Nineteen eighty nine
the number
another summer
get down
Sound of the
funky drummer
music in your heart
'cause I know
you got soul
Brothers and sisters
Hey you listen if
you're missin' y'all
Swingin' while I'm singin'
givin' whatcha gettin'
knowin' what I know
while the black
bands sweatin'
And the rhythm
rhymes rollin'
got to give us
what we want
Got to give us
what we need
Our freedom of speech
is freedom or death
we got to fight
the power that be
fight the power
Fight the power
Fight the power
Fight the power
Fight the power
Fight the power
Fight the power
We've got to
fight the powers
that be
As the rhythm's
designed to bounce
what counts is that
the rhymes designed
to fill your mind
Now that you've realised
the prides arrived
we got to pump the stuff
that'll make us tough
From the heart
it's a start a work of art
to revolutionize
make a change
nothin's strange
People, people
we are the same
no we're not the same
'cause we don't
know the game
What we need
is awareness
we can't get careless
you say what is this?
My beloved let's get
down to business
mental self defensive
fitness
Yo bum rush the show
you got, you gotta go for
what you know
To make everybody see
in order to fight
the powers that be
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
We got to fight
the powers that be
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
we got to fight
the powers that be
Elvis was a hero to most
Elvis was a hero to most
Elvis was a hero to most
but he never meant shit
To me you see straight
up racist that sucker
was simple and plain
mother fuck him
and John Wayne
'Cause I'm black
and I'm proud
I'm ready and hyped
plus I'm amped
Most of my heroes
don't appear on
no stamps
Sample a look back
you'll look and find
nothing but rednecks
for four hundred years
if you check
Don't worry be happy
was a number one jam
damn if I say it you can
slap me right here
Get it let's get
this party started right
right on come on
what we got to say
Power to the people
no delay
make everybody see
in order to fight
the powers that be
Fight the power
Fight the power
Fight the power
Fight the power
we've got to fight
the powers that be
What we got to say
yeah
fight the power
What we got to say
yeah
fight the power
Come on
what we got to say
yeah
fight the power
What we got to say
yeah
fight the power
Come on