where did all the rebels go?
I was listening to Bob Marley and Peter Tosh the other day
And all those important songs, that they used to play
They sang of revolution and of solidarity
And reggae music reflected the struggle to be free
They said we had to get up and to stand up for our rights
Because justice and equality won’t come without a fight
And their faces and their names have changed but the system is the same
The years have come and the years have gone and the problem still remains
So where did all the rebels go?
Did injustice take a holiday?
Where did all the rebels go?
Did exploitation fade away?
Where did all the rebels go?
Is war not a problem anymore?
Where did all the rebels go?
Are there no more rich are there no more poor?
We don’t believe what we see and what we hear on the tv
Cause they sell us fear and their hateful ideology
The prisons are overflowing slavery has come again
And women still are suffering at the hands of brutal men
They’re still poisoning the rivers they’re still plundering the seas
And continue to pollute the skies and clear the trees
And the comrades that we lost would be turning in their graves
If they knew how easily we gave our rights away
So where did all the rebels go?
The new democracy has become the police state
Where they lock up their dissidents and leave them to their fate
And the pain of the aborigine is still ignored
While there’s banquets for the rich and only peanuts for the poor
So where’s the new generation who’ll step forward and lend a hand?
Calling all you new Bob Marley’s to come and take a stand
So our children can look back on us with pride and dignity
Because we did stand up to those who’d steal their liberty