Same As It Ever Was (Start Today) [feat. Agape Choir] Songtext
von Michael Franti & Spearhead

Same as it ever was
But there′s gotta be a better way
It's the same as it ever was
But today′s a different day
You and me could make that change
But it's the same as it ever was
We better start today

America's a better place
Than it was fifty years ago
There′s been a whole lotta change
But we got a long way to go
When we used to have a problem
We used to call the police
But who we gonna call when
The police make a problem
I′m not sayin' that they all bad
I′m not sayin' that I′m any better
All I'm just tryin′ to say
Is we could all do a lot better


I'll say it in my own house
And I'll say it on the street (say it on the street)
I′ll say it on a record, y′all (a record, y'all)
And I′ll say it on a beat
I'll paint it on a wall, y′all
So that everybody sees
When we all see justice
Then we'll all see peace

It′s the same as it ever was
But there's gotta be a better way
It's the same as it ever was
But today′s a different day
You and me could make that change
But it′s the same as it ever was
We better start today

A revolution is a battle
Between the future and the past
The battle's never over
But the future′s gonna last
Malcolm had an X, yo
And the King had a dream
And like Spike Lee said, y'all
You should always do the right thing


If the world′s full of anger
And everybody's got a gun
Then what should I say, y′all (then what should I say, y'all)
To my teenage son
Mandela did lockdown (lockdown)
For twenty-eight years
But there's millions more, y′all
Still rainin′ down tears

I'll say it in my own house
And I′ll say it on the street
I'll say it on a record, y′all
I'll say it on a beat
I′ll paint it on a wall, y'all
Until everybody sees
When we all see justice
Then we'll all see peace (peace)

It′s the same as it ever was
But there′s gotta be a better way
It's the same as it ever was
But today′s a different day (today's a different day)
You and me could make that change
But it′s the same as it ever was
We better start today

They can try to divide us
They can try to increase
All the pain and sufferin'
But this is everybody′s street
There is just one love, y'all
And there is just one beat
And when we all see justice (we all see justice)
Then we'll all see peace

(Same as it ever was) same as it ever was
(Same as it ever was) but there′s gotta be a better way
(Same as it ever was) it′s the same as it ever was
(Same as it ever was) but today's a different day
You and me
Could make that change (you and me, make that change)
But it′s the same as it ever was (change)
We better start today (start today)

It's the same as it ever was, we better start today