me and all my friends 
we're all misunderstood 
they say we stand for nothing 
and there's no way we ever could 
now we see everything 
that's going wrong with the world 
and those who lead it we just feel like 
we don't have the means to rise above and beat it 
so we keep waiting 
waiting on the world to change 
we keep on waiting 
waiting on the world to change 
it's hard to beat the system 
when we're standing at a distance 
so we keep waiting 
waiting on the world to change 
now if we had the power 
to bring our neighbors home from war 
they would have never missed a Christmas 
no more ribbons on their door 
and when you trust your television 
what you get is what you got 
cause when they own the information, 
oh they can bend it all they want 
that's why we're waiting 
waiting on the world to change 
we keep on waiting 
waiting on the world to change 
it's not that we don't care, 
we just know that the fight ain't fair 
so we keep on waiting 
waiting on the world to change 
and we're still waiting 
waiting on the world to change