Fight The Power

1989 the number another summer, get down Sound of the funky drummer Music hittin' your heart, 'cause I know you got soul Brothers and sisters Listen if you're missin' y'all Swingin' while I'm singin' Givin' whatcha gettin' Knowin' what I know and While the black bands sweatin' And the rhythm rhymes rollin' Got to give us what we want Gotta give us what we need Our freedom of speech is freedom or death We've got 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 We've got to fight the powers that be As the rhythm designed to bounce What counts is that the rhymes designed to fill your mind Now that you've realized the prides arrived We got to pump the stuff to 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 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 Fight the power Lemme hear you say Fight the power Lemme hear you Fight the power Lemme hear you say Fight the power Lemme hear you Fight the power Lemme hear you say Fight the power We've got to fight the powers that be Lemme hear you say Fight the power Lemme hear you Lemme hear you say Fight the power Lemme hear you say Fight the power Lemme hear you say Fight the power Lemme hear you Fight the power Lemme hear you say Fight the power We've got to fight the powers that be Elvis was a hero to most But he never meant shit to me you see Straight up racist that s*cker was Simple and plain Mother f**k 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 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 Let's get this party started right Right on, c'mon, 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