I saw a dried-up river and a rich man Turning on a garden hose. I see a young man picking up a gun I guess that’s where the money goes. (yeah) Am I just as good as a bad man, Sleeping while the rest are dyin'? (yeah) Or am I just as bad as a good man, Sayin' there’s no use of tryin'? (yeah)
[bridge] (Ooh-oh) Tell me do you still believe (Ooh-oh) everything that you read? Till we learn to get together And see who we really are.
[chorus] Ain’t nothing gonna change Ain’t nothing gonna change If nobody’s gonna wake up And start asking who's in charge Ain’t nothing gonna change Ain’t nothing gonna change Ain’t nothing gonna change Nanananana (yeah)
[bridge] Ain’t shit changing but diapers on babies Get higher in the background singers, singing (naanaanaanaa) Singing (nananana) Okay singing
[verse 2] Some people do it all for money And some do it all for their love (yeah) Some do it all for the glory 'Cause nothing else they're thinking of I saw a man in a four door truck Complaining that the price was high Like a well fed man with a spoon in his hand Saying "Who ate all the apple pie?" (yeah)
[bridge] (Ooh-oh) Tell me do you still believe (Ooh-oh) everything that you read? Till we learn to get together And see who we really are.
[chorus] Ain’t nothing gonna change Ain’t nothing gonna change If nobody’s gonna wake up And start asking who's in charge Ain’t nothing gonna change Ain’t nothing gonna change Ain’t nothing gonna change Nanananana (yeah)
[verse 3] If I ain't ready to listen I'm never gonna listen Most people follow intuition While they wishing it would work And my vision isn’t perfect So I will never learn for it Don’t wish for some change Like a church worker Hallelujah, preacher I am not influenced If I don’t donate to your movement Am I not improving? And while the poor kill the poor for a portion piece of American society pie I get high, the munchies I got, so bear witness I got this girl looking at you 'cause my reps kissing (mwah) And I ain’t ready to wait when there's dollars on the brain Why would you expect change?
[bridge] Till we learn to get together And see who we really are.
[chorus] Ain’t nothing gonna change Ain’t nothing gonna change If nobody’s gonna wake up And start asking who's in charge Ain’t nothing gonna change Ain’t nothing gonna change Ain’t nothing gonna change, no, no
[outro] Ain’t shit changing but diapers on babies Get higher in the background singers, singing (naanaanaanaa) Singing (nananana)