Change We Can Believe In

You know, and we learn not to question our government and um, to be grateful for everything we got, but we didn’t know that it was at the expense of many other people, in our own country, and all over the world [Intro: Sandy Griffith] Listen, baby Let's talk about this life and what it means to me Baby, listen This how it's got to be We only thought that you would come and turn these wrongs to right But we see it's really all the same Who knew that you'd disgrace us White power in blackface us Our eyes were closed But now we all could see [Verse 1: Paris] Lookin' at the parties like, damn, what's the parties like Just seems all the parties' right Now I'm lookin' round wonderin' What the hell has happened to us, it's on again Just misery, so many promises So many of us tried to make him what he really wasn't Still suffering' so many unemployed Still watchin, NSA's got me paranoid Make me wanna holler, throw my hands up Got us thinking' that we wrong if we demand stuff So we propped the man up, but what'd it get us? More useless excuses and more fed up Sounds so sweet when he makin' speeches Always preachin' hope and change like he really means it Manchurian Candidate Ladies love to hear him talkin' cause he's so slick [Hook: Sandy Griffith] We sing it, but they never really understand, no they don't, no We bring it, but they never seem to take a stand, no they won't, no We mean it, better know they really ain't your friend, and they've shown it So believe in me, believe in, believe in [Verse 2: Paris] Dear Mr. President, wartime president Slicker than his predecessor, but it's still the same shit Lost jobs, lost benefits Lost public option, lost souls follow quick Lost all respect for that shit he selling Same conflicts, but his reason ain't compelling Same cause, same manufactured boogeymen Same bombs drop when his poll numbers dip Same profiteering - War's good for business Same Israel nut-jockin' - shit is endless Same wall street bailouts, early christmas For the same motherfuckas that should be in prison Same racism, nothing changed bro Wingnuts wanna point and say "I told you so" We both hate his shit, but for different reasons though They hate cause he black, we hate cause he wrong [Hook: Sandy Griffith] We sing it, but they never really understand, no they don't, no We bring it, but they never seem to take a stand, no they won't, no We mean it, better know they really ain't your friend, and they've shown it So believe in me, believe in, believe in [Verse 3: Paris] Shiiiit, so I'll say it all again man Same shit, different day, all the same man Same news cycle, same yapping' magpies Same gats clapping' overseas taking lives Now they say I'm hatin' cause I pulled his skirt Same people that done lost they house and outta work Got the nerve to think that I'm speaking' outta line Can't criticize cause he 'posed to be my kind But scared negroes won't rock the boat Same Bush-era tax cuts, same drones Same folks on lock, Guantanamo Same campaign stops, same shitty jokes Cracked while the world gets choked on And most black folk broke but still hold on To the illusion of choice Both parties, both sides of the same bullshit coin [Hook: Sandy Griffith] We sing it, but they never really understand, no they don't, no We bring it, but they never seem to take a stand, no they won't, no We mean it, better know they really ain't your friend, and they've shown it So believe in me, believe in, believe in