Revolutionary Generation

[Intro: Chuck D & Flavor Flav]

I get down to what it is

And if it ain't funky (Yeah), see ya

People askin' me what's goin' on in my mind (Hey)

Wait a minute

The true worth of a race

Must be measured by the character of its woman

[Verse 1: Chuck D & Flavor Flav]

Just a matter of race

'Cause a Black male's in their face

Step back for the new jack swing

On the platter, scatter, huh

(We got our own thing)

Yes, just jam, let the rhythm run (Boy)

Day to day, America eats its young

And defeats our women

There is a gap so wide, we all can swim in

Drown in, uh, get down and get it

Got it goin' on with it

Sister (Hey), soul sister, we gon' be all right

It takes a man to take a stand

Understand it takes a woman to make a stronger man

As we both get strong

They'll call me a crazy Asiatic while I'm singin' a song

Oh my God, oh my Lord, I can't hold back

So I get exact on a track

It's an eye for eye, tooth for tooth

Forget about me, just set my sister free, huh

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

My sister's not my enemy

'Cause we'll be stronger together to make 'em all say, "Damn"

(This generation)

[Verse 2: Chuck D & Flavor Flav]

They don't know what we got goin' is sound

To turn it all around

To my sisters, I communicate with the bass and tone

Through speakers and the microphone

'Cause I'm tired of America dissin' my sisters (Yeah)

For example, like they dissed Tawana

And they try to say that she's a liar

My people don't believe it, but even now, they're getting higher (Uh)

Off the feeling, inspiration

We must know that in this nation

Every single generation

They teach us how to diss our sisters

Strange as you say, I say revolution

Need for change brings a revolution

The great book, look, see solution

God chooses what and who for the bruisin' (What, man, what?)

There's been no justice for none of my sisters

Just us been the one that's been missin' her

Now we got to protect to get together and damn

(This generation)

[Pre-Chorus: Chuck D & Flavor Flav]

I said so to what it is, where it is

She needs a lil' respect (There it is)

I would say she needs a lotta

Brother from a mother like me has gotta

Give it up (Give it now)

And pass it all around (Hey), to my soul sister

[Interlude: Chuck D & Flavor Flav]

Come on (Thank you, baby, huh)

(Hey), soul sister (Hey, huh)

Sister (Hey), soul sister (Hey, huh)

Hey

I'm comin'

(Hey), soul sister

(Hey), soul sister

Yeah

Let's go

[Verse 3: Chuck D & Flavor Flav]

They disrespected mama and treated her like dirt

America took her, reshaped her, raped her

No, it never made the paper

Beat us, mated us

Made us attack our woman in black

So I said sophisticated B (Don't be one)

Not to heed the warning, crack of dawn

Or is it the dawn of crack? Uh-oh

Stop the talk, they say, but we talk and say what's right or wrong

Some say we wastin' time singin' a song

But why is it that we're many different shades?

Black woman's privacy invaded years and years

You cannot count my mama's tears

It's not the past, the future's what she fears

Strong, we be strong, the next generation

It's not what, who we're facin'

The fingers pointed to us in our direction

The blind state of mind needs correction

Word to the mother, we tighten connection

To be a man, you need no election

This generation generates a new attitude (Yeah)

Sister, to you, we should not be rude (Uh)

So we come together, make 'em all say, "Damn"

(This generation)

[Interlude: Chuck D & Flavor Flav]

Oh, huh

Come on

Ayy, oh, oh

Hey

Thank you, baby

[Outro]

I know that this country

I know they try to divide

But it's a prop, it's a trick

We are not in competition together

Don't get caught up in this mess

Black woman took care of her children as if she took care of white woman's children

She can't take care of them together

How can we get caught up in this mess?

"Well, I wouldn't go to that emotion

But they gave it to the Black woman

They're putting the Black man down"

Yes, they're putting the Black man down, but it's not the Black woman

And if it is the Black woman, then we take them to the 'splainin' room

Because we are all in the family

We don't need to let folks from outside who don't care about you, who don't care about me

Who don't care about your children, who don't care about your mama, who don't care about your grandparents

Don't let them solve your problems

Mary McLeod Bethune said the true worth of a race

Must be measured by the character of its woman