Controlling change

I remember hearing this quote from when I was little,
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
And ever since then, I held that thought of that memory,
On a plate at the top of my heart

I didn't know things could happen so fast
The change, changing everything I hold to heart
The change that changed my mind of thinking
Into taking that feeling, that emotion, out of others

Before it all happened, I remember someone telling me,
"You have a choice of deciding how things are gonna be."
And that really got to me
On a plate at the top of my heart