Ho yeah Ho yeah Ah Dana, dana, dana Ah Let me just take a minute To tell you what’s on my mind Seems like people are afraid to live ‘Cause they too afraid to die People strugglin’, people hustlin’ Some even doin’ a bunch of nothin’ They done gave up on possibilities You got to be the change you wanna be I’ll start with me I’ll start with me I’ll start with me I’ll start with me, oh We need change and I’m gonna start with me Won’t somebody help me now? We need real change and I’m gonna start with me Won’t somebody say it now? We need change and I’m gonna start with me Help me now, say it loud We need real change and I’m gonna start with me Oh yeah Murder rate at an all-time high Working two jobs and barely gettin’ by Scared to drive and frightened to fly Afraid to fail so you won’t even try Too much information but not enough truth Illusions of grandeur are numbing our youth A video, these days, is not enough proof I’m not complainin’, just contemplatin’ I’ll start with me (I’ll start with me) I’ll start with me (I’ll start with me) I’ll start with me (I’ll start with me) I’ll start with me, don’t you think we need it? We need change and I’m gonna start with me Won’t somebody help me now? We need real change and I’m gonna start with me Start with me, won’t somebody say it now? We need change and I’m gonna start with me Help me now, say it loud We need real change and I’m gonna start with me Oh [?] love and kindness Patience at its finest I extend my hand to those in need Because I know change starts with me Help the children and the mothers The fathers, sisters and the brothers Which is the only way we do you’re gonna be free We need change and I’m gonna start with me Won’t somebody help me now? We need real change and I’m gonna start with me Hey, won’t somebody say it now? We need change and I’m gonna start with me Help me now, say it loud We need real change and I’m gonna start with me With me, with me, with me, change We need change and I’m gonna start with me Change We need real change and I’m gonna start with me Help to spread the change in the world We need change and I’m gonna start with me Yeah, yeah, yeah We need real change and I’m gonna start with me Real change What’s up is down What’s down is up We’ve had enough We need it