Rebel, rebel and yell

'Cause our people still dwell in hell

Locked in a cell

Mad is the story I tell

How long can we wait

Come on, seein'what's at stake

Action for reaction

If your mind's in a somewhat complacent state

Get a check-up

This is a stick-up

Our freedom or our life

I wish I could be peaceful

But there can be no sequel

Chorus:

Now freedom must be fundamental

In Johannesburg or South Central

On the mic, 'cause someoneshould tell 'em

To kick in the township rebellion

Yea, so you thought you could get with the hardlines

That fill your mind

The thoughts, battles fought

And lessons taught

And I'll display the fitness

And flip like a gymnast

Raise my fist and resist

Asleep, though we stand in the midst

Of the war

Gotta get mine

Gotta get more

Keepin' the mic warm against the norm

'Cause what does it offer me

I think often it's nothin' but a coffin

Gotta get wreck

'Til our necks never swing on a rope

From here to the cape of no hope

Chorus

Why stand

On a silent platform

Fight the war

Fuck the norm