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