<P> He also laments the corruption among leaders: </P> <P> It's not that we don't care, We just know that the fight ain't fair </P> <P> John Mayer confirmed this feeling of discontent between the leaders and that led to an interview with The Advocate, explaining the song this way: "It's saying,' Well, I'll just watch American Idol because I know that if I were engaged in changing anything for the better, or the better as I see it, it would go unnoticed or be completely ineffective .' A lot of people have that feeling ." Even so, the song alludes to hope for the future, with the singer intoning that with his generation's ascension to power, things will change: </P> <P> One day our generation Is gonna rule the population So we keep on waiting Waiting on the world to change </P>

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