[sample]
this is a tear jerker
[intro - echoes]
the revolution is here, the revolution is here people
i said it once, iand'll say it twice
you gots to be ready
the revolution is inside of you
people, the revolution is here, yeah
[hook]
the revolutionand's here
no one can lead you off your path
youand'll try to change the world
so please excuse me while i laugh (yeah)
no one can change your ways (rock with me for a second)
no one can lead you off your path (come on)
youand'll try to change the world
so please excuse me while i laugh
[verse 1: talib kweli]
yo, i heard itand's said the revolution wonand't be televised
but in the land of milk and honey thereand's a date you gotta sell it by
otherwise it just expires and spoils
and these folks jump out the pot when the water too hot
cuz the fire boils inside
you go to church to find you some religion
and all you hear is connivinand' and gossip and contradiction and
you try to vote and participate in the government
and the muhand'fuckinand' democrats is actinand' like republicans
you join an organization that know black history
but ask them how they plan to make money and itand's a mystery
lookinand' for the remedy but you canand't see whatand's hurtinand' you
the revolutionand's here, the revolution is personal
they call me the political rapper
even after i tell and'em i donand't fuck with politics
i donand't even follow it
iand'm on some krs, ice cube, chris wallace shit
main source, de la soul, bumpinand' andquot;2pacalypse nowandquot;
[hook]
the revolutionand's here (yeah)
no one can lead you off your path (uh uh)
youand'll try to change the world
so please excuse me while i laugh (ha ha, ha ha)
no one can change your ways
no one can lead you off your path (uh uh)
youand'll try to change the world (and'scuse me)
so please excuse me while i laugh
[verse 2]
yo, i speak at schools a lot cause they say iand'm intelligent
nervous cause iand'm dope, if i was wack iand'd be irrelevant
iand'm like the dope in your tracks until your high is settled in
you leaninand' to the left, the laughterand's the best medicine
but the troubles you have today you just canand't laugh away
stay optimistic, they can change, itand's gonand' come like donny hathaway
you have to pray, on top of that, act today
cuz opportunity shrivel away like tom hanks in andquot;cast awayandquot;
everybody pass away, the past will pay, the family mourninand'
everybody act accordinand' to the season that they born in
you fight in the streets, start bleedinand' and'til the blood is pourinand'
in the gutter, mothers cry and'til the lord be livinand' by the sword and
all that folks want is safety, they goinand' gun crazy
the same reason reagan was playinand' war games in the and'80s
the same reason iand've always rocked dog chains on my babies
the struggle is beautiful, iand'm too strong for you to slave me
[hook]
the revolutionand's here (yeah)
no one can lead you off your path (uh uh)
youand'll try to change the world
so please excuse me while i laugh (ha ha, ha ha)
no one can change your ways (yeah)
no one can lead you off your path (uh uh)
youand'll try to change the world (and'scuse me)
so please excuse me while i laugh (yeah)
the revolutionand's here
no one can lead you off your path
youand'll try to change the world
so please excuse me while i laugh
no one can change your ways
no one can lead you off your path
youand'll try to change the world
so please excuse me while i laugh
[outro: talib kweli]
itand's a beautiful thing thatand's happeninand' right now
right now g
yo, iand'm rockinand' with my man hi-tek on the track right now
we fightinand' the good fight
the beautiful struggle
yeah, letand's go
(so please excuse me while i laugh)
