Changes (triple j Like A Version)

I see no changes

Wake up in the morning and I ask myself

"Is life worth living?" I can hardly tell

Everywhere I turn, it's another assumption

In this world, it's hard for a brother to function

'Cause they don't care about a black man

So I keep my foot on the pedal, never relaxin'

Lock away the youth, tell me, who the hell cares?

Yeah, it's conflict, never worried about our welfare

Judged and assumed that we hardly knew

Split us apart, now you argue the path I choose

Well, what kind of choice do I have?

Got a target on my back because I'm black, I'm askin' you

Could you understand why we stay confused?

I don't do it for the fame or jewels

And the truth is, I'd love to go back to how we used to live

But things change, but that's the way it is

That's just the way it is

Things will never be the same

That's just the way it is

Oh, yeah

Still, I see no changes

And they can never give me a reason

They don't wanna hear my side, deny my right to be equal

So we stuck in a jam, takin' orders from a

Man that don't wanna understand my people

But who we are fell apart, now it's

Darker and harder to see what the use is

But my mind is my weapon, I'ma use it

Otherwise, I'll lose and get used for amusement

'Cause I'm black, when I'm mad, it's an overreaction

I'm not allowed to be drastic, but I use the pain to spark the flame

Light it like a matchstick, I know the power of my blackness

And I can see the haters, racist faces

Misplaced hate toward the colour that I came in

And though we make mistakes, I pray a change appears

But 'til it does, it's just the way it is

That's just the way it is

Things will never be the same

That's just the way it is

Oh, yeah

We gotta make a change (Gotta make a change)

It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes

Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live