CHORUS:   white riot   i wanna riot   white riot   a riot of my own   white riot   i wanna riot   white riot   a riot of my own      black men got a lot of problems   but they dont mind throwin a brick   white people go to school   where they teach you how to be real thick   and everybody's doin   just what theyre told to   an nobody wants   to go to jail      CHORUS      all the power's in the hands   of the people rich enough to buy it   while we walk the streets   too chicken to even try it   an everybody's doin   just what theyre told to   and nobody wants   to go to jail      CHORUS      are ya takin over   or are ya takin orders?   are you goin backwards,   or are you goin forwards?      CHORUS