Ali G Indahouse movie - Fight The Power lyrics

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Song by Public Enemy<br /><br>

1989 the number another summer (get down)<br>

Sound of the funky drummer<br>

Music hittin' your heart cause I know you got sould<br>

(Brothers and sisters, hey)<br>

Listen if you're missin' y'all<br>

Swingin' while I'm singin'<br>

Givin' whatcha gettin'<br>

Knowin' what I know<br>

While the Black bands sweatin'<br>

And the rhythm rhymes rollin'<br>

Got to give us what we want<br>

Gotta give us what we need<br>

Our freedom of speech is freedom or death<br>

We got to fight the powers that be<br>

Lemme hear you say<br>

Fight the power<br>

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Chorus<br>

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As the rhythm designed to bounce<br>

What counts is that the rhymes<br>

Designed to fill your mind<br>

Now that you've realized the prides arrived<br>

We got to pump the stuff to make us tough<br>

from the heart<br>

It's a start, a work of art<br>

To revolutionize make a change nothin's strange<br>

People, people we are the same<br>

No we're not the same<br>

Cause we don't know the game<br>

What we need is awareness, we can't get careless<br>

You say what is this?<br>

My beloved lets get down to business<br>

Mental self defensive fitness<br>

(Yo) bum rush the show<br>

You gotta go for what you know<br>

Make everybody see, in order to fight the powers that be<br>

Lemme hear you say...<br>

Fight the Power<br>

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Chorus<br>

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Elvis was a hero to most<br>

But he never meant ---- to me you see<br>

Straight up racist that sucker was<br>

Simple and plain<br>

Mother---- him and John Wayne<br>

Cause I'm Black and I'm proud<br>

I'm ready and hyped plus I'm amped<br>

Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps<br>

Sample a look back you look and find<br>

Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check<br>

Don't worry be happy<br>

Was a number one jam<br>

Damn if I say it you can slap me right here<br>

(Get it) lets get this party started right<br>

Right on, c'mon<br>

What we got to say<br>

Power to the people no delay<br>

To make everybody see<br>

In order to fight the powers that be<br>

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(Fight the Power)<br>

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