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Brother-man (I’d Like to Change the World)
Music by Tomás Doncker and Kyra Gaunt with Alvin Lee
Words by Kyra Gaunt
Hook borrowed from Ten Years After (w/ Alvin Lee) “I’d Love to Change the World” (1971)
Excerpt from rehearsal 10/19/2009 on Rockaway Avenue, Crown Hghts, Brooklyn
Always watchin’ them in silence
And my teeth are filled with rage.
Doing nothing is such violence, hmm?
Everyday I don’t deliver.
Went to college but I’m dumb,
to the saggin’ pants I let down.
Been demanding they be different.
Thrown my hands up in the air.
Perpetratin’ I’m a victim, hmm?
And the need for something better
is so blatantly erased,
Being liberal is such nonsense.
Pre-chorus (4 bars):
I’d like to change the world—-
V2:
Always watchin’ them in silence
Still my teeth are filled with rage.
Doing nothing is such violence, hmm.
Everyday I don’t deliver.
Went to college but I’m dumb,
to the saggin’ pants I let down.
Been demanding they be different.
Thrown my hands up in the air.
They can have their self expression, uh-hmm.
And the need for something better
is so blatantly erased,
Being liberal is such nonsense.
Extension - V3 (half chorus):
There’s- no- chance to be a child.
Fuck the village, ain’t no jobs.
Just- a myth from Riker’s Island.
I could stop and make a difference.
Get to know my Brother-man and his commitment.
Full chorus w/ Tomás (16 bars):
I’d like to change the world.
But I don’t know what to do. 2x
Stevie Wonder Release (16 bars/guitar):
I keep on passin’ them by (4x)
Bridge + break (3 + 3 / 3 + 3):
Ah-ahhh. (4x)
Chorus (solo):
I’d like to change the world.
But I don’t know what to do - - . 2x
Full chorus (add harmony + sing-a-long) 2x
Stevie Release (8 bars/guitar):
I keep on passin’ them by (2x)…out
