I wanna Change – written for 100,000 Poets for Change (2011)

Man, I wanna change

Change my underpants

Change my socks

Change my t-shirt - if it don’t rock

Change my address

Change my mind too

Man, I wanna change

Man, I wanna change

Change my girlfriend is she ain’t black

Change her into brown

And change her right back

Can’t change her white

Cause that ain’t right

Too light and she’s too up-tight

But man, I wanna change

Man, I wanna change

Change my habits

Change karma

Change my cool – like a Deli Llama

Change into a good man

Don’t know if I can

But man, I wanna change

Man, I wanna change

Change into yellow

Cause that would be mellow

Say hello

And change this government

You can see what I meant

Change like in Libya

Change like in Egypt

Change like in Tunisia

Is ya

Getting the message

Because I want change

Change with my poetry

Change the reality

Change it right now

Change not just anyhow

Change with the Peace Train

Change with Samad Said

Change the ISA

Change all the way

Man, I wanna change

Man, I wanna change

Change it with you

Hold my hand and we’ll do it too

Change in small ways

Change what we can

Change the boy into a man

Change that frown into an erection

Change it all at the next election

Change it good and change it right

Turn from night

Into day

Stand up and say

I want this change