It's a song about life death love hate wealth poverty racism
Just a few things been runnin' through my head
Listen
We call on you
Listen
Now we call on you
Be strong
Hear us now
When you speak of overthrowing those conditions
I think this is what frightens people from the freedom of
The average American when you simply say the word overthrow
May see this as something very very bad
I know you're not responsible for his feelings
But when you say these things are you threatening someone
Right now
People's power
People's power
People's power
Detroit in '42
New York in '64
Blinding by a hundred watts
The naked black white truth
Destroy the establishment tear down the face of stupidity and corruption
And put up in it's place an edifice of truth
Unite in struggle for people's power
Unite unite unite truth
Unite in struggle for people's power
We are a part of those concerned with gangs
Meanwhile uptown the dj a player
Everybody's so concerned about h****n and m*******a and all that
Until they forget the most dangerousest narcotic that exist's
And that's the narcotic that's injected into the minds of infants
It's called social narcotics
So you know as well as I do that things are changing
Yeah change you know
Meanwhile uptown the dj a player
Revolution
Yeah change you know
My gift Make music
So I say you youngster's gotta get a job
Work to change the system
Definacy Equal justice
Submission
Moving on
The people's power
Ghetto wack lining my ears
My gift Make music
Change change change
It's only a matter of time
Change change change
It's only a matter of time
Change change change
It's only a matter of time
Change change change change change change
It's only a matter of time
Freedom
Freedom
That's all that life is
The record ends and we must begin again