I'll Start With Me

I'll Start With Me - Ne-Yo

Lyrics by：Shaffer Smith/Spencer Lorenzo Fountain/Jonathan Whitfield/Ivan Patrick

Composed by：Shaffer Smith/Spencer Lorenzo Fountain/Jonathan Whitfield/Ivan Patrick

Things need to change

That's true indeed

But don't nobody wanna listen so

I'll be the change I wanna see

I'll start with me

I can't stomach this world how it is no more

Why it seem like don't nobody care no more

Or care too much sweeping round everybody else back door

Something that my Granny used to say

Back in the day

Never understood it back then

But as a grown man it makes perfect sense

And dollars

I ain't perfect I ain't ever been

And I don't pretend

What for when we're all born in sin

And the sins of man

I'm guilty of most of them

But not beyond redemption

Can't stay this way

So I've made a decision a decision

How about

I'll be

The change that I wanna see

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

Oh I I'll be

The change that I wanna see

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

Took a minute for me to get here

And finally I see clear

I'll start with me

Been through some thangs that'll change your perspective

I done lost triple what the check is

Just living reckless

Blowing money putting diamonds in a necklace

Could've took it to the hood and invested

In making sure the kids is protected

And making sure my people ain't subjected

To poverty and racism cops with a death wish

Bullets where your chest is

Knees where your neck is

I know that I been selfish

But now it's up to me to do what no one else is

Gather my people in the hood

Show them how important that mental health is

Financial intelligence so they can see what wealth is

And that's the bottomline

I'll use my power to empower mine

This feels electric like a power line

Yeah I was blind but now I see the signs

And I'm just making up for lost time

First thing's first

How about

I'll be

The change that I wanna see

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

Oh I I'll be

The change that I wanna see

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

Be the change that I wanna see

Be the change that I wanna see

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

Be the change that I wanna see

Be the change that I wanna see

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

Be the change that I wanna see

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

I'll start with me

I'll start with me