Power to the People

Healthcare in the US is for profit it's disgrace, but yet they fund the projects sending rockets into space. It's not for the common good, the system's rich (people) hogging goods. The rich get positions in the system, build the prisons, make commercials they envision they gonna mold how we living. It always makes me wanna holler how they never locking up the man with the white collar (rich people) putting life below the dollar. If you got the capital to get an ad on TV, you don't need the cash that these advertisers see. Shockingly, not to me, it's a not a myth. It's hypocrisy of a democracy for sale. In court the rich get the best lawyers they can find and find they tip the scale - clients not going to jail. You don't believe me, think back to (Hurricane) Katrina. (George) Bush crimes far beyond a misdemeanor. The government quicker to help disasters overseas than New Orleans evacuees, and when they do it's for certain; it's an act, cash endowed for certain for Halliburton. They say political music is nothing but a downer, 'cause they wanna keep us stupid dropping cash at the counter. Be unique. I'm in the streets with the people. Fight the power. And give power to the people with the power to be equal

HOOK
When I say, "Power to," y'all say, "The people!" Power to, "The People!" Power to, "The People!


So called profits speak that propagand(a). You can't take a man's land and call it 'promised land.' Occupations imperial; the rich killing serial - attacks that's for cash and things material. It happened since back before they knew the earth was spherical (round). I say it's time to solve the problem of twisted capitalistic visions. It's not natural to live in a world with 1/5 in prison. Gotta raise this like Angela Davis got a project to stop them locking up us living in a prison industrial complex. They say that more Blacks in office makes change. Mumia says it's change when the rich stop treating poor workers like they slaves. It's ingrained in the pages of the constitution. Racism listing Blacks as 3/5 of a human, that was the rule. Never gave no 40 acres and a mule (reparations) that was promised - the same government that look the other way at Blacks trapped in the projects. The same feds spreading lead (bullets) leave 'em dead in the desert to expand land for Uncle Sam. It's all planned as long as the people never take a stand. That's the reason why I got the mic in my hand. Forget a battle of the bands. Battling the rich it's a war, 'cause the poor's more important than their grands. It's been too long I can't stand to be a cattle to their brands. Nike, Gap, Adidas I had to leave this. Believe this. Corporate allegiance to symbols the worship like it's Jesus. If the poor unite it's bad for business they can see this.

Forget that minimum wage. They need to start giving us a liveable wage. The union, that's a solution. The rich say it's bad 'cause they scared of revolution. Scared if things change they house size ain't the same - no more diamonds and private planes - no more wars to try and gain - no more fires to acquire size for their empire. We got no problem working hard. The problem is it's not enough jobs and people starve. Drop jobs not bombs. Drop hope not fear. My people got to see it clear. I don't care if you a Democrat, socialist, or communist. All of y'all can see too many not living prosperous. I'm sick of the business with prices preposterous. If you go to Cuba you can go for free to colleges. I can't lie, I can simplify. The world's messed up 'cause the rich can't share their pie. They ignore the projects and try and keep it quiet. The only time they come in is with the army for a riot. Dr. King said that with capitalism men are often judged by the cars that they've driven. It's not about what you earn. It's about time to learn to make changes in the system time to break the riches' prison.

The rich own everything you see in the papers and TV. They own what you hear on the radio and see in in magazines. They own the courts, the police, they own the churches and especially... the colleges......... They tell you what to think - tell you what to do. Tell you what you learn when you sitting there in school - telling you your history of what you thought you knew. Break out the Matrix - learn to see through.