once upon a time not long ago there was a boy who would grow become a great soul he lived in india and his name was gandhi he believed in human rights he felt so strongly that he made a vow to train himself because he realized first he d have to change himself he changed his clothes decided to walk some days he practiced silence and refused to talk when he was young he studied to be a lawyer and then he became a great spiritual warrior he read from the scriptures of every religion came to the realization that we re all god s children because he understood that we re all equal he became a spokesman for the people a karma yogi devoted to service to spread truth peace was his purpose be the change that you wanna see in the world just like gandhi 2nd verse gandhi dedicated his life to the cause even when it meant breaking unjust laws he often faced prison and incarceration but that only strengthened his determination he said he would make every sacrifice but that he would never kill or take a life he used his heart instead of his fist and he taught non violence as the way to resist a peaceful soldier who used his mind to fight for the rights of human kind but not just people animals too and his basic teaching god is truth he joined muslims sikhs hindus christians buddhists jains and jews all the many paths that lead into the light that shines bright inside of me and you be the change that you wanna see in the world just like gandhi 3rd verse an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind and it takes more strength and faith to be kind with that in mind gandhi took a stand against the foreign occupation of his land when things got violent gandhi would fast not eating for days until the riots would pass but the biggest event that made the british halt is when gandhi ji decided to harvest salt the british empire installed a salt tax and stealing salt was an unlawful act so gandhi and his peeps took the streets ten thousand deep they marched to the beach but when they arrived they were beaten with clubs but they didn t fight back instead they chose love the british military realized they were wrong and eventually decided to go back home you see gandhi ji was a very great leader but before all that he was shy meager as a young child he was just like you and me before he became mahatma gandhi the word mahatma it means great soul and its inside of us just waiting to unfold if you follow your heart and act real bold next time it ll be your story that s told be the change that you wanna see in the world just like gandhi