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. 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!
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, yea-ea-ea-ea-e-ah!

Building church and university, wo-o-ooh, yeah! -
Deceiving the people continually, yea-ea!
Me say them graduatin´ thieves and murderers;
Look out now: they suckin´ the blood of the sufferers (sufferers).
Yea-ea-ea! (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.

´Cause
´cause we´ve been trodding on ya winepress much too long:

Rebel, rebel!
And we´ve been taken for granted much too long:
Rebel, rebel now!

(Trodding on the winepress)
Trodding on the winepress (rebel):
Got to rebel, y´all (rebel)!
We´ve been trodding on the winepress much too long - ye-e-ah! (rebel)
Yea-e-ah! (rebel) Yeah! Yeah!

From the very day we left the shores (trodding on the winepress)
Of our Father´s land (rebel),
We´ve been trampled on (rebel),
Oh now! (we´ve been oppressed, yeah!) Lord, Lord, go to ...

(Sleeve notes continue:
Now we know everything we got to rebel
Somebody got to pay for the work
We´ve done, rebel.)