Lauryn Hill — I Find it Hard to Say Rebel

[Verse 1] I find it hard to say That everything is alright Don't look at me that way Like everything is alright 'Cause my own eyes can see Through all your false pretenses But what you fail to see Is all the consequences You think our lives are cheap And easy to be wasted As history repeats So foul you can taste it [Refrain] And while the people sleep Too comfortable to face it His life's so incomplete And nothing can replace it And while the people sleep Too comfortable to face it Your life's so incomplete And nothing can replace it [Verse 2] Fret not thyself I say Against these laws of man 'Cause like the Bible says: His blood is on their hands [Chorus] And what I gotta say And what I gotta say, is rebel While today is still today, choose well And what I gotta say, is rebel It can't go down this way Choose well, choose well, choose well Choose well, choose well, choose well [Refrain] And while the people sleep Too comfortable to face it Your lives are so incomplete And nothing, and no one, can replace it No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no [Chorus] And what I gotta say, and what I gotta say And what I gotta say, and what I gotta say And what I gotta say, and what I gotta say And what I gotta say, and what I gotta say Is rebel – rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel Rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel Repent, the day is far too spent – rebel, rebel! Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up and rebel We must destroy in order to rebuild Wake up, you might as well Oh are you… oh are you satisfied? Oh are you satisfied? Rebel, ohhh, rebel! [Outro] Why don't you rebel? Why don't you rebel? Why don't you rebel? I'm fading myself down now