CHORUS:white rioti wanna riotwhite riota riot of my ownwhite rioti wanna riotwhite riota riot of my ownblack men got a lot of problemsbut they dont mind throwin a brickwhite people go to schoolwhere they teach you how to be real thickand everybody’s doinjust what theyre told toan nobody wantsto go to jailCHORUSall the power’s in the handsof the people rich enough to buy itwhile we walk the streetstoo chicken to even try itan everybody’s doinjust what theyre told toand nobody wantsto go to jailCHORUSare ya takin overor are ya takin orders?are you goin backwards,or are you goin forwards?