Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
with Berkeley Free Speech
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And later on at People's Park
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The winds of change
fanned into flames
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They called the special riot squad
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Of the L.A. County Sheriff
Verse 2
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There's a riot goin' on
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Verse 3
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The violence spread down South to where
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Jackson State brothers
Learned not to say nasty things about
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Southern policemen's mothers
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really next to nothin' done
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but no match for a gun
Verse 4
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'Cause it's student demonstration
Interlude 1
time
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Verse 5
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America was stunned on May 4, 1970
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They said the students scared the Guard,
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Four martyrs earned a new degree,
I know we're all fed up with
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you best stay out of sight
Verse 6
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When there's a riot goin' on
Student demonstration time
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Verse 7
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Stay away when there's a riot goin' on
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Stay away when there's
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Student demonstration
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Student demonstration
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Stay away when there's a riot goin' on
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Stay away when there's
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Stay away when there's a riot goin' on
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Stay away when there's
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Stay away when there's
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Stay away when there's a riot goin' on
It's student demonstration time
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