Fight the Power Songtext

von Public Enemy

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In dem Song "Fight the Power" von Public Enemy aus dem Jahr 1989 geht es darum, gegen die Unterdrückung und Ungerechtigk...

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 fi 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 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 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 it is?
My beloved let's get down to business
Mental self defense fitness
(Yo) bum rush the show
You gotta for what you know
Make everybody see
In order to fight the power 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 power 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 power that be

Elvis was a hero to most
But he never meant shit to me you see
Straight up racist the sucker was
Mother fuck him and John Wayne
'Cause I'm black and 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 you can slap me right here
(Get it) Let's get this party started right
Right on, c'mon
What we got to say
Yeah, power to the people no delay
To make everybody see
In order to fight the power that be

Fight the power, 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
What we got to say, fight the power
What we got to say, fight the power