We refuse to be

What you wanted us to be

We are what we are:

That's the way (way) it's going to be. You don't know

You can't educate I

For no equal opportunity:

(Talkin' 'bout my freedom) Talkin' 'bout my freedom

People freedom (freedom) and liberty

Yeah, we've been trodding on the winepress much too long:

Rebel, rebel

Yes, we've been trodding on the winepress much too long:

Rebel, rebel

Babylon system is the vampire, yea (vampire)

Suckin' the children day by day, yeah

Me say: de Babylon system is the vampire, falling empire

Suckin' the blood of the sufferers, yea-ea-ea-ea-e-ah

Building church and university, wo-o-ooh, yeah

Deceiving the people continually, yea-ea

Me say them graduatin' thieves and murderers

Look out now: they suckin' the blood of the sufferers (sufferers)

Yea-ea-ea! (sufferers)

Tell the children the truth

Tell the children the truth

Tell the children the truth right now

Come on and tell the children the truth

Tell the children the truth;

Tell the children the truth;

Tell the children the truth;

Come on and tell the children the truth

'Cause - 'cause we've been trodding on ya winepress much too long:

Rebel, rebel!

And we've been taken for granted much too long:

Rebel, rebel now!

(Trodding on the winepress) Trodding on the winepress (rebel):

Got to rebel, y'all (rebel)!

We've been trodding on the winepress much too long - ye-e-ah! (rebel)

Yea-e-ah! (rebel) Yeah! Yeah!

From the very day we left the shores (trodding on the winepress)

Of our Father's land (rebel)

We've been trampled on (rebel)

Oh now! (we've been oppressed, yeah!) Lord, Lord, go to

(*Sleeve notes continue:

Now we know everything we got to rebel

Somebody got to pay for the work

We've done, rebel.)