Speak upon an issue strain your brain tissue    But you don't raise your voice 'cause you're afraid someone will diss    you    Words are needing saying so you'd better say them quick    'Cause second lady Tipper's gonna zip a fucking lip    And what are you going to do when Uncle Scam has got your tongue tied    I don't waste a word 'cause I know well that more than one died    To get across the thought the point the words we take for granted    But you live in the U.S. Tianamen Square's another planet    Injustice anywhere threatens my security    'Cause I'm no shining example of a racial purity    Mr. David Duke is not a fluke or threat or promise    He's a mighty voting block to keep the real humans honest    You've got to get up stand up be conscious every day    Cast your vote in the ballots plus the dollars that you pay    If St. Ids's supplies the sorrow then it's time to get wise    Cast out the bottle open your eyes and rise    Rise    From the center of my being I'm seeing a growing movement    In my youth I was seeking truth where as now a social improvement    Generation X has got to flex on politicians    When they're on a power mission and money makes their decisions    Hypocrisy has got to be the root of this democracy    It'd mean a lot to me to see a Mabon lobotomy    All discrimination contradicts our father's nation    Give us your sick and tired and hungry unless they're sick and tired    and Haitian    Because we hate them foreigners and imports but then again    We never seemed too fond of our own Native Americans    Ethnic cleansing we say is something we're against    But it's called domestic policy on this side of the fence    We're willing to step in and get in and push Iraqis off of you    It's just too bad they've got no oil out in Bosnia    We're willing to make a move but it depends on who's attacking you    'Cause damn we still have a lot of money tied up in South Africa    I'd look in the paper but I can't see through all the smoke    Everyone's complaining but not registered to vote    It takes a lot of effort in the nineties to survive    Give it up for revolution if you can't compromise    Rise    Come down all youth when me say open your eyes    Lick a shot if you know you must rise    Come down all youth when me say open your eyes    Give it up for revolution if you can't compromise    Come down all youth when me say open your eyes    Lick a shot if you know you must rise    Come down all youth when me say open your eyes