Revolution 1993

Huh!
Ah, let's get paramilitary.
Do it!
It's time for revolution.

Yes you've got to stand up (stand up),
Stay strong (stay - strong),
Start movin' in the right direction
Don't wait (don't wait),
Too long (too long),
For people promising divine intervention
Nineteen (nineteen),
Nine three (nine - three),
And now I'm taking matters into my own hands
So fast (so fast),
I can't see (can't - see)
A revolution is the only way that we can change, change, change, yeah.

Well it's hard times,
White lines,
Kids of nine getting down with gun crime,
War zones, no homes, ain't it time we gave the dog a bone?
Say brothers (brothers),
Sisters (sis-ters),
Step up and put yourself in the picture.
This time, you know,
A revolution is the only way that we can change, change, change, yeah.
I wanna fight the power!

Come on and fight the power yeah,
Now don't you wanna stand and fight it now?
Come on, we can fight it now!

Question,
Answer (an-swer),
Shake your hand and smile for the camera,
But it's no good (no good),
You should (you - should)
Spend time in your neighbourhood
Where black kids (black kids),
White kids (white - kids)
And now I'm working overtime to be a crack kid,
No job (no job),
No cash (no - cash)
A revolution is the only way that we can change, change, change, yeah.
I wanna fight the power yeah!

Let's stand and fight the power yeah!
Now don't you wanna fight it?
Come on and fight the power yeah. (Revolu-tion)
Oh don't you wanna fight it now? (Revolu-tion)
Y'all know we can fight the power yeah! (Revolu-tion)
Oh, stand and do it one more time! (Revolu-tion)
Hey, come on now, come on people,
We can stand and fight the power,           }  (Revolution, yeah x10)
1993 begins the revolution.                 }  

(Short instrumental)

(Ooh-ooh...)
Oh don't you know,
Still we don't seem to understand, oh,
We need a revolu-yeah,
Hey, I want a revolution...

(Instrumental)

Don't you wanna stand and fight it?
Hey, I wanna fight it now.
Come on, pick it up to stand and fight the power yeah.
All I wanna do is stand and fight it.

Well who is (who is)
This man? (this - man?)
I'm having trouble finding out where I'm coming from,
Pre-con (pre-con)
Cep-tion (cep-tion)
Is eternal human infection.
One chance (one chance)
Learn! (Learn)
How you gonna change the habit of a lifetime,
My soul (my soul)
Concerned (con-cerned)
A revolution is the only way that we can change, change, change, yeah.
I wanna fight the power now.

Let's stand and fight the power yeah,
Now don't you wanna fight it?
Come on! You know we can stand and fight it!

I'll take you higher (higher),
Higher (high-er),
And now we're gonna learn to fight the power.
Sunshine (sunrise),
A new day (new - day)
I only know how to go the right way.
Faster (faster!)
Stronger (stron-ger),
I help my brother and my soul lives longer,
Blinded (blind-ed)
I can't see! (Can't - see)
A revolution is the only way that we can change, change, change, yeah.
I wanna fight the power now.

No time to fight the power yeah.

No doubt (no doubt)
In time (in - time)
Everything is sweet sunshine,
But in the meantime (mean-time)
Mankind (man-kind)
Is having trouble where to draw the line.
We still don't (don't)
Respect (res-pect)
And yet I thought we had intellect.
Sometimes I think that music is the only hope we have for revolution.

Now don't you wanna fight it?
I know we can fight the power yeah!
Come on, let's do it now!
(Revolu-tion) Oh, don't you wanna fight it yeah?
(Revolu-tion) Come on and fight the power now,
(Revolu-tion) Y'all know we can stand and fight it yeah!
Oh, (Revolu-tion) come on we can fight it on!
Come on and fight it (revolu-tion), come on and fight it,
Come on and fight it (revolu-tion), come on and fight it,

Revolution yeah (x12)
(Come on, come on, come on, come on...)

(Ooh, ooh...)

Oh, don't you know?
Still we don't seem to understand, oh,
We need a revolu-yeah,
I want a revolution...

(Instrumental)

(Revolution,
Revolu-shu-un) (x4)

Don't you wanna stand and fight it?
Come on and fight the power yeah!
Oh, you know we can fight it now!
All I want to do is stand and fight it!
Hey, come on! Ah pick it up!
I say, do it! Do it! Come on, pick it up!
Do it, come on! Pick it up! Do it!
Fight it, fight it, fight it yeah,
I wanna fight it, fight it, fight it yeah...

We should all stand and fight the power,
If we don't, gonna lose our liberty,
Hey, I'm gonna stand and fight it,
I don't care what happens now,
'Cause I, 'cause I know, 'cause I know, 'cause I know,
I got to stand and fight it.
Hey, hey! Aaah-owww!
Stand up, stand up, stand up, and fight it now,
We can take it all,
We can take it all,

Everybody fight the power.