You´ve got to stand up, stay strong start movin´ in the right direction
Don´t wait, too long, for people promising divine intervention
19 nine three, now I´m taking matters into my own hands
So fast, I can´t see
A revolution is the only way that we can change change change
I wanna fight the power

Well it´s hard times, white lines, kids of nine gettin´ down with gun crime
War zones, no homes, ain´t it time we gave the dog a bone
Say brothers, sisters, step up and put yourself in the picture
This time you know a revolution if the only way that we can change change change
I want to fight the power

Question, answer, shake your hand and smile for the camera
But it´s no good you should spend time in your neighbourhood
Where black kids, white kids
Now you´re working overtime to be a crack kid
No job, no cash, a revolution is the only way that we can change change change
I wanna fight the power

Still we don´t seem to understand we need a revolution
Everybody wants a revolution

Who is, this man, I´m having trouble finding out where I´m coming from
Preconceptions, it´s eternal human infection one chance,
Learn how you´re gonna change the habit of a lifetime my soul, concerned,
That revolution is the only way that we can change change change
I wanna fight the power

Higher, higher, now we´re gonna learn to fight the power
Sunshine, new day, I only know how to get the right way
Faster, stronger, I help my brother and my soul lives longer
Blinded, I can´t see
That revolution is the only way that we can change change change
I wanna fight the power

No doubt, in time, everything is sweet sunshine
But in the meantime, mankind, is having trouble where to draw the line
We still don´t, respect, and yet I thought we had intellect
Sometimes I think the music is the only hope we have for revolution

Still we don´t seem to understand we need a revolution
Everybody needs a revolution.