Say have you heard the news
Riots, looting and shootings
On the tube

As clouds of smoke
Rise up into the air
Sez it looks like trouble

So you better beware

There's gonna be a confrontation

A civilian uprising
In the united nation
A youth named robinson

Been shot and killed by the police
And now the politicians
Only talk of justice and peace


But I and I
Don't want no talk of peace

We want is action
Justice and equality
Cause every day I and I

Pay the price
It's blood sweat and tears
And you know the price is high


Violence and police brutality
Fill the city

There is too much
Social and economic inequity
The rich man digs his wealth

From the ghettos
While the poor man
Only puts his trust in vanity

That's how it is
And that's where it's at
Seems the only solution

Is a revolution
We got problems to solve
Involving us all

And we have to build
A brighter future


What I and I need
Is love and unity
You got to liberate your mind

Be the most that you can be
We don't need no
Hatred and rejection

The false teachings
Of society


There's gonna be a confrontation
A civilian uprising
In the united nation

The neighborhood is burning
And the world keeps on turning
Say you can watch it

On T.V.
Can you believe it oh wow


Say have you heard the news
Riots, looting and shootings
On the tube

As clouds of smoke
Rise up into the air
Sez it looks like trouble

So you better beware

A confrontation

In the united nation

A confrontation

In the united nation