Lyrics

(Verse) 1968, USA, a million black models having their day Mexico city, blood red sky, polite stain here, fists held high (Pre-Chorus) Some for justice, rectify With snipping columns struck their pride (Chorus) Took a black power salute Took a black power salute Took a black power salute Take a free to define the truth (Verse) Political protests of a higher time For simple rights better be in deny Our lives in wait, our end directed A revolution, our distant nights (Pre-Chorus) Some for justice, rectify With snipping columns struck their pride (Chorus) Took a black power salute Took a black power salute Took a black power salute Take a free to define the truth (Chorus) Took a black power salute Took a black power salute Took a black power salute Take a free to define the truth