Talkin' Bout a Revolution

[AnnieBW]

I heard a classic from 1988 today - Tracy Chapman's "Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution". I'm sure that everyone has heard it, but it's even more relevant today than it was then.

TALKIN' BOUT A REVOLUTION

Don't you know
They're talkin' bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Don't you know
They're talkin' about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper

While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion

Poor people gonna rise up
And get their share
Poor people gonna rise up
And take what's theirs

Don't you know
You better run, run, run...
Oh I said you better Run, run, run...
Finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' bout a revolution

[BuyingThyme]

1. I've been playing that non-stop for years now.

Really.

[nealmhughes]

2. I love Tracy so much. She is the embodiment of black female empowerment

to me, and I love her hair and her voice and her poetry!

OK, I don't have a fast car, but if I did, maybe I'd spend more time with my kids, get a good job and move to the suburbs...

I love Tracy and Revolution!

And Steve Earle's Revolution Starts Now!

[Change has come]

3. Wonderful music

I'm listening to the Telling Stories cd now. One of my all-time favorites.