Revolutionary Generation

I get down to what it is

And if it ain't funky, see ya (Yeah, brown, brown, brown)

People askin' me what's goin' on my mind

Huh, wait a minute

The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its woman

Pump it like that!

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 (Kick it)

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, and get it (Uh! Get down in)

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 call me a crazy Asiatic while I'm singin' a song

Oh my God, 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, huh

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)

They don't know what we got goin' is (Sound)

To turn it all around

To my sisters, I communicate with the bass and tone

Two speakers and a microphone

'Cause I'm tired of America dissin' my sisters (Yeah!)

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 ones that's been missin' her

Now we got to protect

To get together and damn! (This generation)

I said so to what it is

Where it is, she needs a little 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

Thank you, baby

Hey! Soul sister, hey!

Sista! Hey! Soul sister, hey!

Stay strong, stay strong

Stay strong, stay strong

Hey! Soul sister

Hey! Soul sister

Yeah!

Stay strong, stay strong

Stay strong

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 what's right or wrong

Some say we wasting time singin' a song

But why is it that we're many different shades?

Black women'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 not what, 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

Make 'em all say damn! (This generation)