[Refrain]
Don't you know?
They're talkin' 'bout a revolution
Sounds like a whisper
Don't you know?
They're talkin' 'bout a revolution
Sounds like a whisper

[Verse]
Well they're standin' in the welfare lines
Cryin' at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wastin' time in the unemployment lines
Sittin' around waitin' for a promotion

[Refrain]
Don't you know?
They're talkin' 'bout a revolution
Sounds like a whisper
Don't you know?
Talkin' 'bout a revolution
Sounds like a whisper

[Bridge]
Poor people gonna rise up
And get their share
Poor people gonna rise up (Rise up)
And take what's theirs (Doo-ooh)
Don't ya know you gotta run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
I said you gotta run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Talkin' 'bout a revolution, yeah
[Chorus]
'Cause finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' 'bout a revolution, yeah
And finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh

[Refrain]
Don't you know?
They're talkin' 'bout a revolution
Sounds like a whisper
Don't you know?
Talkin' 'bout a revolution
Sounds like a whisper (Ooh-ooh)

[Chorus]
Finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' 'bout a revolution (Yeah)
Finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' 'bout a revolution (Talkin' 'bout a revolution)
Talkin' 'bout a revolution (Talkin' 'bout a revolution)
Talkin' 'bout a revolution (Talkin' 'bout a revolution)
Ooh-ooh (Yeah, yeah)