Freedom won, so hard to keep Spring revolution, the river runs deep Down from the pyramids to the red sea Just a slave with a change of scenery Oh no, we won't go back to the way it was, to the way it was Oh no, you can never go back to the way it was Smash them chains with a fist held high People in the streets, they just wanna stay alive Mean old king, don't you hear the people now? Crying in the square, they just want you out Oh no, we'll never go back to the way it was, to the way it was Oh no, can't go back to the way it was Oh no, we'll never go back to the way it was, to the way it was Oh no, we won't go back to the way it was Running loose in the bloodstained streets No shirt on my back, no shoes on my feet I don't know if my children are dead or alive Tell me who's gonna care for the motherless child Now you wanna know if I think it's worth it Future of our land is so uncertain House burnin' down, don't you feel that heat Turning down a dead end street Oh no, we won't go back to the way it was, to the way it was Oh no, we'll never go back to the way it was Oh no, we'll never go back to the way it was, to the way it was Oh no, we can't go back Oh no, we'll never go back to the way it was, Oh no, we won't go back to the way it was Oh no, we'll never go back to the way it was, Oh no, we won't go back To the way it was