If I had a lighter in hands With some oily rags Is that what it'd take To wake you from your sleep? Wake up from your American dreams To be surrounded Surrounded in flames! To make our voice heard! You got to scream Till mine is heard! I won't stop screaming Wake Up! Wake Up! To the world around you Wake Up! Wake Up! To the world around you Wake Up! Wake Up! To the world around you Wake Up! Wake Up! Yeah! And if we blocked the streets Face down on the pavement Everyday As we lay You're angered Cos you're five minutes late What happens next time
When we will stop you all day? Yeah, next time When we will stop you all day? To make our voice heard! You got to scream I won't stop screaming Till mine is heard! Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up! To the world around you Wake Up! To the world around you Wake Up! Wake Up! To the world around you Wake Up! Wake Up! To the world around you And it's the same song, sung Screaming for freedom Sung at the top of our lungs Pleading for liberty Screaming for freedom Pleading for liberty Pleading for liberty Screaming for freedom Freedom!