waiting on the world to change

John Mayer spoke to the apathy and powerlessness of his generation and a sense of hope for the future. "It’s saying, ‘Well, I’ll just watch American Idol because I know that if I were engaged in changing anything for the better, or the better as I see it, it would go unnoticed or be completely ineffective. A lot of people have that feeling." 'Waiting On The World To Change' struck a responsive chord and became his biggest hit, topping Adult Contemporary and Adult Album Alternative charts and selling more than two million downloads. Philip Andelman directed the video which featured graffiti artists Futura, Tats Cru, and Daze.

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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)

Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting

(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)

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)

Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting

(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)

Waiting on the world to change

And we're still waiting

(Waiting)

Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting

(Waiting)

Waiting on the world to change

One day our generation

Is gonna rule the population

So we keep on waiting

(Waiting)

Waiting on the world to change

No, we keep on waiting

(Waiting)

Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting

(Waiting)

Waiting on the world to change

Waiting on the world to change

Waiting on the world to change

Waiting on the world to change