Power-Various Artists/The Greater St. Stephen Mass Choir/Bishop Paul S. Morton Sr

Power - Various 1989, the number, another summer Get down, sound of the funky drummer Music hittin' your heart 'Cause I know you got soul Brothers an' sisters Listen if you're missin' y'all Swingin' while I'm singin' Givin' whatcha gettin' Knowin' what I knowin' While the black bands sweatin' An' 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 got to fight the powers that be Fight the power, fight the power Fight the power, fight the power Fight the power, fight the power Fight the power We 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 Bum rush the show You gotta go for what you know Make everybody see In order to fight the powers that be Fight the power, fight the power Fight the power, fight the power Fight the power, fight the power Fight the power We got to fight the powers that be Fight the power, fight the power Fight the power, fight the power Fight the power, fight the power Fight the power We got to fight the powers that be Elvis was a hero to most But he never meant sh*t to me, you see Straight up racist, that sucker was Simple an' plain Motherf**k him an' John Wayne 'Cause I'm black an' I'm proud I'm ready an' hyped, plus I'm amped Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps Sample a look back, you look an' find Nothin' but rednecks for 400 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, 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 got to fight the powers that be