Tell you, people, a friend of mine Was riding home and doing fine Smoke o' green behind the wheel And he got busted for not a thing We're the people Don't tell us what to be Shake my hand there my friend And march along the street I know a mother who went to jail Her only crime to bear her male She'd had enough, run out of love She took the knife and shut him up We're the people Don't tell us what to be Shake my hand there my friend And march along the street ♪ Can tell you, people, of man on top 24-7 the same old job Then on a day he turned around Oh yeah, and hit the road We're the people Don't tell us what to be Shake my hand there my friend And march along the street Shake my hand there my friend And march along the street Shake my hand there my friend And march along the street Oh, no, no, yeah, alright