Everyone's fighting for the color of their skin Everyone's fighting just to save their skin They're fighting in the streets and they're fighting in the halls They'll riot 'til they kill and it'll never halt Race riot This ain't 1980 Race riot It's a riot of society, a hatred society They'll riot in the streets and they'll riot in the halls They riot 'til they fall and it'll never halt School's not a place for education anymore It's simply just a battleground, this can't go on no more Race riot Black man fighting against white Race riot Fight 'til you can't fight anymore, you can't fight anymore They'll never sit down and talk about their problems Just wanna fight and create many more problems Whites call 'em names directly to their faces They say, "Hey there nigga, go back to your own places" Race riot This ain't 1980 Race riot