Zack de la Rocha - Take the Power Back lyrics
(Crank the music up...) [Zack de la Rocha] Bring that sh** in UGH Yeah, the movement's in motion with ma** militant poetry Now check this out...UGH! 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 Mother-fu*k Uncle Sam, step back I know who I am Raise up 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 [Hook] Yeah, we gotta take the power back! C'mon, C'MON We gotta take the power back! [Verse 2] 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 Cause holes in our spirit causing 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 that cares about only one culture And that, is why we gotta take the power back [Hook] Aiyyo check, we're gonna have to break it, break it, break it down... Awwww...sh*t! [*guitar break*] And LIKE THIS!!...UGH!! C'MON!!...Yeah!...BRING IT BACK THE OTHER WAY!! UGH! [Verse 3] The teacher stands in front of the cla** But the lesson plan he can't recall The student's eyes don't perceive the lies Bouncing off every f**ing wall His composure is well kept I guess he fears playing the fool The complacent students sit And listen to some of that bullsh** that he learned in school +Europe+ ain't my +rope+ to swing on Can't learn a THING from it, yet we hang from it! (Gotta get it, gotta get it together then Like the motherf**in 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! [Hook] No more lies... No more lies... No more lies... No more lies.. No more lies.. No more lies No more lies No more lies! UGH! [*Instrumental break*] Yeah!! Take it back y'all! Take it back, a-take it back A-take it back y'all! C'MON! Take it back y'all! Take it back, a-take it back A-take it back y'all! C'MON! UGH! YEAH!