John Mayer is a slacker.

So I'm being an insomniac again, as I seem to be wont to do quite often lately, and I'm sitting here surfing the net and watching VH1, because that is what I do, because I'm a loser. Anyway, the video for John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change" comes on, and it draws my attention, being something non-rap and pleasant-sounding. So I stop what I'm doing to watch it. Ya know what? It's a really nice, catchy little song. It seems like something I would like right off, and I kind of did, but then I started listening to the lyrics. For easy explanation's sake, I have reproduced them here, courtesy of Google and a few lyrics websites.

me and all my friends
we're all misunderstood
they say we stand for nothing and
there's no way we ever could
now we see everything that's going wrong
with the world and those who lead it
we just feel like we don't have the means
to rise above and beat it

so we keep waiting
waiting on the world to change
we keep on waiting
waiting on the world to change

it's hard to beat the system
when we're standing at a distance
so we keep waiting
waiting on the world to change
now if we had the power
to bring our neighbors home from war
they would have never missed a Christmas
no more ribbons on their door
and when you trust your television
what you get is what you got
cause when they own the information, oh
they can bend it all they want

that's why we're waiting
waiting on the world to change
we keep on waiting
waiting on the world to change

it's not that we don't care,
we just know that the fight ain't fair
so we keep on waiting
waiting on the world to change

and we're still waiting
waiting on the world to change
we keep on waiting waiting on the world to change
one day our generation
is gonna rule the population
so we keep on waiting
waiting on the world to change

we keep on waiting
waiting on the world to change

Ya know what? What he's saying is true, and that makes me sad. A lot of people in my generation seem to think we haven't got any power to make changes in the world. Or worse, they don't care at all. So they sit and wait, and hope things'll get better. Or they don't pay any attention at all. That's awful! I guess this is starting to sound like a PSA, but honestly kids, we can't just wait around for the system to change---it's not gonna happen! Like Gandhi said, "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." You don't have to go on a crusade to end global warming and cure AIDS and destroy reality TV all by yourself all at once; start out small. Get informed, figure out what's going on in the world. Write letters. Our generation is going to be in power someday, but we don't have to wait to start working for change---fight the stereotype! Be informed! Get involved!

Okay, sorry to sound so preachy. But don't think I don't mean every word. I do.

And now, on a lighter note, click this link for joy beyond your wildest dreams. For the love of God, somebody show that to Mrs. Hancock and videotape her reaction and send it to me. PLEASE.