Waiting on the World to Change reflects the feelings of helplessness the younger generation feels towards the worlds issues, and the belief that many of these issues will be left for them to solve in the future. John Mayer wrote the song as an observation of his generation and the expectations placed upon them by society.
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Introduction:
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Me and all my friends, we're all misunderstood.
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They say we stand for nothing, and theres no way we ever could.
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Now we see everything that's going wrong with the world and those who lead it
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We just feel like we don't have the means to rise above and beat it.
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So we keep waiting, (waiting) waiting on the world to change.
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We keep on waiting, (waiting) waiting on the world to change.
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It's hard to beat the system, when you're standing at a distance,
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So we keep waiting, (waiting) waiting on the world to change.
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Now if we had the power to bring our neighbors home from war
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They would have never missed a Christmas, no more ribbons on their door
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And when you trust your television, what you get is what you got
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Cause when they own the information, oh they can bend it all they want
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That's why we're waiting (waiting) waiting on the world to change
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We keep on waiting (waiting) waiting on the world to change
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It's not that we don't care, we just know that the fight ain't fair
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So we keep on waiting (waiting) waiting on the world to change
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And we're still waiting (waiting) waiting on the world to change
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We keep on waiting (waiting) waiting on the world to change
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One day our generation is gonna rule the population
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We keep on waiting (waiting) waiting on the world to change
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We keep on waiting (waiting) waiting on the world to change
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We keep on waiting (waiting) waiting on the world to change