same as it ever was (start today)

same as it ever was

but there's gotta be a better way

it's the same as it ever was

but today's a different day

you and me

couldn't make that change

but it's the same as it ever was

we better start today

america's a better place

than it was fifty years ago

there's been a whole lot of change

but we got a long way to go

when we used to have a problem

we used to call the police

but who we gonna call when

the police make a problem

i'm not saying that they all bad

i'm not saying that i'm any better

all i'm just trying to say

is we could all do a lot better

i say it in my own house

and i say it in the streets

i say it on a record yo

and i say it on a beat

i paint it on a wall yo

so that everybody sees

when we all see justice

then we'll all see peace

it's the same as it ever was

but there's gotta be a better way

it's the same as it ever was

but today's a different day

you and me

couldn't make that change

but it's the same as it ever was

we better start today

a revolution is a battle

between the future and the past

the battle's never over

but the future's gonna last

malcolm had a x yo

and the king had a dream

like spike lee he said y'all

you should always do the right thing

if the world's full of anger

and everybody's got a gun

then what should i say y'all

to my teenage son

mandela did lock down

for twenty-eight years

but there's billions more y'all

it's still rainin' down tears

i say it in my own house

i say it on the street

i say it on the record y'all

i say it on the beat

i paint it on a wall y'all

so that everybody sees

when we all see justice

then we'll all see peace

it's the same as it ever was

but there's gotta be a better way

it's the same as it ever was

but today's a different day

you and me

couldn't make that change

but it's the same as it ever was

we better start today

they can try to divide us

they can try to increase

all the pain and suffering

but this is everybody's street

there is just one love y'all

there is just one beat

and when we all see justice

then we'll all see peace

it's the same as it ever was

but there's gotta be a better way

it's the same as it ever was

but today's a different day

you and me

couldn't make that change

but it's the same as it ever was

we better start today

it's the same as it ever was

we better start today