Words and written by Patricia Bahia and Jon Hayes
Patricia Bahia: vocals and piano
Takeshi Akimoto: guitars
Jonathan Hayes: additional guitars, bass, engineering, programming;
Tal Bergman: drums
Additional vocal engineering: Geoff Pearlman
Ocean Charter School Children’s Choir engineered and recorded by Ingmar DeVos, Austin Solis at Playa Vista, CA
Oakland Children’s Choir engineered and recorded by Carl Resnikoff at Studio Bamboo, Oakland, CA.
Ocean Charter School Children’s Choir:
Under the direction of Karen Fenswick
Lyrics
Be the Change
If you want more hope in the world, be hopeful
If you want more friendship in the world, be a friend
If you want more blessings in the world, be a blessing
Be the change, Be the change, Be the change
Be the change
Be the change
Together we can make the world a better place
Be the change Be the change
You and me, we can be the change
If you want more love in the world, be a lover
If you want more peace in the world, make peace
If you want forgiveness in the world, be forgiving, oh yeah
Be the change, Be the change, Be the change
Be the change
Be the change
Together we can make the world a better place
Be the change Be the change
You and me, we can be the change
If little drops of water in the ocean make a mighty wave
A pebble rolling down a hill can make an avalanche out of yesterday
The flutter of a butterfly wing can start a hurricane
Then you and me, together we can be, the change we wish to see
Be the change
Be the change
Together we can make the world a better place
Be the change Be the change
You and me, we can be the change
Be the change
Be the change
Together we will make the world a better place
Be the change Be the change
Together we will make the world a better place
You and me, together we will be, we will be the change
Be the change Be the change Be the change
The change, Be the change
Words and music by Patricia Bahia, ASCAP, Harmony Bay Music, ASCAP and Jonathan L. Hayes, BMI, Antennalight Music, BMI