Gaye Adegbalola - Nothing's Changed lyrics

Sit-ins and picket lines for civil rights Dogs and water hoses, crosses burning in the night It was down in Mississippi, Emmett Till was lynched Now down in Texas, James Byrd was dragged and ditched James Byrd, James Byrd a righteous name I know Just change that James to Jim and the Byrd is still a Crow Change, change nothing has changed Change, change nothing has changed Change, change nothing has changed Change, change nothing has changed Washed and ironed all the white folks clothes Nursed their babies, now she works in nursing homes Had to be twice as good to get half a chance Still fired first and hired last They talk about a gla** ceiling, but don't you know She's down on her knees on a concrete floor Change, change nothing has changed Landless against the landlord at home or abroad Nothing's really changed for what it's worth Got you coming, got you going--it's all based on greed You rent-to-own and the interest makes you bleed Used to buy from the master at the company story Now call it master card--it'll keep the people poor Change, change nothing has changed

Change, change nothing has changed Change, change nothing has changed Change, change nothing has changed How can I be angry? There's been some change it's true Too slowly in my lifetime, there's much more we can do Anytime a child is hungry Anytime there's homeless men Anytime there is no doctor And there is no medicine Anytime there's ethnic cleansing Anytime there's genocide Anytime there is a hate crime And freedom's been denied Change, change nothing has changed Change, change nothing has changed Change, change nothing has changed Change, change nothing has changed Anytime there is a war And religious persecution A Shepherd or Diallo So called accidental shootings Anytime there is a ghetto Anytime a reservation Anytime you meet up face to face With discrimination How can I be angy? There's been some change, it's true Too slowly in my lifetime There's so much more to do . . . . there's so much more to do gotta make a change gotta make a change now one by one now two by two now gotta make a change. .