A música Waiting on the World to Change reflete os sentimentos de impotência que a geração mais jovem sente em relação aos problemas do mundo, e a crença de que muitos desses problemas ficarão para eles resolverem no futuro. John Mayer escreveu a música como uma observação de sua geração e das expectativas colocadas sobre eles pela sociedade.
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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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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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One day our generation is gonna rule the population
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