Priscilla+Kim+-+Waiting+on+the+World+to+Change

Waiting On the World to Change.

[|Waiting On the World to Change]

me and all my friends we're all misunderstood they say we stand for nothing and there's no way we ever could now we see everything that's going wrong with the world and those who lead it we just feel like we don't have the means to rise above and beat it

so we keep waiting waiting on the world to change we keep on waiting waiting on the world to change

it's hard to beat the system when we're standing at a distance so we keep waiting waiting on the world to change now if we had the power to bring our neighbors home from war they would have never missed a Christmas no more ribbons on their door and when you trust your television what you get is what you got cause when they own the information, oh they can bend it all they want

that's why we're waiting waiting on the world to change we keep on waiting waiting on the world to change

it's not that we don't care, we just know that the fight ain't fair so we keep on waiting waiting on the world to change

and we're still waiting waiting on the world to change we keep on waiting waiting on the world to change one day our generation is gonna rule the population so we keep on waiting waiting on the world to change

we keep on waiting waiting on the world to change

Transcendental Ideas.

**__Nonconformity.__**

me and all my friends we're all misunderstood they say we stand for nothing and there's no way we ever could.

The first two lines are very similar to what Emerson has tried to depict in his "Self-Reliance," "To be great is to be misunderstood..." (186). Exclaiming that misunderstanding comes from being individualistic. By being set apart, you bring misunderstanding and false impressions of who you may be as a person. Basically, one that does not comply to worldly demands, is misunderstood; those that are misunderstood are great, for they have proven their nonconformity.

The next two lines are also a depiction of one that chooses to segregate themselves from society. Because they say that one does not stand for nothing, does not mean that it is literally true. These judgmental words come from ignorance of anything different. The protagonist and his friends, do in fact stand for something, it's just the sad truth that no one else acknowledges it. They stand for change, the next generation, the powerless.


 * __Confidence.__**

it's hard to beat the system when we're standing at a distance so we keep waiting waiting on the world to change

it's not that we don't care, we just know that the fight ain't fair so we keep on waiting waiting on the world to change

This song can be easily interpreted as a song without much confidence or zeal, but it all depends on which angle you look at it. The two phrases in the song, may seem to portray skepticism, but it's actually just playing it smart. They understand the world to a good extent; after all, it's not so hard to see corruption. They look upon the world and they know that they cannot do anything about the way things are done, or about the people who carry these actions out. They are a minority and powerless when looked upon at society's standards. And so they wait, wait for someone to come around and change the world. They are confident that one day the world will change, that someone or something will bring about change.

Also, as they clarify in the second phrase, it's not out of neglect that they hold back from doing something. It's simply because they understand its no use to fight a battle that cannot be won. It is much more efficient to hold back until help has come.