[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