Student Demonstration Time

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Starting out with Berkeley Free Speech
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And later on at People's Park

The winds of change fanned into flames
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Student demonstrations spark
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Down to Isla Vista where police felt so harassed
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They called the special riot squad of the L. A. County Sheriff

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Well there's a riot going on
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There's a riot going on
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There's a riot going on
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Student demonstration time

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The violence spread down South to where Jackson State brothers
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Learned not to say nasty things about Southern policemen's mothers
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Nothing much was said about it and really next to nothing done
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The pen is mightier than the sword, but no match for a gun

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Well there's a riot going on
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There's a riot going on
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Well there's a riot going on
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Cause it's student demonstration time


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America was stunned on May 4, 1970
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When rally turned to riot up at Kent State University
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They said the students scared the Guard
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Though the troops were battle dressed
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Four martyrs earned a new degree
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The Bachelor of Bullets
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I know we're all fed up with useless wars and racial strife
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But next time there's a riot, well, you best stay out of sight

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Well there's a riot going on
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There's a riot going on
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Well there's a riot going on
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Student demonstration time

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Stay away when there's a riot going on

Student demonstration
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Stay away when there's a riot going on

Student demonstration
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Stay away when there's a riot going on

Student demonstration
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Stay away when there's a riot going on

It's student demonstration
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Stay away when there's a riot going on

Student demonstration
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Stay away when there's a riot going on

Student demonstration
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Stay away when there's a riot going on

It's student demonstration
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Stay away when there's a riot going on