What are you waitin´ for
Escape from poverty
Give up your self-control
You got a right to be free
What are you waitin´ for
Escape from poverty
Stand up an´ shout it out
You got a right to be free
Simple
Born a simple man
He played by their rules
Struggle
Struggled through life
Finished all them schools
Never
Satisfied
He never asked for the moon
Freedom
A lucky man
Until he met his doom
Money an´ fame
Meant nothin´ to him
He won´t play that game
Of cheat `n´lie
Pressure
Too much is too much
He´s close to overload
Thunder
Another man
Ready to explode
Trouble
They squeeze him, please him
Try to steal it all
From the inside
A voice is risin´
One final call
Time´s up
They won´t leave him be
Today´s the day
To make history
What are you waitin´ for
Escape from poverty
Give up your self-control
You got a right to be free
What are you waitin´ for
Escape from poverty
Stand up an´ shout it out
You got a right to be free
Once in a life
There comes a time
You gotta stand up
An´ fight for your rights
Don´t let it slip away
The ghost will hunt you
Till your final day