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The Power of Equality Lyrics
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
The power of equality
Is not yet what it ought to be (chorus)
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
Ehhemmm. The intro is, "Hey batta batta hey batta hey batta batta Hey batta batta hey batta hey batta batta Hey batta batta hey batta hey batta batta hey batta batta hey batta batta...SWING!" =]
"I've got a welt/From the Bible Belt"...see Shallow Be Thy Game.
About injustice, but I think it's also about how the narrator feels personally guilty about injustice, because they're part of the culture that caused it..."my lilly white ass" etc.
People are all equal no matter what race, religion, sex or whatever. It's so stupid just to hate someone because they're "different".
This song rocks, I 1st heard it when i was doin' American History fo ma GCSE's and we were doin' about the struggle that the black americans had to go thru to get equality, and this song is about how they still aint got it 'American equality Has always been sour' but how people did change their opinions towards them.
The Guys a leftie! (socialist) Im delighted.
i love this song now if only everyone could learn from it!!! thats what this world needs right now
u know what's really stupid but kinda funny? i always thought anthony was saying "my name is beast, this is my hour." ok yeah im stupid lol
this song rocks!!!
Ah, I have grown to love this song. I especially love how it sounds when it hits the chorus, the music... almost like a meltdown of some kind. And, yeah, the message seems pretty obvious. Is fun.
well basically its about the power of equality... everyone it equal no matter how diffrent they are! i love this song... i really love the part wen he sings "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?"
its amazing just like all there other songs!!!
its beyond amazing!!! i cant think of a word thats good enough to explain it!!!