Public Enemy — Revolutionary Generation

[Intro] I get down to what it is And if it ain't funky (Round, round, round,round) See ya! (Round) People askin' me what's goin' on my mind Huh, (Hey!) Wait a minute [Interlude] "The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its woman..." [Verse 1] 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 goin' 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, oh!) 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 (Sisters!) R-E-S-P-E-C-T My sister's not my enemy 'Cause we'll be stronger together to make them all say Damn! (This generation!) [Verse 2] (I don't know what this world's coming to!) They don't know what we got goin' is (sound) (See you!) To turn it all around To my sisters I communicate with the bass and tone Thru speakers and the microphone 'Cause I'm tired of America dissin' my sisters (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 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' 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-Hook] 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 to my soul sister [Verse 3] 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 whats right or wrong Some say we wasting time singing 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 what, not 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 So we come together And make 'em all say 'damn'! (This generation!)