This spiritual rap music video is based on Be The Change, a song on MC Yogi’s CD, Elephant Power that has been on the itunes top 20 world music selections for the past two years and includes the following additional tracks: Om Invocation, Elephant Power, Ganesh Is Fresh, Rock On Hanuman, Temple Prayer, Om Namah Shivaya, Chakra Beatbox, Son of Shiva, Krishna Love, Bhakti Boombox, Mahatma’s Message, Shanti and Krishna Dub. It seems very timely at a moment when intolerance is rising in the U.S.

Once upon a time not long ago/there was a boy who would grow & become a great soul he lived in India and his name was Gandhi/he believed in human rights & he felt so strongly/that he made a vow to train himself/because he realized first he’d have to change himself/he changed his clothes & decided to walk/some days he practiced silence and refused to talk/when he was young he studied to be a lawyer/and then he became a great spiritual warrior/he read from the scriptures of every religion/came to the realization that we’re all God’s children/because he understood that we’re all equal he became a spokesman for the people/a karma yogi devoted to service to spread truth & peace was his purpose

Be the change that you wanna see/in the world, just like Gandhi

Gandhi dedicated his life to the cause/even when it meant breaking unjust laws he often faced prison and incarceration/but that only strengthened his determination he said he would make every sacrifice/but that he would never kill or take a life he used his heart instead of his fist/and he taught non-violence as the way to resist a peaceful soldier who used his mind/to fight for the rights of human kind but not just people, animals too/and his basic teaching “God is Truth” he joined Muslims, Sikhs, & Hindus/Christians, Buddhists, Jains, and Jews all the many paths that lead into/the light that shines bright inside of me and you

Be the change that you wanna see/in the world, just like Gandhi

“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”/and it takes more strength and faith to be kind/with that in mind Gandhi took a stand/against the foreign occupation of his land/when things got violent Gandhi would fast/not eating for days until the riots would pass/but the biggest event that made the British halt/is when Gandhi-ji decided to harvest salt/the British empire installed a salt tax/and stealing salt was an unlawful act/so Gandhi and his peeps, took the streets/ten thousand deep they marched to the beach/but when they arrived they were beaten with clubs/but they didn’t fight back instead they chose love/the British military realized they were wrong /and eventually decided to go back home/you see, Gandhi-ji was a very great leader /but before all that he was shy & meager/as a young child he was just like you and me/before he became Mahatma Gandhi/the word “Mahatma” it means great soul/and its inside of us just waiting to unfold/if you follow your heart and act real bold/next time it’ll be your story that’s told!

Be the change that you wanna see/in the world, just like Gandhi

Here is MC Yogi’s list of Conscious Music labels and artists:

LABELS

White Swan Records

Six Degrees Records

Om Records

ESL Music

Yogi Tunes

ARTISTS

Michael Franti

Krishna Das

Jai Uttal

Bhagavan Das

Nickodemus

J Boogies Dubtronic Science

EarthRise Sound System

Cheb i Sabbah

Robin Livingston

DJ Drez