M to the R-S-P-A-N-N
Get in where ya fit in cuz I ain't your friend
I'm your teacher not your preacher so just save your Amen
And let me kick the rhyme off from where it begin
[16 bars, 4 stanzas of 4 lines each ]
These are times that try men's souls
All the madness of the world starting to take its toll
People start breaking the rules, they end up breaking the mold
Do anything at all just to get that gold
Feel like we been calling God but she put us on hold
Earth goes from scorching hot to freezing cold
Seems like every single bank is just waiting to fold
A million houses for sale and not one of 'em sold
There's bleak weather ahead and it calls for more storming
It's about time that we heeded the warning
With each day that passes more obstacles forming
From economic crisis to global warming
The world is poised with anticipation
From the ATL to across the nation
So turn on your mind and turn off your playstation
And come be a part of the new sensation
Chorus:
This ain't a great depression, it's a great opportunity
So get on your feet and show the world what you can be
It’s about time we stop passing the blame
Like Michael Jackson said, you can make that change
Verse:
I ain’t so sure about the melting pot we proclaim to foster
I ain’t never no Indians chillin at Red Lobster
I don’t see signs in English on the Buford Highway
Speak English to my wife but she don’t understand what I say
Bush left New Orleans low after Katrina
Look at the whack response from Fema
Poor blacks without homes left to die
Sounds like the 1800s to me, ya’ll I ain’t gonna lie
Look at Halliburton and the Blackbriar scandal
No wonder pumps don’t work Yo, the vandals took the handles
War in Iraq cuz of gas in our Hondas
While we ignore genocide in Darfur and Rwanda
John Edwards, Mark Sanford, Elliot Spitzer
Their wives weren’t enough so they up and dismissed her
Don’t forget about Monica and Bill Clinton
He was getting some from her even if he wasn’t hittin’
Plaxico Burress shoots himself in the leg,
Ex Tennessee Titan Steve McNair been shot dead
MLB sluggers pump themselves full of lead,
They got more dope in their veins than brain cells in their head
Chorus:
With all of these problems how we gonna solve ‘em
It’s your world, you got to lead and not foll’a
You youngins out there have got to pimp the game
Just like Michael Jackson said you can make that change
Verse:
“But Mr. Spann, I’m just a little kid
I don’t Mark Sanford or the things he did
I just want to know how I can make a change
How can I break off the world, how can I pimp the game?”
Well, you can eat lunch with a student who just doesn’t fit in
You can read A People’s History by Howard Zinn
You can learn about your grandparents before their lives end
You can break up a skirmish before riots begin
You can work a real job without lying or stealing
You can write your English papers with passion and feeling
You can study all night until your mind begins reeling
You can volunteer for those who need help and need healing
You can give your family’s leftovers to bums in the street
You can bust a freestyle just need words and a beat
You can set your goals high, take on each challenge you meet
You can jump and touch the sky knowing you’ll land on your feet
You can protect animals like Polar Bears and Baboons
You can learn a new instrument like flute or bassoon
You can turn off the light when you leave the room
Or you can be like Shane Kimbrough and go to the moon
The change can be big or the change can be small
But whatever you do, be yourself and stand tall
The world is our oyster and you all are its pearl
So go head and go Ya’ll, change the world . . . .
I know that Mr. Peebles is gonna change the world
I know Dr. Dunkel gonna change the world
I know that Heidi Gray is change the world
I know that Angela Mitchell’s gonna change the world
Elliot McCarthy gonna change the world
And Jennifer Choi is gonna change the world
And Chloe Johnson is gonna change the world
And Joan Freihofer’s gonna change the world
I said Hunter Rich is gonna change the world
And Jeremy Trombetta’s gonna change the world
Peter Diaz is gonna change the world
And Amina Khan is gonna change the world
Sam Bailey is gonna change the world
9th Graders are gonna change the world
10 th graders are gonna change the world
11th graders are gonna change the world
All a ya’ll Seniors gonna change the world
I said the Lovett Lions are gonna change the world
Atlanta, GA is gonna change the world
The USA gonna change the world
The whole world is gonna change the world
I said The whole world is gonna change the world
I said The whole world is gonna change the world
I said The whole world is gonna change the world
