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

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

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 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)

ﾅｲﾝﾃｨｰ ｴｲﾃｨｰﾅｲﾝ ﾀﾞ ﾅﾝﾊﾞｰ ｱﾅﾀﾞ ｻﾏｰ
(ｹﾞｯﾀﾞｳﾝ)
ｻｳﾝﾄﾞﾌﾞ ﾀﾞ ﾌｧﾝｷｰ ﾄﾞﾗﾏｰ
ﾐｭｰｽﾞｨｯｸ ﾋﾃｨﾝ ﾖｱ ﾊｰ
ｺｽﾞ ｱｲ ﾉｰ ﾕｰｶﾞｯ ｻｳﾝ
(ﾌﾞﾗﾀﾞｰｽﾞ ｴﾝ ｽｨｽﾀｰｽﾞ､ ﾍｲ)
ﾘｯｽﾝ ｲﾌ ﾕｱ ﾐｯｽｨﾝ ﾖｰ
ｽｳｨﾝｷﾞﾝ ﾜｲｩ ｱｲﾑ ｽｨﾝｷﾞﾝ
ｷﾞｳﾞｨﾝ ﾜｯﾁｬ ｹﾞﾃｨﾝ
ﾉｰｲﾝ ﾜﾗｲ ﾉｰ
ﾜｲｩ ﾀﾞ ﾌﾞﾗｯｸ ﾊﾞﾝｽﾞ ｽｳｪﾃｨﾝ
ｴﾝﾀﾞ ﾘﾄﾞｩﾑ ﾘﾄﾞｩﾑｽﾞ ﾛｰﾘﾝ
ｶﾞｯﾄｩ ｷﾞﾌﾞ ｱｽ ﾜｯ ｳｨ ｳｫﾝ
ｶﾞｯﾄｩ ｷﾞﾌﾞ ｱｽ ﾜｯ ｳｨ ﾆｰ
ｱﾜ ﾌﾘｰﾀﾞﾑ ｵﾌﾞ ｽﾋﾟｰﾁ
ｲｽﾞ ﾌﾘｰﾀﾞﾑ ｵｱ ﾃﾞｽ
ｳｨ ｶﾞｯﾄｩ ﾌｧｲ ﾀﾞ ﾊﾟﾜｰｽﾞ ﾀﾞｯ ﾋﾞｰ
ﾚﾐ ﾋｱ ﾕｰ ｾｲ
ﾌｧｲ ﾀﾞ ﾊﾟﾜｰ

ｱｽﾞ ﾀﾞ ﾘﾄﾞｩﾑ ﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾝ ﾄｩ ﾊﾞｳﾝｽ
ﾜｯ ｶｳﾝﾂ ｲｽﾞ ﾀﾞｯ ﾀﾞ ﾘﾄﾞｩﾑｽﾞ
ﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾝ ﾄｩ ﾌｨｩ ﾖｱ ﾏｲﾝ
ﾅｳ ﾀﾞｯ ﾕｰﾌﾞ ﾘｱﾗｲｽﾞ
ﾀﾞ ﾌﾟﾗｲｽﾞ ｱﾗｲﾌﾞ
ｳｨ ｶﾞｯﾄｩ ﾊﾟﾝﾌﾟ ﾀﾞ ｽﾀｯﾌ
ﾄｩ ﾒｲｸ ｱｽ ﾀﾌ
ﾌﾛﾑ ﾀﾞ ﾊｰ

