open your eyes up people and take a good look around catch the tears fillin up all those cracks in the ground turn off you televisions leave your picture perfect neighborhoods a lot of folks out there ain t doing so good to many of us left out in the cold no invitations given no welcome mats unrolled but you can be the change you wanna see be the hope to those whose lives are far from easy reach out and lend a hand share everything you can and be the change be the change carry the world on your shoulders for a little while put on someone else shoes and walk around so many cups a runneth over while so many goin dry the grass ain t always green on the other side there s still a lot of work to be done a lot of wrongs to right a lot of battles to be won if you can be the change you wanna see be the hope to those who lives are far from easy reach out and lend a hand share everything you can and be the change be the change reach out and lend a hand share everything you can and be the change be the change be the change be the change be the change