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1989 the number another summer, get down |
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Sound of the funky drummer |
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Music hittin your heart, 'cause I know you got soul |
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Brothers and sistersListen if youre missin yall |
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Swingin while Im singin |
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Givin whatcha gettin |
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Knowin what I know andWhile the black bands sweatin |
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And the rhythm rhymes rollin |
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Got to give us what we want |
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Gotta give us what we needOur freedom of speech is freedom or death |
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We've got to fight the powers that beLemme hear you say |
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Fight the power |
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Lemme hear you say |
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Fight the powerLemme hear you say |
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Fight the power |
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Lemme hear you say |
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Fight the powerLemme hear you say |
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Fight the power |
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Lemme hear you say |
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Fight the power |
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We've got to fight the powers that beAs the rhythm designed to bounce |
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What counts is that the rhymes designed to fill your mind |
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Now that youve realized the prides arrived |
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We got to pump the stuff to make us toughFrom the heart, its a start, a work of art |
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To revolutionize, make a change, nothins strange |
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People, people, we are the same |
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No, were not the same, 'cause we dont know the gameWhat we need is awareness, we cant get careless |
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You say what is this? |
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My beloved, let's get down to business |
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Mental self defensive fitnessYo, bum rush the show |
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You gotta go for what you know |
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To make everybody see |
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In order to fight the powers that beLemme hear you say |
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Fight the power |
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Lemme hear you |
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Fight the powerLemme hear you say |
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Fight the power |
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Lemme hear you |
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Fight the powerLemme hear you say |
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Fight the power |
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Lemme hear you |
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Fight the powerLemme hear you say |
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Fight the power |
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We've got to fight the powers that beLemme hear you say |
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Fight the power |
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Lemme hear you |
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Lemme hear you say |
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Fight the powerLemme hear you say |
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Fight the power |
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Lemme hear you say |
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Fight the powerLemme hear you |
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Fight the power |
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Lemme hear you say |
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Fight the power |
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We've got to fight the powers that beElvis was a hero to most |
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But he never meant shit to me you see |
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Straight up racist that sucker was |
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Simple and plainMother fuck him and John Wayne |
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'Cause Im black and Im proud |
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Im ready and hyped plus Im amped |
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Most of my heroes dont appear on no stampsSample a look back you look and find |
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Nothing but rednecks for four hundred years if you check |
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Dont worry be happy was a number one jam |
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Damn, if I say it you can slap me right hereLet's get this party started right |
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Right on, cmon, what we got to say |
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Power to the people, no delay |
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Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that beFight the power |
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Fight the power |
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Fight the power |
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Fight the power |
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We've got to fight the powers that be |
