We Need a New System

People losing homes, people going bankrupt, people slipping over the edge.
People all alone, people down on their luck, people stranded on a dangerous ledge.
People going hungry, people out of work; people with no healthcare.
People getting angry, people going berserk; people getting’ crazy everywhere
Something’s gotta change, this can’t keep going on;
With so much pain, there’s something major wrong.
Better change our mode of thinking, the whole ship is sinking;
Plant a new seed, I think we’re gonna need a new system.
We need a new system. We need a new system; this old one’s gotta go.

Polar caps are melting from the greenhouse gas, millions of species disappear.
Hurricanes belting, deadly tornadoes blast; floods, drought, fires getting bigger every year.
Profit machines raging out of control, incinerate their poisons in the air.
Nuclear waste with nowhere to go, deadly cancers over hear and everywhere.
Mother Earth is screamin’, “cast out the demons;” it’s way too late for useless debate.
She’s tryin’ to warn us, a storm is comin’ toward us;
If our children gonna breathe, I think we’re gonna need a new system.
We need a new system (2X) This old one’s gotta go.

They want us brain dead, duped, in a bubble, unaware, unclear;
Oblivious, confused, disconnected, full of fear.
But I know there’s something better than this system here today;
If we put our hearts together, we can find a better way …

People getting robbed, people getting ripped off; people going deeper in debt.
People getting clobbered, people getting pissed off; and the worst ain’t even here yet.
Recording setting gaps between rich and poor,
Working masses trapped in an economic war.
We better change some minds, we’re running out of time;
Plant a new seed, I think we’re gonna need a new system.
We need a new system (4X)
A whole nother vision; a fundamental transition,
We need a new system … this old one’s gotta go.