[00:00.49]“When people once are in the wrong
[00:03.09]Each line they add is much too long
[00:05.68]Who fastest walks, but walks astray
[00:08.20]Is only furthest from his way”
[00:10.64]- Mathew Prior
[00:12.16]New drama everyday, let me find out
[00:14.66]Will it be death by flood or by drought
[00:17.11]Shed a tear for the world before it dies out
[00:19.55]And we all really have somethin' to cry about
[00:22.13]The ride out
[00:32.41]The world weeps cause we'd rather be at war
[00:34.81]Than provide health benefits to the poor
[00:37.24]The economy falls, anarchy soars
[00:39.89]And the crisis is elevated for the mis-educated
[00:42.49]Some of our schools are developing fools
[00:44.64]With the help of the media turned into tools
[00:47.12]That are misused, abused and left for dead
[00:49.57]Like my nervous youth that can't even get some bread
[00:52.16]In places like India, Sudan and Niger
[00:54.80]Greed has turned honest men into liars
[00:57.10]That profit off destruction and desperation
[00:59.80]Yet somehow, can't clean up the debt we're facin'
[01:02.13]Is it because most of the wealth's owned by a few
[01:04.53]That don't give a damn if they lead us all into doom
[01:06.92]Getting hotter everyday, planet's starting to melt
[01:09.50]Maybe she weeps because we're all headed for hell
[01:12.15]New drama everyday, let me find out
[01:14.49]Will it be death by flood or by drought
[01:17.04]Shed a tear for the world 'fore it dies out
[01:19.49]And we all really have somethin' to cry about
[01:22.13]The ride out
[01:23.09]All we need's a change for the better (What you want)
[01:25.69]And of course a change in the weather (What you need)
[01:28.08]All we need's a change for the better (It's what you want)
[01:30.68]And of course a change in the weather (Yes Indeed)
[01:32.22]They say the aim's to be faithfully married with kids
[01:34.66]But face it son, we know what the reality is
[01:37.11]The average kid don't even know his daddy is his
[01:39.65]And these days, they seem to see more gay than straight marriages
[01:42.19]The world weeps, cause more stress can only lead to more tears
[01:44.59]They let the television news manipulate you through fear
[01:46.98]They lock you up for weed, so they can inundate you with beer
[01:49.48]While the North Pole is meltin' in the next ten years
[01:51.98]As long as couples keep cheating
[01:53.22]Governments keep sleeping
[01:54.71]There will always be a reason why the world keeps weeping
[01:57.01]Crooked cops keep beating while policing
[01:59.06]Abusing while they cruising
[02:00.80]The world weeps because of confusion
[02:02.29]Mother Earth's soft skin becoming covered with contusions
[02:04.79]From rainforest killing machines, burning and bruising
[02:07.34]From the cradle to the grave we forget what she gave
[02:09.59]So she weeps cause we treat her and beat her, like a slave
[02:12.23]New drama everyday, let me find out
[02:14.56]Will it be death by flood or by drought
[02:17.01]Shed a tear for the world 'fore it dies out
[02:19.51]And we all really have somethin' to cry about
[02:22.20]The ride out
[02:23.00]All we need's a change for the better (What you want)
[02:25.50]And of course a change in the weather (What you need)
[02:28.14]All we need's a change for the better (It's what you want)
[02:30.69]And of course a change in the weather (Yes Indeed)
[02:32.21]We need a change for the better like a change in bad weather
[02:34.60]Change your mind so we can change our focus, get it together
[02:37.33]Change the way we think, speak, act and feel
[02:39.62]The world weeps cause my peeps still actin' ill
[02:42.12]We got swine flu, ghetto liquor stores with the drive-through
[02:44.90]Crime through the roof and the ceiling, need I remind you?
[02:47.31]The politicians either reject you, or neglect you
[02:49.98]While Hurricane Katrina proves the punks don't protect you
[02:52.10]Maybe they don't protect you, cause they don't respect you
[02:55.05]So you lash out when they least expect you
[02:57.16]Why mother, why must the vast majority
[02:59.88]Suffer due to mistakes by a minority
[03:02.38]Others who am I question your authority
[03:04.93]My brothers should have known to treat you like royalty
[03:07.31]But they chose otherwise and now another dies
[03:09.96]And it's no wonder why, I'm watching my mother cry
[03:12.14]New drama everyday, let me find out
[03:14.76]Will it be death by flood or by drought
[03:17.10]Shed a tear for the world 'fore it dies out
[03:19.54]And we all really have somethin' to cry about
[03:22.24]The ride out
[03:23.09]All we need's a change for the better (What you want)
[03:25.63]And of course a change in the weather (What you need)
[03:28.08]All we need's a change for the better (It's what you want)
[03:30.58]And of course a change in the weather (Yes Indeed)