Revolt Ain't A Revolution (For The People Of Haiti)

Why are we fightin' each other

Tryin' to overthrow our brother

Why are we still sayin freedom

Still freedom can't com

We have to learn things from ancient history

To help build a new society

We have to remember nkrumah and garvey

To build our own economy

Now a revolt ain't a revolution

Coup is still not the solution

We have to plant some food on the land

Agriculture is the key for buildin' a nation

Why are we measurin' progress

As determined by the west

Why are we still sayin' yes

To all their industrial mess

We have to understan' the times we are livin' in

And remember where we have been

We have to remember what happen in slavery

So as not to repeat that history

Now a revol ain't a revolution

Killin' leaders is not the solution

We have to build schools in the community

To get rid of illiteracy

Why are we listening to these preachers

Who pose as moral teachers

Why are we still sayin' amen

To the very thing that put us in this pen

We have to return to ancient philosophy

And reveal all of earths mystery

We have to live by our own spirituality

To determine our own destiny

Now a revolt ain't a revolution

Foreign aid is still not the solution

We have to understand Afrika for Afrikaans

To build a new nation

Why are we discussin' problems

With people who refuse to solve them

Why are we still beggin' for freedom

While lookin' down the barrel of a gun

We have to seek shaka Hannibal

In these times of aggression

And understand what was their mission

We have to advance to victory with truth and right

Known that right must overcome might

Now a revolt ain't a revolution

Buildin' nuclear weapons is not the solution

If some thing is not worth diein' for

Its not worth livin' for

But if it takes war to free us

Then is just war.