Make A Change

Verse 1 I came from nothing A child with broken dreams Watched his father die, I'm alone it seems Jailed several times, filled with hopeless dreams Law's not for a nigger, I'm only me Struggle against the world and it's hold on me But find what I once loved isn't home for me Give me a way out, I can't stay here I keep breaking down as I'm tryna face fears And stay near as I fall to the pavement They tell me I don't even know what my real name meant I'm broken by the weight of their expectations, I'm chained at the bottom and I'm maimed man Lost in this hate and I might break, let em hang man Can't even handle the pain & If I shoot for the stars, I fall to the ground The clouds just too far away man But in my heart, instilled in the pain A drive that stronger than the real that constrains I rise to my feet, feel the will to remain I'm Malcolm Little, and I will make a change (gunshot) Hook I wanna keep rising I wanna be the greatest in the world No matter what they say I wanna make a change Cause we got one life, one love, gotta make it count Cause it's bigger than the cars or what's in the bank account The world No matter what they say I wanna make a change (and I will make a change) (and I will make a change) Verse 2 I am strong, I am proud My mother told me that back when I'd lie down In a crib, while my father preached sermons and taught me to swim In a world where I might drown Jesus, The light I found Is a way through this darkness, my heart's torn apart at this nonsense You don't wanna treat me the same? Storm clouds here, I can see through the rain And notice the fact that they hate us I wanna know why they degrade us I wanna know why they can see us just cry & still wanna go and berate us I wanna know why it's dangerous To speak out against it by night You know something's wrong when in my life Going to sleep is the high light Give me a chance to show that I'm worthy Before you judge & try to just hurt me I don't even need you to serve me Just curb the wrath you incur, B In my heart, instilled in the pain A drive that's stronger than the real that constrains I rise to my feet, feel the will to remain I'm Martin Luther King and I will make a change (gunshot) Hook Skit 1 - Alan Watts