by Mooseboy Alfonzo
(with solemn nods of respect to Public Enemy and Homey the Clown)
Original Lyrics
1989 the number another summer
(get
down)Sound of the funky drummer
Music hittin' your heart cause I know you got sould
(Brothers and sisters hey)
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
Gotta give us what we need
Our freedom of speech is freedom or death
We got to fight the powers that be
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Chorus
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
Chorus
Elvis was a hero to most
But he never meant ---- to me you see
Straight up racist that sucker was
Simple and plain
Mother---- 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 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)
Not
the
Original
Lyrics
1989 is the number of
another summer Get down with the Sound of the funky drummer
Listen if you're missin' y'all
Singin' while I'm swingin' y'all
Giving what'cha getting knowin' what I know
While the Black bands sweatin'
And the rhythm rhymes roll
Gotta 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
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Chorus
We got to pump the stuff that'll make us tough
You know that from the heart it's a start, a work of art
Revolutionize make a change
No, nothin's strange
People we are not the same
We don't all know the game
Let's get down to business
With a little mental fitness
You gotta go bum rush the show
You gotta go for what you know
We're gonna make everybody see
In order to fight the powers that be
Lemme hear you say...
Fight the Power
Chorus
Elvis they say was a hero to most
But he never meant a thing to me, you see
He was straight up racist, he was simple and plain
You can forget him and
You can forget John Wayne
Let's get this party started right
What we got to say what we're gonna say
Power to the people with no delay
It'll make everybody see
In order to fight the powers that be
Lemme hear you say...
Fight the Power