talkin' about revolution : Tracy Chapman

Don't you know
They're talkin' bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Don't you know
They're talkin' about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion 

Poor people gonna rise up 

And get their share 

Poor people gonna rise up 

And take what's theirs 

Don't you know 

You better run, run, run

Oh I said you better 

Run, run, run

Finally the tables are starting to turn 

Talkin' bout a revolution

Album: Track 1 on Tracy Chapman 

Electric guitar and Hammond organ: Jack Holder 

Lyricist: Tracy Chapman 

Genre : Contemporary folk 

Drums and percussion: Denny Fongheiser 

Length : 2:39 

Composer: Tracy Chapman 

Producer: David Kershenbaum 

Bass: Larry Klein 

Acoustic guitar, electric guitar and percussion: Tracy Chapman 

Mixer: Kevin Smith (Engineer) 

Label : Elektra/Asylum Records 

Released : August 1988