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~Written by Aux.
[General Cordova]
How do the bastard, orphan, sons of abhor and the
problem, stopped in the middle of a forgotten spot in a new galaxy by providence in honor us
and squalor grow up to be our heroes and our scholars.
The end all our mothers and fathers without a dollar
Got a lot farther by goin’ a lot harder
By being a lot smarter
By bein’ the war starters
At the scene, they took charge and kept on marchin’ farther.
And every day while they were slaved and carted
away across the stars, they struggled and kept their guard up.
Aside they were gropin’ for somethin’ to be a part of
Brotha’s were ready to steal, kill, bribe and charter.
Then the separatists came and blaster fire rained
Those kids saw their future drip drippin down the drain
Picked ‘emselves up and brushed off all the muck
And they went and raised some cane, inflictin’ others pain.
Well the word got around, Seps said ‘these kids are insane man’
Tried to wipes ‘em out and decimate the promise land
They cried out ‘Never, get back from whence you came’
Well the whole world knows our names, what’s our game men?
[Chorus]
We are the Revolution
Yeah we are the Revolution
There are a million things we haven’t done
Well just you wait. Just you wait.
[General Cordova]
When they were then, snatched up even younger dis-appear-in
Twenty-Thirty, servin’ in the army for the droids.
And Everybody else, man you gotta understand
[All ages 11-19, 31-65]
Hangin’ by a thread half limbo half dead.
[General Cordova (Chorus)]
Tryin’ resist the droids, the droids commit mass genocide
Left ‘em, with no options but run ‘n hide, but somethin’ new inside
A voice whispers “Go on, for all you’ve left behind”
They stopped retreatin’ ‘n repeatin’ got ahead out of a bind
There wasn’ much they couldn’t do.
And someone less astute maya been dead ‘n destitute
Not a cent of restitution but
They were working, gunning n’ running and breakin’ it ashore
Fightin’ droids n’ takin’ guns avoidin’ losses they couldn’ ‘fford.
Slammin’ for e’ry advantage they got their hands on
Plannin’ for a future see ‘em now as they stand on the
(oohh…)
The front of the stage hear ‘em now as they say
In war anyone can take a stand!
[Chorus (General Cordova)
In war anyone can (just you wait) take a stand
In way anyone can (just you wait) take a stand
In war anyone can take a stand
[15 and up] In War man!
[14 and down] In war!
[General Cordova] Just you wait!
[Chorus]
We are the revolution (Are the revolution)
We’ve been waiting in the field for you (waiting in the field for you)
We will never back down
And we’re done bidin’ our time!
Oh, we are the revolution (Are the revolution)
May the world concede and say it’s true.
Will they know what we overcame?
Will they know we rewrote the game?
This world will never be the same, oh…
[General Cordova]
The fight has gotten here now
See if you can spot ‘em
[Adults]
Just you wait
[Cordova]
Another group of vandals risin up from the bottom
[Kids]
Just you wait
[Cordova]
The galaxy destroyed their rep
Our world they have forgotten
[Main Cast]
We fought for this
[Louis, Fei. Devon]
Me? I died for this.
[Jerome, Grace, Cordova, Nicolov]
Me? I fostered this.
[Destiny, Montagrie]
Me? I lived for this.
[Mason, Sage, R.C.]
And me? I’m the damn victim of this conflict.
[Chorus]
There’s a million things we haven’t done.
But just you wait!
[General Cordova]
What’s our game men?
[All (emphasis main cast)]
We are the Revolution!
~ If you read this between the date of posting and 5/19/2021, there have been a few edits made, so you may notice this is a bit different from the original parody. Thanks for reading!
~ Update 1-14-2022: I screwed up and I missed a chunk between the final chorus and the "We fought for this" stuff. I added it in. Sorry for the confusion!