[Part 1]
[Barack Obama - Spoken Word]
There are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. This is one of those moments, the people of Egypt have spoken, their voices have been heard and Egypt will never be the same
But this is not the end of Egypt's transition, it's a beginning
[Crowd Chant]
Ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam ( الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام)
Ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam ( الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام)
Ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam ( الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام)
Ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam ( الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام)
[Hook]
You wanna learn the truth then you ‘gon have to get to know it
Tryna tell us you the truth?
You ‘gon have to get to showin'
We been waving all our flags up in the street for way too long
It's time for revolution tell ‘em set off the alarm
[Verse 1]
Grab your flags & hide the children ‘cause they headed to the square
The revolution's being televised, it's all up on the air
When the sun sets, the sky ‘gon be lit up with all the flairs
They not leaving the streets til we see the government declare
Revolution, retribution for sweeping up all the facts
In the heart of the capital of the country on my back
In the land of the Pharaoh's with the freedom under attack
Only time you'll see a tear is when police throwing the gas
Civil War, Captain America causing hysteria
Poking noses in the roses from Egypt all up to Syria
People in the streets they just tryna reclaim their area
Tryna get their voices heard but really you don't hear me
There's a War going on, that's what I see on television
And they want me to conform because I use my inner wisdom
Inner vision, they don't listen, I really want an end
An Arabic speaking African, they really want me dead
[Pre-Hook]
There's a revolution happening outside my window
Revolution happening outside my window
A revolution happening outside my window
They k**ing all the children, the women and all my kinsfolk
[Hook]
We been waving all our flags up in the streets for way too long
Waving all our flags up in the street for way too long
Waving all our flags up in the street for way too long
It's time for revolution, tell ‘em set off the alarm
You wanna learn the truth then you ‘gon have to get to know it
Tryna tell us you the truth?
You ‘gon have to get to showin'
We been waving all our flags up in the street for way too long
It's time for revolution tell ‘em set off the alarm
[Crowd Chant]
Ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam ( الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام)
Ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam ( الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام)
Ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam ( الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام)
Ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam ( الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام)
Time for revolution tell ‘em set off the alarm
[Barack Obama - Spoken Word]
This transition must bring all of Egypt's voices to the table, the perseverance the Egyptian people have shown can serve as a powerful wind at the back of this change
[Part 2]
[Beat Switch]
[Pre-Hook]
sh** is still the same, man ain't nothing gonna change
We been waving all our flags and now they gonna hear our name
Man said sh** is still the same, man ain't nothing gonna change
We been waving all our flags and now they gonna hear our name
Wave that flag
[Hook] x2
Said wave that flag
Wave that wave that wave that flag
Wave that flag up in the air said wave that flag up in the air
[Pre-Hook]
[Hook] x 2