Lauryn Hill | Rebel (Official Studio Version)
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 Published On Jan 6, 2009

Studio version of Rebel from MTV:Unplugged 2.0, the only song from the album that got the studio treatment. It was recorded before the Unplugged session and never released. Ziggy Marley (her brother-in-law) is also on the track. This song was recorded in response to the killing of Amadou Diallo by NYPD Officers.
Lyrics:

Yo, yo, yo yo
Yo, yo, yo, yo yo
Eh, yo, yo, yo, yo yo
Eh, yo yo, yo, yo

If they could stop this fruit
They would pop this root
Drop some loot
Treat us like we prostitutes
Not this youth
See me in my khaki suit
God's recruit
From foreign even got salute
(I find it hard to say...)
Tribal truth
Jah people can't be mute
Chant my youth
'til Bablylon can't regroup
(...that everything'll be alright)
Caps and boots
Keep them to advance the troops
We glance the troop
Then dance 'til we burn the root
(Don't look at me that way...)
Discern the news
It's time to return, get loose
Burn and loot
Don't stop 'til they learn to shoot
(...like everything is alright)
To yearn is moot
Overturning institute
And then rebuke
The devil 'til he can't recoup, why
(But my own eyes can see...)

...through all your false pretenses
But what you fail to see
His only consequences
You think our lives are cheap
And easy to be wasted
As history repeats
So foul that you can taste it
And while the people sleep
Too comfortable to face it
His life 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

No (no), no (no), no (no) (x11)

And what I gotta say
What I gotta say (in this sea)
What I gotta say (in the sea of turmoil)
What I gotta say (seas of downpression)
What I gotta say
He can't go down this way
Can't go down this way (we'll never go down this way, because)
Can't go down this way (we rebel)
Can't go down this way (against all evil statures of this society)
Can't go down this way
And what I gotta say
What I gotta say (the love that they have, man)
What I gotta say (for humanity)
What I gotta say (rebel children)
What I gotta say
He can't go down this way
Can't go down this way (we'll never go down this way)
Can't go down this way (thank you Lord)
Can't go down this way (for blessin' us)
(And for protectin' us)

And while the people sleep
Too comfortable to face it
His life so incomplete
And nothing can replace it
No, no, no no no

And what I gotta say
What I gotta say (oh yeah)
What I gotta say (oh yeah, oh yeah...)
What I gotta say (...oh yeah, oh yeah)
What I gotta say (oh yeah, yeah)
Can't go down this way (can't go down this way)
Can't go down this way (no, not today)
Can't go down this way (not today)
Can't go down this way (you see)
What I gotta say (see right is right)
What I gotta say (and wrong is wrong)
What I gotta say (always)
What I gotta say (hey)
Can't go down this way (could be you, could be you)
Can't go down this way (for too long)
Can't go down this way (not too long)
Can't go down this way (not too long)
Can't go down this way (see what I gotta say)
What I gotta say (always)
What I gotta say (always)
What I gotta say (eh)
Can't go down this way (for too long)
Can't go down this way
Can't go down this way (today).

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