The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
This is our world
And yo life
We are the ones
Open yo eyes
I said
This is our world
And yo life
We are the ones
Open yo eyes
And focus my friend
Together we stand
Us getting together is part of the plan
The weather is changing not much understand
But we can fix it up ya
Weather getting warm
Every single living thing is drying up
And how are we suppose to fight back if nobody want in
But not many know about it, so they wouldn't ask when
Yeah, look at the future
Can you see what it look like
It's only getting hotter
Everything's drying up no water
Some of the rivers are gone
When I was all small, Santa Cruz has been dry for so long
Kicking it with the homies when it was monsoon season we got much rainfall
The city of Tucson too beautiful for us to let it all die
The future is not looking brighter so what can we do
Save all the water we can
Reuse everything
Gotta use less on energy
If you're not using one switch then turn it off
That's a way that we waste we don't know enough
Then we go
We want better days, just wanna see some better days
Better days, better ways, better days
Can I maybe stay? I want to see our world be safe in front of my face
Is it late? can I wait? is it late
Are there better days? I want to see them better days in front of my face
Better days, better ways, better days
Can our world be saved? Can we see our world be safe? Or
Is it late? Can I wait? Is it late
But this our world
We know that the desert is hot and our plants can take it huh
Well actually it's gotten hotter so most of our plants are just dying up
We know that the animals can take the heat cause they're used to it
Well actually they can't find water no more so wild life has reduced a bit
Back in the day every time it was summer
It was a warm day with a little breeze under
Actually got a whole lotta of flood
We barely see any now, y'all noticed any of that
So getting together communities form
Planting the seed for the next to be born
Your home is your home
Clean up the mess that we made, or our home will be torn
Cause I don't wanna see my home getting destroyed
We need to make a future first so when can we all join
We can make a change I promise that's if we all start today
Cause time is running out, we won't have any time when it's all too late
But it starts with us, gotta change it up gotta change the way we live
We must speak up to our peers, and tell'em all what this world can give
If only we kept home clean
But it's not too late
You see we have some time
But we can not wait
It's our world
And yo life
We are the ones
Open yo eyes
I said
This is our world
And yo life
We are the ones
Open yo eyes
And focus my friend
Together we stand
Us getting together is part of the plan
The weather is changing not much understand
But we can fix it up ya
Weather getting warm
Every single living thing is drying up
And how are we suppose to fight back if nobody want in
But not many know about it, so they wouldn't ask when
Yeah, look at the future
Can you see what it look like
It's only getting hotter
Everything's drying up no water
Some of the rivers are gone
When I was all small, Santa Cruz has been dry for so long
Kicking it with the homies when it was monsoon season we got much rainfall
The city of Tucson too beautiful for us to let it all die
The future is not looking brighter so what can we do
Save all the water we can
Reuse everything
Gotta use less on energy
If you're not using one switch then turn it off
That's a way that we waste we don't know enough
Then we go
We want better days, just wanna see some better days
Better days, better ways, better days
Can I maybe stay? I want to see our world be safe in front of my face
Is it late? can I wait? is it late
Are there better days? I want to see them better days in front of my face
Better days, better ways, better days
Can our world be saved? Can we see our world be safe? Or
Is it late? Can I wait? Is it late
But this our world
We know that the desert is hot and our plants can take it huh
Well actually it's gotten hotter so most of our plants are just dying up
We know that the animals can take the heat cause they're used to it
Well actually they can't find water no more so wild life has reduced a bit
Back in the day every time it was summer
It was a warm day with a little breeze under
Actually got a whole lotta of flood
We barely see any now, y'all noticed any of that
So getting together communities form
Planting the seed for the next to be born
Your home is your home
Clean up the mess that we made, or our home will be torn
Cause I don't wanna see my home getting destroyed
We need to make a future first so when can we all join
We can make a change I promise that's if we all start today
Cause time is running out, we won't have any time when it's all too late
But it starts with us, gotta change it up gotta change the way we live
We must speak up to our peers, and tell'em all what this world can give
If only we kept home clean
But it's not too late
You see we have some time
But we can not wait
It's our world
Lyrics submitted by pUnK-jUnKiE
Our World Lyrics as written by Raul Duarte
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