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Waiting On The World To Change lyrics

Me and all my friends
We're all misunderstood
They say we stand for nothing and
There's no way we ever could

Now we see everything that's going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don't have the means
To rise above and beat it

So we keep waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

It's hard to beat the system
When we're standing at a distance
So we keep waiting
Waiting on the world to change

Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would have never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door
And when you trust your television
What you get is what you got
Cause when they own the information, oh
They can bend it all they want

That's why we're waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

It's not that we don't care,
We just know that the fight ain't fair
So we keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

And we're still waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting waiting on the world to change

One day our generation
Is gonna rule the population
So we keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

John is exactly right…the world as a whole is sitting and waiting for a change. Yet no one wants the change to start with THEM. I understand that everyone can see the problems with those who lead us but are we all going to stand around and talk about it, or rise above and actually make a difference. Talk is great, but at the end of the day just makes us feel a little better when we lay our head down on our pillow. People want to turn on the news and be given a day by day syllabus on how to think, when to think, how to act, when to act…. When you turn on CNN or the local news once a week to get your “fulfillment” of political news, the media has the power to make you believe ANYTHING and EVERYTHING in a matter of 30 secs. They have the power to take something and twist it so much that it’s not longer the same story. Doesn’t anyone have family values and beliefs anymore or are those dead too?? STOP BEING LAZY, AND STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE! Do some research, take 20 min a day to browse the internet, and for God’s sakes stop focusing on the irrelevant stuff like if Sarah Palin wore a short skirt today or if Joe Biden had Botox done on his forehead! If we keep waiting, the world will change, but if YOU don’t stand up for what you believe in, and then don’t agree with the change that takes place, don’t you dare try to complain or say it’s not fair because you didn’t do YOUR part in the change. Try, just try, taking that golden pointer finger and instead of pointing it at EVERYONE else, turn it around and point at yourself. Oh my, how the whole picture changes. The change has to come within. He’s right…one day MY generation and YOUR generation will rule the population. And if it’s the same generation that is voting for Sen. Obama because they think “he’s cool” or “he talks well” or “he believes in change”….then God help us all….