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 wants a revolution