Fight the Power (Do the Right Thing / Soundtrack version)

[00:02.13] 1989 the number another summer (get down)
[00:26.61] Sound of the funky drummer
[00:28.21] Music hittin' your heart 'cause I know you got sould
[00:30.78] (Brothers and sisters hey)
[00:32.60] Listen if you're missin' y'all
[00:34.25] Swingin' while i'm singin'
[00:36.05] Givin' whatcha gettin'
[00:37.15] Knowin' what I know
[00:38.45] While the black bands sweatin'
[00:40.49] And the rhythm rhymes rollin'
[00:41.82] Got to give us what we want
[00:43.82] Gotta give us what we need
[00:46.03] Our freedom of speech is freedom or death
[00:48.38] We got to fight the powers that be
[00:50.23] (Let me hear you say)
[00:51.00] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[00:53.82] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[00:55.63] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[00:58.58] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[01:00.37] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[01:03.15] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[01:04.89] Fight the power
[01:06.43] We gotta fight the power that be
[01:09.37] As the rhythm designed to bounce
[01:10.86] What counts is that the rhymes
[01:12.25] Designed to fill your mind
[01:13.53] Now that you've realized the prides arrived
[01:15.96] We got to pump the stuff to make us tough
[01:18.14] From the heart
[01:18.80] It's a start, a work of art
[01:20.46] To revolutionize make a change nothin's strange
[01:23.37] People, people we are the same
[01:25.21] No we're not the same
[01:26.38] 'Cause we don't know the game
[01:27.95] What we need is awareness, we can't get careless
[01:31.01] You say what is this?
[01:33.03] My beloved lets get down to business
[01:35.41] Mental self defensive fitness
[01:37.47] (Yo) bum rush the show
[01:39.19] You gotta go for what you know
[01:41.59] Make everybody see, in order to fight the powers that be
[01:45.69] (Let me hear you say)
[01:46.42] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[01:49.23] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[01:51.08] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[01:53.95] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[01:55.64] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[01:58.50] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[02:00.39] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[02:01.82] We gotta fight the power that be
[02:05.78] C'mon, what you got?
[02:08.05] C'mon, what you got?
[02:10.42] C'mon, what you got?
[02:12.71] C'mon, c'mon, c'mon
[02:15.02] C'mon, what you got?
[02:17.39] C'mon, what you got?
[02:19.67] C'mon, what you got?
[02:22.05] C'mon, c'mon, c'mon
[02:23.24] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[02:27.91] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[02:30.85] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[02:32.50] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[02:35.48] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[02:37.17] Fight the power (Let me hear you say)
[02:38.88] We gotta fight the power that be
[02:41.74] Elvis was a hero to most
[02:43.88] But he never meant shit to me you see
[02:45.72] Straight up racist that sucker was
[02:47.55] Simple and plain
[02:48.46] Motherfuking him and John Wayne
[02:50.01] 'Cause I'm black and I'm proud
[02:51.45] I'm ready and hyped plus I'm amped
[02:53.35] Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps
[02:55.63] Sample a look back you look and find
[02:57.38] Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check
[02:59.94] Don't worry be happy
[03:01.19] Was a number one jam
[03:02.62] Damn if I say it you can slap me right here
[03:04.84] (Get it) let's get this party started right
[03:08.08] Right on, c'mon
[03:09.55] What we got to say
[03:11.83] Power to the people no delay
[03:13.53] To make everybody see
[03:15.58] In order to fight the powers that be
[03:18.75] Fight the power
[03:23.35] Fight the power
[03:27.97] Fight the power
[03:32.52] Fight the power
[03:34.21] We gotta fight the power that be
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