I Asked When

I asked when is the revolution
And I asked when is the revolution

That get passed along to every generations youth
I knew my reality was clearly defined
Through the passage of the Caribbean
I saw the rise of an untamed industry
And I asked when is the revolution
I saw three ships come sailing in
I saw civilizations deemed insignificant

I asked when is the revolution
I saw poisons pushed in the street

By the fences put up around my mind
I saw children coming home in coffins
And the president who came to dine with the noble, he

And I watched machines print a paper economy
Visions [Incomprehensible] Vietnam

And prescription pills mingling in the mezzanine

I watched them grow wild and spread like a flu
Taller than any borderline
Millions marching on Washington
I saw bridges stretching out across the water
Dynasty shattered and stolen
With a whole wealth of doctors and pharmaceutical companies
And I stood silent upon the flooded levee

And I asked when is the revolution
I saw people�s history tattooed upon their skin
And all the burdens the centuries accrue
Stared at the ruins of a merchant city
I asked when is the revolution
Still poor people were dying from disease
He didn�t do a thing
And I didn�t do a thing

And saw looming in the clouds above the Pentagon
And towers pushing taller
And all the allegories told in lewd truth
I saw my own self stand right in front of me
As he re-lives the holocaust as strong as the parkin' on

I asked when is the revolution

I asked when, when is the revolution
I saw families taken from their land
I asked when is the revolution
I watched them thicken into walls over time

And I broke down at the break of dawn