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Rhythm Nation Lyrics
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Bass, bass, bass, bass
Nasty
Three
With music by our side
To break the color lines
Let's work together
To improve our way of life
Join voices in protest
To social injustice
A generation full of courage
Come forth with me
People of the world today
Are we looking for a better way of life? (Sing)
We are a part of the rhythm nation (woo)
People of the world unite
Strength in numbers, we can get it right one time (sing it up)
We are a part of the rhythm nation
This is the test
No struggle, no progress (lend)
Lend a hand to help
Your brother do his best
Things are getting worse
We have to make them better
It's time to give a damn
Let's work together, come on, now
People of the world today
Are we looking for a better way of life? (Sing)
We are a part of the rhythm nation
People of the world unite
Strength in numbers, we can get it right one time (sing it up)
We are a part of the rhythm nation (everybody)
People of the world today
Are we looking for a better way of life? (Sing)
We are a part of the rhythm nation
People of the world unite
Strength in numbers, we can get it right one time (sing it up)
We are a part of the rhythm nation (everybody)
Bass, bass, bass, bass
Bass, bass, bass, bass
Bass, bass
Bass, bass
Bass, bass, bass
Bass, bass
Sing it people, sing it children (rhythm nation)
Sing it if you want a better way of life
Sing it people, sing it children (rhythm nation)
Sing it if you want a better way of life
Nasty
Nasty
Nasty
Bass, bass, bass, bass
Bass, bass, bass, bass
Nas-nas-nasty
Nas-nas-nasty
Everybody sing it
People of the world today
Are we looking for a better way of life? (Sing)
We are a part of the rhythm nation (woo)
People of the world unite
Strength in numbers, we can get it right one time (sing it up)
We are a part of the rhythm nation (rhythm)
People of the world today
Are we looking for a better way of life? (Sing)
We are a part of the rhythm nation (woo)
People of the world unite
Strength in numbers, we can get it right one time (sing it up)
We are a part of the rhythm nation (rhythm)
Rhythm nation
Rhythm nation
Rhythm nation
Rhythm nation
Rhythm nation
Rhythm nation
Rhythm nation
Bass, bass, bass, bass
Nasty
Three
To break the color lines
Let's work together
To improve our way of life
Join voices in protest
To social injustice
A generation full of courage
Come forth with me
Are we looking for a better way of life? (Sing)
We are a part of the rhythm nation (woo)
People of the world unite
Strength in numbers, we can get it right one time (sing it up)
We are a part of the rhythm nation
No struggle, no progress (lend)
Lend a hand to help
Your brother do his best
Things are getting worse
We have to make them better
It's time to give a damn
Let's work together, come on, now
Are we looking for a better way of life? (Sing)
We are a part of the rhythm nation
People of the world unite
Strength in numbers, we can get it right one time (sing it up)
We are a part of the rhythm nation (everybody)
Are we looking for a better way of life? (Sing)
We are a part of the rhythm nation
People of the world unite
Strength in numbers, we can get it right one time (sing it up)
We are a part of the rhythm nation (everybody)
Bass, bass, bass, bass
Bass, bass
Bass, bass
Bass, bass, bass
Bass, bass
Sing it if you want a better way of life
Sing it people, sing it children (rhythm nation)
Sing it if you want a better way of life
Nasty
Nasty
Bass, bass, bass, bass
People of the world today
Are we looking for a better way of life? (Sing)
We are a part of the rhythm nation (woo)
People of the world unite
Strength in numbers, we can get it right one time (sing it up)
We are a part of the rhythm nation (rhythm)
Are we looking for a better way of life? (Sing)
We are a part of the rhythm nation (woo)
People of the world unite
Strength in numbers, we can get it right one time (sing it up)
We are a part of the rhythm nation (rhythm)
Rhythm nation
Rhythm nation
Rhythm nation
Rhythm nation
Rhythm nation
Rhythm nation
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wow, no one's written on this yet.
well, it's basically looking at the distance and segregation between cultures and races within our own country. she's trying to motivate people to work together as one cohesive unit. music is probably the one thing that we all have in common and she tries to use it to connect us.
this is like the only janet jackson song i like cos we do a dance to it at my dance school, haha. I spose the whole jackson family like too unite the world with music, but its kewl.
what spelling is that!
Well, justling, what kind of grammar is that?
good song
Back when this song was written, there was a bit of a stink over black artists being played on MTV. Before this era, black music was black and white music was white. Nowadays there's not really a color line. That's what this song is about. It was written in the heat of the musical color wars.