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