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