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Yet our best trained, best educated |
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Best equipped, best prepared troops refused to fight |
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Matter of fact, it's safe to say |
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That they would rather switch than fight |
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Give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, come on and get down |
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Give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, come on and get down |
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Give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, come on and get down |
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Give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, come on and get down |
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Come on and get down |
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1989 the number, another summer |
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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 an' sisters, hey |
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Listen if you're missin' y'all |
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Swingin' while I'm singin', givin' whatcha gettin' |
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Knowin' what I knowin', while the black bands sweatin' |
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An' the rhythm rhyme rollin' |
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Gotta give us what we want |
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Gotta give us what we need |
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Our freedom of speech is freedom or death |
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We gotta fight the powers that be |
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Fight the power, fight the power |
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Fight the power, fight the power |
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Fight the power, fight the power |
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Fight the power, we've gotta fight the powers that be |
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As 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 you've realized the prides arrived |
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We gotta pump the stuff to make us tough |
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From the heart, it's a start, a work of art |
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To revolutionize, make a change, nothin's strange |
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People, people, we are the same |
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No, we're not the same 'cause we don't know the game |
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What we need is awareness, we can't 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 fitness |
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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 be |
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Fight the power, fight the power |
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Fight the power, fight the power |
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Fight the power, fight the power |
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Fight the power, we've gotta fight the powers that be |
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Fight the power, fight the power |
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Fight the power, fight the power |
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Fight the power, fight the power |
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Fight the power, we've gotta fight the powers that be |
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Elvis was a hero to most but he, Elvis was a hero to most |
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Elvis was a hero to most, but he never meant shit to me |
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You see straight up racist that sucker was |
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Simple an' plain, mother fuck him an' John Wayne |
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'Cause I'm black an' I'm proud |
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I'm ready an' hyped |
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Plus I'm amped |
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Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamp |
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Sample a look back you look an' find |
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Nothin' but rednecks for 400 years, if you check |
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'Don't worry be happy' was a number one jam |
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Damn, if I say it you can slap me right here |
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Get it, let's get this party started right |
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Right on, c'mon, what we gotta say |
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Power to the people no delay, make everybody see |
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In order to fight the powers that be |
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Fight the power, fight the power |
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Fight the power, fight the power |
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We've gotta fight the powers that be |
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What we gotta say, fight the power |
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What we gotta say, fight the power, come on |
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What we gotta say, fight the power |
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What we gotta say, fight the power, come on |
