Fight the Power (Do The Right Thing/Soundtrack Version)

Lyrics

[Intro: Take 6] W-E-L-O-V-E 108 FM "Uh, get it, get—, get—, get—, get it" "Come on and get down" ("Uh") "Come on and get down" ("Uh") "Yo-ho" [Verse 1: Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Both] 1989 the number, another summer (Get down) Sound of the funky drummer Music hittin' your heart 'cause I know you got soul Brothers and sisters ("Hey, hey") Listen if you're missin', y'all Swingin' while I'm singin' (Hey), givin' what you're gettin' Knowin' what I know and while the Black band's sweatin' And the rhythm-rhyme rollin' Got to give us what we want (Uh) Gotta give us what we need (Hey, haha, hey) Our freedom of speech is freedom of death We've got to fight the powers that be [Chorus: Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Both] (Let me hear you say) Fight the power (Let me hear you—) Fight the power (Let me hear you say) Fight the power (Let me hear you—) Fight the power (Let me hear you say) Fight the power (Let me hear you—) Fight the power (Let me hear you say) Fight the power (Let me hear you—) We've got to fight the powers that be ("Just hit me") [Verse 2: Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Both] As the rhythm's designed to bounce, what counts Is that the rhyme's designed to fill your mind Now that you've realized the pride's arrived We got to pump the stuff to make you tough From the heart, it's a start, a work of art ("Oh, jam") To revolutionize, make a change, nothing's strange People, people, we are the same ("Gotta get—") No, we're not the same 'cause we don't know the game ("Gotta get over", "Uh") What we need is awareness, we can't get careless You say, "What is this?" ("Jam") My beloved, let's get down to business, mental self-defensive fitness Bum-rush the show You got to go for what you know To make everybody see In order to fight the powers that be [Chorus: Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Both] (Let me hear you say) Fight the power (Let me hear you—) Fight the power (Let me hear you say) Fight the power (Let me hear you—) Fight the power (Let me hear you say) Fight the power (Let me hear you—) Fight the power (Let me hear you say) Fight the power (Let me hear you—) We've got to fight the powers that be ("Just hit me") [Break] "Go, go" "Get down" "Come on and get down" "Go, go" "Get down" "Come on and get down" "Go, go" "Get down" "Come on and get down" "Uh" "Go, go" "Get down" "Come on, come on, come on" "Go, go" "Get down" "Come on and get down" "Go, go" "Get down" "Come on and get down" "Go, go" "Get down" "Come on and get down" "Go, go" "Get down" "Come on, come on, come on" [Chorus: Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Both] (Let me hear you say) Fight the power (Let me hear you—) (Let me hear you say) Fight the power (Let me hear you—) Fight the power (Let me hear you say) Fight the power (Let me hear you—) Fight the power (Let me hear you say) Fight the power (Let me hear you—) We've got to fight the powers that be ("Just hit me") [Verse 3: Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Both] Elvis was a hero to most, but he never meant shit to me You see, straight-out racist the sucker was simple and plain Motherfuck him and John Wayne 'Cause I'm Black and I'm proud, I'm ready, I'm hyped, plus I'm amped Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps Sample a look back, you look and find nothing But rednecks for four hundred years if you check "Don't Worry Be Happy" was a number-one jam Damn, if I say it, you can slap me right here Get it, let's get this party started right Right on, come on What we got to say? ("Yeah") Power to the people, no delay Make everybody see In order to fight the powers that be ("Just hit me") [Chorus: Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Both] Fight the power ("Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, y'all") Fight the power ("Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, y'all") Fight the power ("Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, y'all") Fight the power ("Yes, yes") We've got to fight the powers that be [Instrumental Outro]