It is time
Time
It is time that everybody understand
We been trying to move this struggle from a lower to a higher level
All the people who sacrificed their lives
We understand that fascism exists in America
And we are going to create an American liberation front
To combat the avaricious businessman, the demagogic politician
And the fascist pig cops who murder, brutalize, and terrorize the people
The people
The future
The very near, near future
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution has come
Time to pick up the gun
Revolution
Revolution
Time to pick up the gun
The unemployed graduate, the teachers ain't having it
Cameras everywhere, but the kids is gang bangin'
There ain't no war on drugs, it's a war on the 'hood
The Democrats and Republicans, both up to no good
They both got in bed with the multi-nacionales
They sendin' us to prison instead of sending us to college
The janitor's mop can't clean the situation
When the dictator of a nation is called a corporation
Swear to God on my mama, never supported Obama
I'm a Chicago Riot Starter like a Haymarket Martyr
I'd rather focus on the streets organizing the tribes
Go against the grain, and know that I tried
I'm not into working backwards, I'm talkin' direct action
I'm talkin' fighting for freedom for the poor and working classes
I won't work for reform, this is for my unborn
I'm putting on a ski mask, and this weapon is drawn
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution has come
Time to pick up the gun
Revolution
Revolution
Time to pick up the gun
Muchas pistolas, we quick to reach for the holsta
This is the culture of violence in which I've grown up
They say "Grow up, make a livin'" in these miserable conditions
Schools look more like prisons, and they shuttin' down the clinics
If employment ain't an option, you ain't got shit, what you do?
Where you go if you foreclosed, and your payment past due?
Ask you, is it worth it? The Earth on its last pulses
Oil and blood thirsty, they rapin' the resources
Days is getting darker, but it's light that I offer
No divide and conquer, I'm talkin' people power
Hours tickin' hurry, hurry, get yo ticket for the future
Identify the problems and move on to the solutions
You should be involved, build, show love
That's step number one, before we shootin' them guns
Run copper, we united! No more internal fightin'
Might just run up on the precinct
No justice, no peace, this is...
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution has come
Time to pick up the gun
Revolution
Revolution
Time to pick up the gun
I wanna say stop the violence
I wanna say that violence ain't good
But they can't ask me to tell 'em
Stop the violence
'Cause I can't tell nobody who's hungry, what to do
Unless I'm ready to feed 'em