Public Enemy - Fight The Power (Soundtrack Version) Lyrics

Songwriters: Keith Boxley, Carlton Ridenhour, Eric Sadler, Hank Shocklee

1989 the number another summer, get down
Sound of the funky drummer
Music hittin' your heart, 'cause I know you got soul
Brothers and sisters

Listen if you're missin' y'all
Swingin' while I'm singin'
Givin' whatcha gettin'
Knowin' what I know and

While the black bands sweatin'
And the rhythm rhymes rollin'
Got to give us what we want
Gotta give us what we need

Our freedom of speech is freedom or death
We've got to fight the powers that be

Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power

Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power

Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
We've got to fight the powers that be

As the rhythm designed to bounce
What counts is that the rhymes designed to fill your mind
Now that you've realized the prides arrived
We got to pump the stuff to make us tough

From the heart, it's a start, a work of art
To revolutionize, make a change, nothin's strange
People, people, we are the same
No, we're not the same, 'cause we don't know the game

What we need is awareness, we can't get careless
You say what is this?
My beloved, let's get down to business
Mental self defensive fitness

Yo, bum rush the show
You gotta go for what you know
To make everybody see
In order to fight the powers that be

Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you
Fight the power

Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you
Fight the power

Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you
Fight the power

Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
We've got to fight the powers that be

Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power

Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power

Lemme hear you
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
We've got to fight the powers that be

Elvis was a hero to most
But he never meant shit to me you see
Straight up racist that sucker was
Simple and plain

Mother fuck him and John Wayne
'Cause I'm black and I'm proud
I'm ready and hyped plus I'm amped
Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps

Sample a look back you look and find
Nothing but rednecks for four hundred years if you check
Don't worry be happy was a number one jam
Damn, if I say it you can slap me right here

Let's get this party started right
Right on, c'mon, what we got to say
Power to the people, no delay
Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that be

Fight the power
Fight the power
Fight the power
Fight the power
We've got to fight the powers that be

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1	A Letter To The NY Post
2	MKLVFKWR (Put Your Hands In The Air)
3	Y'all Don't Know (So What Ya Saying?)
4	Super Agent...He Is What He Is
5	Living In A Zoo
6	Put It Up
7	Get the F... Outta Dodge
8	White Heaven / Black Hell
9	Fight The Power (Soundtrack Version)
10	Incident At 66.6 FM (Instrumental)
11	Kill Em Live
12	I Stand Accused - Clean Version
13	Swindlers Lust
14	Race Against Time
15	Bring The Noise(Anthrax)
16	Living In A Zoo (The 13th Message)
17	Harder Than You Think
18	Revolverlution
19	The Enemy Battle Hymn Of The Public
20	Watch The Door
21	Pump The Music, Pump The Sound
22	Son of a Bush
23	Hard Rhymin'
24	Plastic Nation
25	Gotta Give The Peeps What They Need
26	House Sell Soul To A Souless People Who Sold Their Soul?
27	How You Sell Soul To A Souless People Who Sold Their Soul?
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Public Enemy - Miscellaneous Album Lyrics
1.	A Letter To The NY Post
2.	MKLVFKWR (Put Your Hands In The Air)
3.	Y'all Don't Know (So What Ya Saying?)
4.	Super Agent...He Is What He Is
5.	Living In A Zoo
6.	Put It Up
7.	Get the F... Outta Dodge
8.	White Heaven / Black Hell
9.	Fight The Power (Soundtrack Version)
10.	Incident At 66.6 FM (Instrumental)
11.	Kill Em Live
12.	I Stand Accused - Clean Version
13.	Swindlers Lust
14.	Race Against Time
15.	Bring The Noise(Anthrax)
16.	Living In A Zoo (The 13th Message)
17.	Harder Than You Think
18.	Revolverlution
19.	The Enemy Battle Hymn Of The Public
20.	Watch The Door
21.	Pump The Music, Pump The Sound
22.	Son of a Bush
23.	Hard Rhymin'
24.	Plastic Nation
25.	Gotta Give The Peeps What They Need
26.	House Sell Soul To A Souless People Who Sold Their Soul?
27.	How You Sell Soul To A Souless People Who Sold Their Soul?

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