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