We refuse to be
What you wanted us to be;
We are what we are:
That's the way (way) it's going to be.
If you don't know!
You can't educate I
For no equal opportunity:
(Talkin' 'bout my freedom) Talkin'
'bout my freedom,
People freedom (freedom) and liberty!
Chorus:
Yeah, we've been trodding on the winepress much
too long:
Rebel, rebel!
Yes, we've been trodding on the winepress much
too long:
Rebel, rebel!
Babylon system is the vampire, yea! (vampire)
Suckin' the children day by day, yeah!
Me say: de Babylon system is the vampire,
falling empire,
Suckin' the blood of the sufferers, yeah!
Building church and university, wooh, yeah
Deceiving the people continually, yea-ah
I say they are graduating thieves and murderers
Look out now, they are sucking the blood of
the sufferers (sufferers)
Yea-ea-eah! (Sufferers)
Tell the children the truth;
Tell the children the truth;
Tell the children the truth right now!
Come on and tell the children the truth;
Tell the children the truth;
Tell the children the truth;
Tell the children the truth;
Come on and tell the children the truth.
Chorus:
'Cause, 'cause we've been trodding on your
winepress much too long
Rebel, rebel
And we've been taken for granted much too long
Rebel, rebel, now
Trodding on the winepress
We've got to rebel, y'all
Yeah we've been trodding on the winepress
much too long, yeah