Don't you know

They're talkin' 'bout a revolution

It sounds like a whisper

Don't you know

They're talkin' 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

Talkin' 'bout a revolution

It sounds like a whisper

Poor people gonna rise up

And get their share

Poor people gonna rise up

And take what's theirs

Don't you know

You better run, run, run, run, run,

run, run, run, run, run, run, run

Oh I said you better

Run, run, run, run, run, run,

run, run, run, run, run, run

'Cause finally the tables

are starting to turn

Talkin' bout a revolution

Yes, finally the tables

are starting to turn

Talkin' bout a revolution, oh no

Talkin' bout a revolution, oh

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

Talking about a revolution

It sounds like a wisper

And finally the tables

are starting to turn

Talkin' about a revolution.

Yes, finally the tables

are starting to turn

Talkin' bout a revolution, oh no

Talkin' bout a revolution, oh no

Talkin' bout a revolution, oh no