Chuck: 

The year is 2020 the number, another summer 

Get down 

Sound of a funky drummer, music hitting your heart ‘cause I know you got soul 

(Brothers and Sisters) 

 

Nas: 

The information age got em seeing whats really wrong with these racist days 

Honor the strong and pity the weak, your thoughts run your life be careful what you think 

Haiti beat France century 17, Salute Toussaint and Dessaline 

And I do love France know what I mean, it’s a system of talk and nobody’s agreeing 

They say its suicide when dead bodies are swinging 

Cowards are hunting black men that’s what I’m seeing 

How many toasters have been burnt down and once central park was a thriving black town 

Yo Chuck, I’m fighting the power right now, thanks to you, Flav and PE putting it down 

Putting ya life on the line so I can rap now 

The next generation still singing fight the power 

 

Chorus: 

Fight the power (8x) 

We gotta fight the powers that be! 

 

Rapsody: 

Police think they reign, Sick none over the law 

Wanna give us short sticks But we really Nia Long 

To the Boyz N the Hood got the bullets & batons 

The Boyz n the hood triple K’s on they arm 

4 fingers on my palm screaming fight, change the policy, defund, buy back our property 

You love black panther but not Fred Hampton 

Word to the Howards and the Aggies and the Hamptons 

They book us, wont book us, I’m Booker 

T Washington, George kill for a 20 

Think about it, that’s 2000 pennies 

The value of black life the cost of going to Wendy’s for a 

4 quarter burger ended in murder 

Fight for Breonna and the pain of her mamma gotta fight! 

 

Chorus: 

Fight the power (8x) 

We gotta fight the powers that be! 

 

Black Thought: 

Yo, Generations is how long we’ve been at war 

The revolution on all platforms, you break a man mind and his back 

Your solidarity is what I’m wearing all black for 

For comrades who done fought without me it’s not to try and change all thoughts about me or 

To redirect your reports about me, Dear white people you should take a course about me, cause 

Is it the long dingaling four finger ring 

The sciences and the arts the songs we can sing 

I really wanna know why y’all so scared, prolly cause the promise land we almost there, but look 

I think of images that fueled my youth 

Interviews by Craig Hodges and Abdul-Rauf 

Examples like Olympic black power salute to panther troops I saw as I pursued my truth 

If racism is a cancer Black Thought’s the answer gotta get up off the back porch 

Emancipate ya mind get ya bodies back from ransom 

(Come on) 

And all black hands up for the anthem 

 

Jahi: 

People people, stronger than this evil 

Smashin your power structure melanin royal regal 

System designed to kill and unprotect 

Worldwide hit the streets just to get some respect 

Our fight and our rights for freedom will never waver 

Justice Breonna Taylor, salute Chuck & Flava 

Feel the same anger since Radio Raheem died 

Black power to the people, push forward pride 

 

YG: 

Fight the power like it’s a opp though 

Born to fight I made it off the block though 

Thought he had a gun and he was black that’s the combo 

The police killed George having a convo 

They killed Malcom X they killed Dr King 

They gave us guns an dope they wanna stop our kings 

Tryna erase our history stop and think, history class ain’t tell us ’bout Juneteenth 

Cops don’t give a damn about a negro 

Pull a trigger kill a negro he’s a hero 

Fuck living life on welfare 

The last one who cared was Obama care 

Round 12 nose kinda bloody, gotta keep fightin 

Trump flew to north korea they respect violence 

If you ain’t tryna have your city on fire put some respect on our name 

We come from gold and diamonds 

 

Chorus: 

Fight the power (8x) 

We gotta fight the powers that be! 

 

Chuck: 

Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant sht to me you see. 

Straight up racist that sucker was, simple and plain 

Motherfk 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 the number one jam 

Damn If I said 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, power to the people no delay 

Make everybody see and all that you fight the powers that be!