| (with John Legend, feat. CL Smooth) [John Legend] | |
| Hope of the world is in our generation (let's straighten it out) | |
| It's all left up to us, to change this present situation (let's straighten it out) | |
| Take caution from our elders, don't make the same mistake (let's straighten it out) | |
| Let's fill the world with love, and get rid of all the hate | |
| Our elders taught us one thing but, practice another | |
| Just look what happened to the | |
| [3X] | Indian and the brother (Straighten it out!) |
| Hope of the world is in our generation (let's straighten it out) | |
| It's all left up to us, to change this present situation (let's straighten it out) | |
| Our leaders make us fight, and we don't know what for (let's straighten it out) | |
| If they want people killed, let them fight the war! | |
| It's gotta end somewhere, this killing's got to cease | |
| If no one were to fight, we'd all live in peace | |
| Our generation (let's straighten it out) | |
| It's all left up to us (let's straighten it out) | |
| Our generation (let's straighten it out) | |
| Let's do just what we must | |
| And straighten it out! (Straighten it out) | |
| Gotta straighten it out! (Straighten it out) | |
| Straighten it out! (Straighten it out) | |
| Yeahhh we gon' straighten it out, yeahh! [CL Smooth] | |
| As long as there's a you, there's a better me | |
| It's why we're together and stronger than they ever thought it could be | |
| A world motherless - can health care cover this? | |
| A love for all people no matter what the culture is | |
| Our generation, is makin huge strides | |
| A self-empowering movement that's on the rise | |
| The more the door is open, the more the youth can see a fair chance means a greater opportunity | |
| To have a brighter future, deeper insight | |
| Work hard to be anything you want in life | |
| It's what it's all about, the longevity | |
| Educated enough to know what's ahead of me | |
| Need to straighten it out, seek and you'll find they can cage your body, but not your mind | |
| We lay it all on the line in the struggle | |
| We grew, but together here's what we gotta do [John Legend] | |
| Our generation (let's straighten it out) | |
| It's all left up to us (let's straighten it out) | |
| Our generation (let's straighten it out) | |
| Let's do just what we must, and straighten it out! [JL with background singers] | |
| Our generation - straighten it out! | |
| Let's straighten it out - and straighten it out! | |
| Heyyyyyyyyy we can straighten it out, | |
| YEAHHH! C'mon yeah! | |
| Our generation - let's straighten it out | |
| Hey hey, we'll straighten it out | |
| We'll straighten it out - straighten it out | |
| New York City, better straighten it out | |
| Atlanta, better straighten it out | |
| In Los Angeles, you better straighten it out | |
| We can straighten it out, we can straighten it out [fades out] |
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