ｲｯﾂ ｱ ｽﾀｰ､ ｱ ﾜｰｸ ｵﾌﾞ ｱｰ
ﾄｩ ﾚﾎﾞﾘｭｰｼｮﾅｲｽﾞ ﾒｲｶ ﾁｪﾝｼﾞ
ﾅｯｽｨﾝｸﾞｽ ｽﾄﾚﾝｼﾞ
ﾋﾟｰﾎﾟｰ､ ﾋﾟｰﾎﾟｰ ｳｨ ｱｰ ﾀﾞ ｾｲﾑ
ﾉｰ､ ｳｨｱ ﾉｯﾀﾞ ｾｲﾑ
ｺｽﾞ ｳｨ ﾄﾞﾝ ﾉｰ ﾀﾞ ｹﾞｰﾑ
ﾜｯ ｳｨ ﾆｰ ｲｽﾞ ｱｳｪｱﾈｽ
ｳｨ ｷｬﾝｯ ｹﾞｯ ｹｱﾚｽ
ﾕｰ ｾｲ ﾜｯ ｲｽﾞ ﾃﾞｨｽ?
ﾏｲ ﾋﾞﾗﾌﾞ ﾚｯﾂ ｹﾞｯﾀﾞｳﾝ ﾄｩ ﾋﾞｽﾞｨﾈｽ
ﾒﾝﾀｩ ｾｩﾌ ﾃﾞｨﾌｪﾝｽｨﾌﾞ ﾌｨｯﾈｽ
(ﾖ) ﾊﾞﾑ ﾗｯｼｭ ﾀﾞ ｼｮｰ
ﾕ ｶﾞﾀ ｺﾞｰ ﾌｫｰ ﾜｯﾁｭｰ ﾉｰ
ﾒｲｸ ｴﾌﾞﾘﾊﾞﾃﾞｨ ｽｨｰ
ｲﾝ ｵｰﾀﾞｰ ﾄｩ ﾌｧｲ ﾀﾞ ﾊﾟﾜｰｽﾞ ﾀﾞｯ ﾋﾞｰ
ﾚﾐ ﾋｱ ﾕｰ ｾｲ
ﾌｧｲ ﾀﾞ ﾊﾟﾜ

ｴｩﾋﾞｽ ﾜｻﾞ ﾋｰﾛｰ ﾄｩ ﾓｽ
ﾊﾞｯ ﾋｰ ﾈｳﾞｧ ﾒﾝ ｼｯ
ﾄｩ ﾐｰ ﾕｰ ｽｨｰ
ｽﾄﾚｰｯ ｱｯﾌﾟ ﾚｲｽｨｽ
ﾀﾞｯ ｻｯｶｰ ﾜｽﾞ ｽｨﾝﾎﾟｰ ｴﾝ ﾌﾟﾚｲﾝ
ﾏﾀﾞ ﾌｧｯｸ ﾋﾑ ｴﾝ ｼﾞｮｰﾝ ｳｪｲﾝ
ｺｽﾞ ｱｲﾑ ﾌﾞﾗｯｸ ｴﾝ ｱｲﾑ ﾌﾟﾗｳ
ｱｲﾑ ﾚﾃﾞｨ ｴﾝ ﾊｲﾌﾟ
ﾌﾟﾗｽ ｱｲﾑ ｱﾝﾌﾟ
ﾓｽ ﾄﾌﾞ ﾏｲ ﾋｰﾛｰｽﾞ
ﾄﾞﾝ ｱﾋﾟｱ ｵﾝ ﾉｰ ｽﾀﾝﾌﾟｽ
ｻﾝﾎﾟｰ ｱ ﾙｯｸ ﾊﾞｯｸ
ﾕｰ ﾙｯｸ ｴﾝ ﾌｧｲﾝ
ﾅｯｽｨﾝ ﾊﾞｯ ﾚｯﾈｯｸｽ
ﾌｫｰ ﾌｫｰﾊﾝﾄﾞﾚｯ ｲﾔｰｽﾞ ｲﾌ ﾕｰ ﾁｪｯｸ

ﾄﾞﾝ ｳｫﾘｰ ﾋﾞｰ ﾊｯﾋﾟｰ
ﾜｻﾞ ﾅﾝﾊﾞｰ ﾜﾝ ｼﾞｬﾑ
ﾃﾞｧﾑ ｲﾌ ｱｲ ｾｰ ｲｯ
ﾕｰ ｷｬﾝ ｽﾗｯﾌﾟ ﾐｰ ﾗｲ ﾋｱ
(ｹﾞﾚｯ)
ﾚｯﾂ ｹﾞｯﾃﾞｨｽ ﾊﾟｰﾃｨｰ ｽﾀｰﾃｯ ﾗｲ
ﾗｲ ｵﾝ､ ｶﾓﾝ
ﾜｯ ｳｨ ｶﾞｯﾄｩ ｾｲ
ﾊﾟﾜｰ ﾄｩ ﾀﾞ ﾋﾟｰﾎﾟｰ ﾉｰ ﾃﾞﾚｲ
ﾄｩ ﾒｲｸ ｴﾌﾞﾘﾊﾞﾃﾞｨ ｽｨｰ
ｲﾝ ｵｰﾀﾞｰ ﾄｩ ﾌｧｲ ﾀﾞ ﾊﾟﾜｰｽﾞ
ﾀﾞｯ ﾋﾞｰ

(ﾌｧｲ ﾀﾞ ﾊﾟﾜｰ)