So I woke up the other day to some trash on the news It said some rich fuck named Donald Sterling Was screaming racist shit at a young black woman And the world that we live in Yeah, the world that we live in's burning down Yeah, only if we're lucky Only, only if we're lucky it'll burn to the ground 'Cause desperation is the only thing That ever changed anything Yeah, desperation is the only thing Oh, I woke up checked the news today Hobby Lobby's telling women they won't pay 'Cause Christians are good Yeah, Christians are grand And Jesus decides your medical plan Oh, the world that we live in Yeah, the world that we live in's burning down Oh, only if we're lucky Only, only if we're lucky it'll burn to the ground 'Cause desperation is the only thing That ever changed anything Yeah, desperation is the only thing So I woke up, checked the news today Trans Pacific Partnership, oh, it's on the way Tariffs gone and forests destroyed But if you're a rich man, yeah, you'll get new toys 'Cause desperation is the only thing That ever changed anything Yeah, desperation is the only thing Yeah, desperation is the only thing That ever changed anything Yeah, desperation is the only thing