[Originally by Tracy Chapman]



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 



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... 

Oh I said you better 

Run, run, run... 



Finally the tables are starting to turn 

Talkin' bout a revolution