Change Your Ways

[Intro] (Koncept) [Verse 1: MC Lyte] No more hushin' it, it's an epidemic We discussin' it, no more "Wait a minute" We had enough of it, roughin' us, cuffin' us up Leavin' us all dependent on public defenses, it's a menace They got us twisted, Black skin don't mean we monolithic To put it plain, we ain't the same, we are very different Some of us is Shirley Chisholms, gifted with vision and precision We sit prolific, bangin' on any position I graduated head of my class from Hood High Whenever things got complicated, I looked high To the sky, I be acknowledgin' my Good Guy And when they hatin' what I'm sayin', I say, "Goodbye" [Chorus: Stevie Wonder] Ain't nobody gonna care if you don't care Ain't nobody gonna hold your hand And I'm tellin' you it's fair if you don't get up and (Change your ways) Ain't nobody gonna care if you don't care Ain't nobody gonna hold your hand And I'm tellin' you it's fair if you don't get up and (Change your ways) [Verse 2: Common] The depths of a man, the depths of where I stand This is holy land, as my soul re-plans To cross the burning sands, my thoughts, they turn to hands Rough times with these rhymes, the Irene Caravan Of love, my life is a span that is planned By the Master who has the holy world in His hands I wanna leave a mark, that's more than a brand For the fire next time, I need more than a fan Though everything is grand, I see the bigger picture If life is a movie, then I'ma see it with ya I picked a place in life to be a victor A keeper of my brothers and I'm reaching for my sisters In due time, divine order of operations Power to the people, that's world dominations For all the modulations and all the constellations On Earth as it is in Heaven, that's the proclamation [Chorus: Stevie Wonder] Ain't nobody gonna care if you don't care Ain't nobody gonna hold your hand And I'm tellin' you it's fair if you don't get up and (Change your ways) Ain't nobody gonna care if you don't care Ain't nobody gonna hold your hand And I'm tellin' you it's fair if you don't get up and (Change your ways) [Verse 3: MC Lyte] I understand you think your picture is perfect, you the man Selling us out as a plan, is it worth it? Awards and accolades when you know you ain't earn it You don't deserve it when every day you overlook your purpose I'm callin' curtains on skirts, Birkins and twerkin', for certain Ain't nobody but us that you hurtin', it ain't workin' While the big man is lurkin' and jerkin' us into submission Jacked up positions in mental prisons, listen Corruption like confetti fills the air Look how they clutchin' they machetes, they don't care Machine guns and calibers, NRA makes it easy for these amateurs Save your tears, they mean nothing to an animal [Outro: Stevie Wonder] Ain't nobody gonna care if you don't care Ain't nobody gonna care Get, get, get up and If you don't care, ain't nobody gonna hold your hand Ain't nobody gonna hold your hand Get, get, get up and (Change your ways)