Don't you know you're talking about a revolution  It sounds like a whisper  Don't you know they're talking about a revolution  It sounds like a whisper    While they're standing in the welfare lines  Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation  Wasting time in the unemployment lines  Sitting around waiting for a promotion    Don't you know they're talking about a revolution  It sounds like a whisper    Poor people are gonna rise up  And get their share  Poor people are gonna rise up  And take what's theirs    Don't you know you better run  I said you better run    And finally the tables are starting to turn  Talking about a revolution  And finally the tables are starting to turn  Talking about a revolution, no    While they're standing in the welfare lines  Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation  Wasting time in the unemployment lines  Sitting around waiting for a promotion    Don't you know you're talking about a revolution  It sounds like a whisper    Poor people are gonna rise up  And get their share  Poor people are gonna rise up  And take what's theirs    Don't you know you better run  I said you better run    And finally the tables are starting to turn  Talking about a revolution  And finally the tables are starting to turn  Talking about a revolution oh no    Talking about a revolution oh no