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, hey) Listen if you're missin' y'all Swingin' while I'm singin' Givin' whatcha getting' Knowin' what I know 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 of death We 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 (Lemme hear you say) Fight the power We got to fight the power 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 lets get down to business Mental self defensive fitness (Yo) bum rush the show You gotta go for what you know 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 power that be Fight the power (Lemme hear you say 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) We got to fight the power that be Elvis was a hero to most But Elvis was a hero to most Elvis was a hero to most But he never meant 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 heros don't appear on no stamps Sample a look back you look and find Nothing 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) lets get this party started right Right on, c'mon What we got to say Power to the people no delay To 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 power that be What we got to say Fight The Power What we got to say Fight The Power c'mon What we got to say Fight The Power What we got to say Fight The Power c'mon (Yo check this out man Okay, talk to me about the future of Public Enemy) (Future of Public Enemy)