VERSE 1: A BABY GIRL WITHOUT A HOME TRAGEDY'S REIGN LEFT HER ALONE I GUESS I SHOULDA KNOWN BETTER BUT SHE'S A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD A RIGHT TO LIFE HER CRY'S UNHEARD I GUESS I SHOULDA KNOWN BETTER I GUESS I SHOULDA KNOWN BETTER WHY WHY WHY WHY CHORUS: PART OF THE REVOLUTION READY FOR REAL SOLUTIONS WE WON'T ACCEPT EXCUSES WE TOLERATE NO ABUSES CAUSE I DON'T WANT MY FACE TO BE THAT POSTER CHILD FOR BEING NAIVE WHY WHY WHY WHY I GUESS I SHOULDA KNOWN BETTER VERSE 2: HEADLINES ARE REAL OR JUST THE NEWS BETWEEN THE LINES THERE'S HUMAN TRUTH I GUESS I SHOULDA KNOWN BETTER EACH DAY I'M FACED WITH IRONY, BUT JUST CAN'T FEEL CASUAL BOUT CASUALTIES NO I GUESS I SHOULDA KNOWN BETTER I GUESS I SHOULDA KNOWN BETTER WHY WHY WHY WHY CHORUS: PART OF THE REVOLUTION READY FOR REAL SOLUTIONS WE WONT ACCEPT EXCUSES WE TOLERATE NO ABUSES CAUSE I DON'T WANT MY FACE TO BE THAT POSTER CHILD FOR BEING NAIVE WHY WHY WHY WHY I GUESS I SHOULDA KNOWN BETTER BRIDGE: IT'S NEVER THE CRITIC THAT COUNTS CAUSE CRITICS ONLY WANNA TALK WHILE ENLIGHTENED MINDS AND OPEN HEARTS TOGETHER MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE VERSE 3: AWAKENING A BETTER CHOICE IT ONLY STARTS IF YOU LIFT YOUR VOICE AND SAY I SHOULDA KNOWN BETTER AND SO NEXT TIME I'LL KNOW BETTER WHY WHY WHY WHY CHORUS: PART OF THE REVOLUTION READY FOR REAL SOLUTIONS WE WON'T ACCEPT EXCUSES WE TOLERATE NO ABUSES CAUSE I DON'T WANT MY FACE TO BE THAT POSTER CHILD FOR BEING NAIVE WHY WHY WHY WHY I GUESS I SHOULDA KNOWN BETTER WHY WHY WHY WHY I GUESS I SHOULDA KNOWN BETTER VERSE 4: I HAD THIS GREAT EPIPHANY AND RHYTHM NATION WAS THE DREAM I GUESS NEXT TIME I'LL KNOW BETTER