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)