sleeping at night without a murder

In some little town you've never heard of

Now look at your nightmares and all of your worst fears

You're calling your house, and your girl, and it stops there

All these things you can't imagine losing

Like oh, no, what if that happened to me?

But what you've got, they'll never have

To be like you, yeah, to have your chance

To be like you before they're gone, oh no, oh

Nothing ever changes

At least that's how we act

Like nothing ever changes

Like god has got our backs

Like nothing ever changes

I'm looking down this road

And I can see this pain is

It's the only gonna grow and grow and grow

Maybe we need more shoes on our feet

Maybe we need more clothes and TVs

Maybe we need more cash and jewelry

Or maybe we don't know what we need

Maybe we need to want to fix it

Maybe stop talking, maybe start listening

Maybe we need to look at this world

Less like a square and more like a circle

Maybe, just maybe, God's not unfair

Maybe we're all his kids, and he's up there

Maybe he loves us for all our races

Maybe he hates us, and we're all so racist

Maybe he sees us when we don't care

That it's heaven right here, but it's hell over there

And maybe the meek will inherit this earth

'Cause it was written before, so

Everything changes

And nothing stays the same

No, everything changes

And if you feel ashamed maybe you should change this

Before it gets too late, maybe you should change this

My brother, we're standing at the gate

Oh, everything changes, changes, changes

Maybe you should change it, change it, change it

Everything changes, changes, changes

Everything changes