Skinny women demand gluten free
Kids with not enough to eat
Rockets fly on ideology
People dying in the street
Bankers, moguls, politicians soar
Safety nets are torn to shreds
Gleaming mansions rise above the shores
Below boxes serve as beds

But it’s never gonna happen if we give into them all the time
We need to make it happen, need to shift the power paradigm
Yes, we can make it happen, make the world we always hoped we’d find
Someday, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Do they think this is how it should be?
Have they asked, “What would God do?”
When we’re faced with this reality
How do we make something new?
Stand our ground for some humanity
And oppose extreme beliefs
All we share will bring us sanity
Courtesy can bring us peace

But it’s never gonna happen if we give into them all the time
We need to make it happen, need to shift the power paradigm
Yes, we can make it happen, make the world we always hoped we’d find
Someday, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Every day we could just chose to treat each other, building trust,
In the way we should, the way we want another to treat us
When we do, we’ll find the better world we pray for every night
Win the war without a fight

But it’s never gonna happen if we give into them all the time
We need to make it happen, need to shift the power paradigm
Yes, we can make it happen, make the world we always hoped we’d find
Someday, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

But it’s never gonna happen if we give into them all the time
We need to make it happen, need to shift the power paradigm
Yes, we can make it happen, make the world we always hoped we’d find
Someday, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

We can make it happen, yeah!
Power to the people, right on