Our Generation (The Hope Of the World) - John Legend (约翰·传奇)/The Roots/CL Smooth

Hope of the world is in our generation

Let's straighten it out

It's all left up to us to change this present situation

Let's straighten it out

Take caution from our elders don't make the same mistake

Let's straighten it out

Let's fill the world with love and get rid of all the hate

Our elders taught us one thing but practice another

Just look what happened to the Indian and the brother

Straighten it out

Straighten it out

Straighten it out

Hope of the world is in our generation

Let's straighten it out

It's all left up to us to change this present situation

Let's straighten it out

Our leaders make us fight and we don't know what for

Let's straighten it out

If they want people killed let them fight the war

It's gotta end somewhere this killing's got to cease

If no one were to fight we'd all live in peace

Our generation let's straighten it out

It's all left up to us let's straighten it out

Our generation let's straighten it out

Let's do just what we must

And straighten it out

Straighten it out

Gotta straighten it out

Straighten it out

Straighten it out

Straighten it out

Yeahhh we gon' straighten it out yeahh

As long as there's a you there's a better me

It's why we're together and stronger than they ever thought it could be

A world motherless can health care cover this

A love for all people no matter what the culture is

Our generation is making huge strides

A self-empowering movement that's on the rise

The more the door is open the more the youth can see

A fair chance means a greater opportunity

To have a brighter future deeper insight

Work hard to be anything you want in life

It's what it's all about the longevity

Educated enough to know what's ahead of me

Need to straighten it out seek and you'll find

They can cage your body but not your mind

We lay it all on the line in the struggle

We grew but together here's what we gotta do

Our generation let's straighten it out

It's all left up to us let's straighten it out

Our generation let's straighten it out

Let's do just what we must and straighten it out

Our generation straighten it out

Let's straighten it out and straighten it out

Heyyyyyyyyy we can straighten it out yeah

C'mon yeah

Our generation let's straighten it out

Hey hey we'll straighten it out

We'll straighten it out straighten it out

New York City better straighten it out

Atlanta better straighten it out

In Los Angeles you better straighten it out

We can straighten it out we can straighten it out