Take the Power Back (live, Vancouver, BC, 4 11 93 at 86th Street Music Hall)
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The classroom's the last room
That get the truth, yeah
The classroom's the last room
That get the truth
Bring that shit in
Yeah, check this out y'all
As I kick it like wicked style
In the right light, study becomes insight
But the system that dissed us
Teaches us to read and write
So called facts are fraud
They want us to allege and pledge
And bow down to their God
Lost the culture, the culture lost
Spun our minds and through time
Ignorance has taken over
Yo, we gotta take the power back
Bam, here's the plan, motherfuck Uncle Sam
Step back, I know who I am
Raise your ear, I'll drop the style and clear
It's the beats and the lyrics they fear
The rage is relentless
We need a movement with a quickness
You are the witness of change
And to counteract we gotta take the power back
We gotta take the power back
Come on, come on
We gotta take the power back
The present curriculum, I put my fist in 'em
Eurocentric, every last one of 'em
See right through the red, white and blue disguise
With lecture I puncture the structure of lies
Installed in our minds and attempting to hold us back
We've got to take it back
Holes in our spirit causin' tears and fears
One sided stories for years and years and years
I'm inferior? Who's inferior?
Yeah, we need to check the interior of the system
Who cares about only one culture
And that is why we gotta take the power back
We gotta take the power back
Come on, come on
We gotta take the power back
We're gonna break shit down like this
Uh, and like this
Come on
The teacher stands in front of the class
But the lesson plan he can't recall
The student's eyes don't perceive the lies
Bouncing off every fucking wall
His composure is well kept
I guess he fears playing the fool
Complacent students sit and listen to that
Bullshit that he'd learned in school
Europe ain't my rope to swing on
Can't learn a thing from it, yet I hang from it
Gotta get it, gotta get it together then
Like the motherfuckin' weathermen
To expose and close the doors on those who try
To strangle and mangle the truth
'Cause the circle of hatred continues unless we react
We gotta take the power back
We gotta take the power back
Come on, come on
We gotta take the power back
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies, uh
Yeah, take it back y'all, take it back
Uh, take it back, uh, take it back y'all, come on
Take it back y'all, take it back, uh, take it back
Uh, take it back y'all, come on, uh, yeah
That get the truth, yeah
The classroom's the last room
That get the truth
Bring that shit in
Yeah, check this out y'all
As I kick it like wicked style
In the right light, study becomes insight
But the system that dissed us
Teaches us to read and write
So called facts are fraud
They want us to allege and pledge
And bow down to their God
Lost the culture, the culture lost
Spun our minds and through time
Ignorance has taken over
Yo, we gotta take the power back
Bam, here's the plan, motherfuck Uncle Sam
Step back, I know who I am
Raise your ear, I'll drop the style and clear
It's the beats and the lyrics they fear
The rage is relentless
We need a movement with a quickness
You are the witness of change
And to counteract we gotta take the power back
We gotta take the power back
Come on, come on
We gotta take the power back
The present curriculum, I put my fist in 'em
Eurocentric, every last one of 'em
See right through the red, white and blue disguise
With lecture I puncture the structure of lies
Installed in our minds and attempting to hold us back
We've got to take it back
Holes in our spirit causin' tears and fears
One sided stories for years and years and years
I'm inferior? Who's inferior?
Yeah, we need to check the interior of the system
Who cares about only one culture
And that is why we gotta take the power back
We gotta take the power back
Come on, come on
We gotta take the power back
We're gonna break shit down like this
Uh, and like this
Come on
The teacher stands in front of the class
But the lesson plan he can't recall
The student's eyes don't perceive the lies
Bouncing off every fucking wall
His composure is well kept
I guess he fears playing the fool
Complacent students sit and listen to that
Bullshit that he'd learned in school
Europe ain't my rope to swing on
Can't learn a thing from it, yet I hang from it
Gotta get it, gotta get it together then
Like the motherfuckin' weathermen
To expose and close the doors on those who try
To strangle and mangle the truth
'Cause the circle of hatred continues unless we react
We gotta take the power back
We gotta take the power back
Come on, come on
We gotta take the power back
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies, uh
Yeah, take it back y'all, take it back
Uh, take it back, uh, take it back y'all, come on
Take it back y'all, take it back, uh, take it back
Uh, take it back y'all, come on, uh, yeah
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:49.67] The classroom's the last room
[00:51.26] That get the truth, yeah
[00:58.57] The classroom's the last room
[01:00.06] That get the truth
[01:05.82] Bring that shit in
[01:15.91] Yeah, check this out y'all
[01:20.86] As I kick it like wicked style
[01:24.84] In the right light, study becomes insight
[01:27.08] But the system that dissed us
[01:28.35] Teaches us to read and write
[01:29.69] So called facts are fraud
[01:31.22] They want us to allege and pledge
[01:32.68] And bow down to their God
[01:34.33] Lost the culture, the culture lost
[01:36.88] Spun our minds and through time
[01:39.25] Ignorance has taken over
[01:41.33] Yo, we gotta take the power back
[01:43.87] Bam, here's the plan, motherfuck Uncle Sam
[01:46.47] Step back, I know who I am
[01:47.85] Raise your ear, I'll drop the style and clear
[01:50.46] It's the beats and the lyrics they fear
[01:52.56] The rage is relentless
[01:54.55] We need a movement with a quickness
[01:56.76] You are the witness of change
[01:58.32] And to counteract we gotta take the power back
[02:04.29] We gotta take the power back
[02:08.53] Come on, come on
[02:13.05] We gotta take the power back
[02:17.74] The present curriculum, I put my fist in 'em
[02:20.68] Eurocentric, every last one of 'em
[02:22.93] See right through the red, white and blue disguise
[02:25.02] With lecture I puncture the structure of lies
[02:27.45] Installed in our minds and attempting to hold us back
[02:30.40] We've got to take it back
[02:32.08] Holes in our spirit causin' tears and fears
[02:34.27] One sided stories for years and years and years
[02:36.63] I'm inferior? Who's inferior?
