{"id":4580,"date":"2025-09-21T19:19:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T19:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astraea.net\/blog\/?p=4580"},"modified":"2025-09-21T19:26:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T19:26:57","slug":"im-a-revolution-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/im-a-revolution-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m a Revolution, Are you?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/joyoladokun.com\/\">Joy Oladukun<\/a> and Maxo Kream and other contributors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I0WyNaDoFMA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>[Verse 1]<br>Why is it the darkest nights always make the stars so bright?<br>Why&#8217;s it take a sacrifice to say someone deserves a life?<br>Why is it the smallest voice has to make the loudest noise?<br>How long you gonna make the choice to see the fire and just ignore it?<br><br>[Pre-Chorus]<br>Wasn&#8217;t born so brave, I was born too late<br>To really make a difference<br><br>[Chorus]<br>I&#8217;m a revolution, I&#8217;m a revolution<br>I won&#8217;t deny it<br>I&#8217;m just trying to make it better<br>I&#8217;m a revolution, I&#8217;m a revolution<br>I&#8217;m tired of fighting<br>But I&#8217;m not sure I can do it on my own<br><br>[Verse 2]<br>It only tak?s a single step<br>At the start of ?very thousand miles<br>See the sun, but you&#8217;re not there yet<br>And you can see the blue skies ahead<br><br>[Pre-Chorus]<br>If I don&#8217;t embrace the hopeless hope of change<br>I&#8217;ll never make a difference<br><br>[Chorus]<br>I&#8217;m a revolution, I&#8217;m a revolution<br>I won&#8217;t deny it<br>I&#8217;m just trying to make it better<br>I&#8217;m a revolution, I&#8217;m a revolution<br>I&#8217;m tired of fighting<br>But I&#8217;m not sure I can do it on my own<br><br>[Bridge]<br>They call this house a home, I move alone and switch my energies<br>I conquer and defeat, &#8217;cause I&#8217;m a king, destroy my enemies<br>No treaties, squashing beef, you wave a white flag, then you really weak (Weak)<br>Ain&#8217;t no peace until the semi squeeze<br>Begging, Lord forgive me, please<br>Yeah, we sinning but we winning<br>Get diverted judgment from the pigment in our skin<br>They say that two wrongs don&#8217;t make a right<br>So every day of my life a n**** gotta fight<br><br>[Pre-Chorus]<br>Darling, I&#8217;m a revolution<br>I&#8217;ll go down in evolution<br>&#8216;Round and &#8217;round in resolution<br>Darling, I&#8217;m a revolution<br>Won&#8217;t be perfect execution<br>&#8216;Round and &#8217;round &#8217;til we improve it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Chorus]<br>I&#8217;m a revolution, I&#8217;m a revolution<br>I won&#8217;t deny it<br>I&#8217;m just trying to make it better<br>I&#8217;m a revolution, I&#8217;m a revolution<br>I&#8217;m tired of fighting<br>But I&#8217;m not sure I can do it on my own<br>Though I&#8217;m not sure, though I&#8217;m not sure I can do it<br>Though I&#8217;m not sure I can do it on my own<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you liked that, try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ea9_egtJYMg\">Tiny Desk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With thanks to Joy Oladukun and Maxo Kream and other contributors. 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