The Power of Equality
I've
got a soul
That
can not sleep
At
night when something
Just
ain't right
Blood
red
But
without sight
Exploding
egos
In
the night
Mix
like sticks
Of
dynamite
Red
black or white
This
is my fight
Come
on courage
Let's
be heard
Turn
feelings
Into
words
American
equality
Has
always been sour
An
attitude
I
would like to devour
My
name is peace
This
is my hour
Can
I get
Just
a little bit of power
(chorus)The
power of equality
Is
not yet what it ought to be
It
fills me up like a hollow tree
The
power of equality
Right
or wrong
My
song is strong
You
don't like it
Get
along
Say
what I want
Do
what I can
Death
to the message
Of
the Ku Klux Klan
I
don't buy supremacy
Media
chief
You
menance me
The
people you say
Cause
all the crime
Wake
up motherfucker
And
smell the slime
Blackest
anger
Whitest
fear
Can
you hear me
Am
I clear
My
name is peace
This
is my hour
Can
I get
Just
a little bit of power
(chorus)
I've
got tapes
I've
got c.d.'s
I've
got my Public Enemy
My
lilly white ass
Is
tickled pink
When
I listen to the music
That
makes me think
Not
another
Motherfuckin'
politician
Doin'
nothin' but something
For
his own ambition
Never
touch
The
sound we make
Soul
sacred love
Vows
that we take
To
create straight
What
is true
Yo
he's with me
And
what I do
My
name is peace
This
is my hour
Can
I get
Just
a little bit of power
(chorus)
Madder
than a motherfucker
Lick
my finger
Can't
forget
'Cause
the memory lingers
Count
'em off quick
Little
piccadilly sickness
Take
me to the hick
Eat
my thickness
I've
got a welt
From
the Bible belt
Dealing
with the hand
That
I've been dealt
Sitting
in the grip
Of
a killing fist
Giving
up blood
Just
to exist
Rub
me wrong
And
I get pissed
No
I can not
Get
to this
People
in pain
I
do not dig it
Change
of brain
For
Mr. Bigot
Little
brother do you hear me
Have
a heart oh come get near me
Misery
is not my friend
But
I'll break before I bend
What
I see is insanity
Whatever happened to humanity