Matter of Will

It’s a matter of will not a question of means
cuz the meaning in my words is as plain as the day
watching people getting killed by this social machine,
ya’ll it’s about what you do – not just what you say
people say that they want change but they won’t bleed for it
& ya can’t change the world if you won’t change yourself
takes a willingness to fight for it, not just a need for it
to make a real change and redistribute the wealth
it’s the health of the planet at stake, stop fakin!
pretty words and platitudes won’t change this
It comes down to what you’re giving, not just what you’re takin’
And more then just attitudes have got to shift
It takes movement, working together for improvement
Extending solidarity across the divides
Like mutual aid in our evolution
Working together, ya’ll that’s how we survive

We gotta build ya’ll (build ya’ll)
Fight ya’ll (fight ya’ll)
Work together for what’s right ya’ll (allright ya’ll)
So let’s move ya’ll (move ya’ll)
groove ya’ll (groove ya’ll)
make this change and see it through ya’ll! (what?)

it’s not about reform, it’s just too big
‘n at the end of the day reform just makes it stronger
it’s about unity and stopping these pigs
‘n 8 billion people who won’t take it any longer
the whole damn planet is strainin and movin
tryna find a way to escape these chains
it’s really easy, to build a movement
all we need to do is start usin’ our brains
this is simple, you can’t fake it
forget all the lies that they taught you in school
there’s a better life waiting, we just gotta make it
and stop letting pigs play us as fools
it ain’t about your skin tone, sexuality, or gender
it’s all about whether you’ll stand up for your neighbors
put down divisions that have made us all strangers
and recognize that freedom has to come in all flavors

this world is beautiful, it’s worth fighting for
but fighting doesn’t always mean with a gun
‘sides ya’ll already know that there’s only 1 war
and that’s the class war, already begun
this is a call to arms, but arms are for hugging
the people that you love and the love that you make
so let me set it straight for fools that keep buggin
so ya’ll can understand what this change really takes
we gotta first: start lookin at our neighbors
not as enemies, but as friends in this struggle
second: stop acting antisocial
remember there’s a world outside of the bubble
third: stop voting – it’s a scandal
no matter who wins all we taste is defeat
fourth: build neighborhood councils,
and make real democracy happen in the streets
fifth: build a new labor movement
and I don’t mean AFL, I mean like the CNT
sixth: once we’ve got strong unions
we can stop following and set our own beat
seven – we all take over the economy
collectivize the factories and places that we work
eight: in our new social ecology
we’ll re-design industry to respect the earth
nine: we network our collectives
meet our objectives through mutual aid
ten: dismantle the government
eliminate States and the wars that they made
eleven: we eliminate poverty,
which won’t be hard once the parasites are gone
twelve: you can keep personal property
but recognize the world belongs to everyone