[02:39.03] Yeah, we need to check the interior of the system
[02:41.32] Who cares about only one culture
[02:43.11] And that is why we gotta take the power back
[02:48.39] We gotta take the power back
[02:52.71] Come on, come on
[02:57.23] We gotta take the power back
[03:07.67] We're gonna break shit down like this
[03:10.20]
[03:45.65] Uh, and like this
[03:50.62] Come on
[04:00.22] The teacher stands in front of the class
[04:02.08] But the lesson plan he can't recall
[04:04.39] The student's eyes don't perceive the lies
[04:06.30] Bouncing off every fucking wall
[04:08.83] His composure is well kept
[04:10.56] I guess he fears playing the fool
[04:13.26] Complacent students sit and listen to that
[04:15.49] Bullshit that he'd learned in school
[04:17.62] Europe ain't my rope to swing on
[04:20.08] Can't learn a thing from it, yet I hang from it
[04:22.38] Gotta get it, gotta get it together then
[04:24.46] Like the motherfuckin' weathermen
[04:26.34] To expose and close the doors on those who try
[04:28.53] To strangle and mangle the truth
[04:30.24] 'Cause the circle of hatred continues unless we react
[04:33.78] We gotta take the power back
[04:38.15] We gotta take the power back
[04:42.49] Come on, come on
[04:46.89] We gotta take the power back
[04:51.53]
[05:13.63] No more lies, no more lies
[05:18.96] No more lies, no more lies
[05:23.70] No more lies, no more lies
[05:28.97] No more lies, no more lies, uh
[05:33.68] Yeah, take it back y'all, take it back
[05:43.61] Uh, take it back, uh, take it back y'all, come on
[05:46.37] Take it back y'all, take it back, uh, take it back
[05:48.50] Uh, take it back y'all, come on, uh, yeah
[05:55.05]
[00:51.26] That get the truth, yeah
[00:58.57] The classroom's the last room
[01:00.06] That get the truth
[01:05.82] Bring that shit in
[01:15.91] Yeah, check this out y'all
[01:20.86] As I kick it like wicked style
[01:24.84] In the right light, study becomes insight
[01:27.08] But the system that dissed us
[01:28.35] Teaches us to read and write
[01:29.69] So called facts are fraud
[01:31.22] They want us to allege and pledge
[01:32.68] And bow down to their God
[01:34.33] Lost the culture, the culture lost
[01:36.88] Spun our minds and through time
[01:39.25] Ignorance has taken over
[01:41.33] Yo, we gotta take the power back
[01:43.87] Bam, here's the plan, motherfuck Uncle Sam
[01:46.47] Step back, I know who I am
[01:47.85] Raise your ear, I'll drop the style and clear
[01:50.46] It's the beats and the lyrics they fear
[01:52.56] The rage is relentless
[01:54.55] We need a movement with a quickness
[01:56.76] You are the witness of change
[01:58.32] And to counteract we gotta take the power back
[02:04.29] We gotta take the power back
[02:08.53] Come on, come on
[02:13.05] We gotta take the power back
[02:17.74] The present curriculum, I put my fist in 'em
[02:20.68] Eurocentric, every last one of 'em
[02:22.93] See right through the red, white and blue disguise
[02:25.02] With lecture I puncture the structure of lies
[02:27.45] Installed in our minds and attempting to hold us back
[02:30.40] We've got to take it back
[02:32.08] Holes in our spirit causin' tears and fears
[02:34.27] One sided stories for years and years and years
[02:36.63] I'm inferior? Who's inferior?
[02:39.03] Yeah, we need to check the interior of the system
[02:41.32] Who cares about only one culture
[02:43.11] And that is why we gotta take the power back
[02:48.39] We gotta take the power back
[02:52.71] Come on, come on
[02:57.23] We gotta take the power back
[03:07.67] We're gonna break shit down like this
[03:10.20]
[03:45.65] Uh, and like this
[03:50.62] Come on
[04:00.22] The teacher stands in front of the class
[04:02.08] But the lesson plan he can't recall
[04:04.39] The student's eyes don't perceive the lies
[04:06.30] Bouncing off every fucking wall
[04:08.83] His composure is well kept
[04:10.56] I guess he fears playing the fool
[04:13.26] Complacent students sit and listen to that
[04:15.49] Bullshit that he'd learned in school
[04:17.62] Europe ain't my rope to swing on
[04:20.08] Can't learn a thing from it, yet I hang from it
[04:22.38] Gotta get it, gotta get it together then
[04:24.46] Like the motherfuckin' weathermen
[04:26.34] To expose and close the doors on those who try
[04:28.53] To strangle and mangle the truth
[04:30.24] 'Cause the circle of hatred continues unless we react
[04:33.78] We gotta take the power back
[04:38.15] We gotta take the power back
[04:42.49] Come on, come on
[04:46.89] We gotta take the power back
[04:51.53]
[05:13.63] No more lies, no more lies
[05:18.96] No more lies, no more lies
[05:23.70] No more lies, no more lies
[05:28.97] No more lies, no more lies, uh
[05:33.68] Yeah, take it back y'all, take it back
[05:43.61] Uh, take it back, uh, take it back y'all, come on
[05:46.37] Take it back y'all, take it back, uh, take it back
[05:48.50] Uh, take it back y'all, come on, uh, yeah
[05:55.05]