[lauryn hill talking]. ...i've written it about the whole amadou diallo situation.... ...it was such a hot time in the city at that point i was afraid that if i. Put the record out people would misunderstand what i meant by "rebel" and. They just take it to the streets.... [one and only verse]. Ok yeah alright.... I find it hard to say that everything is alright. Don't look at me that way like everything is alright. Cuz my own eyes can see through all your false pretenses. But what you fail to see is all the consequences. You think our lives are cheap and easy to be wasted. As history repeats so foul you can taste it. And while the people sleep too comfortable to face it. His life so incomplete and nothing can replace it. And while the people sleep too comfortable to face it. Your lives so incomplete and nothing can replace it. Fret not thyself i say against these laws of man. Cuz like the bible says his blood is on their hands. And what i gotta say and what i gotta say is rebel. While today is still today choose well. And what i gotta say is rebel it can't go down this way. Choose well choose well choose well.... ...choose well choose well choose well. And while the people sleep too comfortable to face it. Your lives are so incomplete and nothing and no one can replace it. No no no no no no no no no no no no. And what i gotta say and what i gotta say. And what i gotta say and what i gotta say. And what i gotta say and what i gotta say. And what i gotta say and what i gotta say. Is rebel... rebel rebel rebel rebel rebel rebel. Rebel rebel rebel rebel rebel. Repent the day is far too spent rebel... rebel!. Wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up.... Wake up and rebel. We must destroy in order to rebuild. Wake up you might as well. Oh are you... oh are you satisfied. Oh are you satisfied. Rebel... ohhh rebel. Why don't you rebel why don't you rebel?. Why don't you rebel?. I'm fading myself down now...