Words and music by Lindsay Radford.
Lyrics
I come out of the church, this mornin'
and I find you leanin' down the corner
and chewin' gum and lookin' dum and cursin' everyone
and you're tellin' anyone who'd listen
about all the things this world is missin'
and you don't care but I'm standin' there and you start to stare
and you look at me and you say to me -
"How you gonna change this world, how you gonna change this world ?"
and I just say "Well, it's like I told you. It's like I told you -
Well, I'll do it, if The Good Lord lets me
and if He don't and He comes and He gets me,
before I do, well, that'll be alright, too !
And I'll pray it, if The Good Lord says it,
I'll uphold it, if The Good Lord told it,
I'll request it, if The Good Lord blessed it,
I'll defend it, if The Lord intends it,
I'll embrace it, with The Good Lords' Graces
and how'll I do ?
Well, I'll do it, if The Good Lord lets me
and if He don't and He comes and He gets me,
before I do, well, that'll be alright, too !"
There's a chip upon your shoulder
that's grown up to a boulder,
and everywhere you've been, the streets so mean
are all you've seen
and you look at me and you say to me -
"How you gonna change this world, how you gonna change this world ?"
and I just say "Well, it's like I told you. It's like I told you -
Well, I'll do it, if The Good Lord lets me
and if He don't and He comes and He gets me,
before I do, well, that'll be alright, too !
And I'll pray it, if The Good Lord says it,
I'll uphold it, if The Good Lord told it,
I'll request it, if The Good Lord blessed it,
I'll defend it, if The Lord intends it,
I'll embrace it, with The Good Lords' Graces
and how'll I do ?
Well, I'll do it, if The Good Lord lets me
and if He don't and He comes and He gets me,
before I do, well, that'll be alright, too !
Well, I'll do it, if The Good Lord lets me
and if He don't and He comes and He gets me,
before I do, well, that'll be alright, too !"