This is a song about life, death, love, hate, wealth, poverty, racism just a few things been runnin' through my head listen we call on you listen now, we call on you be strong hear us now when you speak of overthrowing these conditions i think is what frightens people the average american, when you simply say the word overthrow, may see this as something very, very bad i know you're not responsible for his feelings, but, when you say these things, are you threatening someone? right now (people's power) x 3
detroit in '42 new york in '64 blinding by a hundred watts the naked, black, white truth we have to tear down the [(?)] of stupidity and corruption and put up, in it's place, an edifice of truth unite in struggle for people's power unite truth unite in struggle for people's power we are a part of those concerned with gangs meanwhile, uptown, the dj a player everybody's so concerned about heroin and marijuana and all that, until they forget the most dangerousest [sic] narcotic that exist's, and that's the narcotic that's injected into the minds of infants it's called social narcotics so, you know as well as i do that things are changing change, you know meanwhile, uptown, the dj a player revolution change, you know so after you youngsters work to change the system [(?)] submission [(?)] the people's power my guilt makes me [(change) x 3
it's only a matter of time] x 4
(change) x ?
freedom! that's all that life is the record ends and we must begin again