The Power of Equality

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[00:05.25] Hey, batter batter, hey, batter, hey, batter batter
[00:07.79] Hey, batter batter, hey, batter, hey, batter batter
[00:09.94] Hey, batter batter, hey, batter, hey, batter batter
[00:12.05] Hey, batter batter, swing!
[00:14.30] I've got a soul that cannot sleep
[00:16.50] At night when something just ain't right
[00:19.36] Blood red but without sight
[00:21.05] Exploding egos in the night
[00:23.52] Mix like sticks of dynamite
[00:25.64] Red black or white, this is my fight
[00:28.17] Come on courage, let's be heard
[00:30.76] Turn feelings into words
[00:32.65] American equality has always been sour
[00:35.31] An attitude, I would like to devour
[00:37.26] My name is peace, this is my hour
[00:40.21] Can I get just a little bit of power?
[00:42.39] The power of equality
[00:47.27] Is not yet what it ought to be (ought to be)
[00:52.19] It fills me up like a hollow tree (hollow tree)
[00:56.77] The power of equality
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[01:10.32] Right or wrong, my song is strong
[01:13.03] You don't like it, get along
[01:14.68] Say what I want, do what I can
[01:17.47] Death to the message of the Ku Klux Klan
[01:19.84] I don't buy supremacy
[01:22.06] Media chief, you menace me
[01:24.22] The people you say cause all the crime
[01:26.47] Wake up, motherfucker and smell the slime
[01:29.19] Blackest anger, whitest fear
[01:31.57] Can you hear me, am I clear?
[01:33.56] My name is peace, this is my hour
[01:36.43] Can I get just a little bit of power?
[01:38.45] The power of equality
[01:43.61] Is not yet what it ought to be (ought to be)
[01:48.38] It fills me up like a hollow tree (hollow tree)
[01:52.94] The power of equality
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[02:16.10] Well, I've got tapes, I've got CD's
[02:18.24] I've got my Public Enemy
[02:20.68] My lilly white ass is tickled pink
[02:22.82] When I listen to the music that makes me think
[02:25.57] Not another motherfuckin' politician
[02:27.56] Doin' nothin' but something for his own ambition
[02:30.57] I never touch the sound we make
[02:32.13] Soul sacred love, vows that we take
[02:34.96] To create straight what is true
[02:36.94] Yo, he's with me and what I do
[02:39.33] My name is peace, this is my hour
[02:42.14] Can I get just a little bit of power?
[02:44.41] The power of equality
[02:49.31] Is not yet what it ought to be (ought to be)
[02:53.92] It fills me up like a hollow tree (hollow tree)
[02:58.83] The power of equality
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[03:12.63] Madder than a motherfucker, lick my finger
[03:15.29] Can't forget 'cause the memory lingers
[03:17.48] Count 'em off quick, little Piccadilly sickness
[03:19.58] Take me to the hick, eat my thickness
[03:22.05] I've got a welt from the Bible belt
[03:24.31] Dealing with the hand that I've been dealt
[03:26.63] Sitting in the grip of a killing fist
[03:28.94] Giving up blood just to exist
[03:31.36] Rub me wrong and I get pissed
[03:33.80] No, I cannot get to this
[03:35.99] People in pain, I do not dig it
[03:38.40] Change of brain for Mr. Bigot
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[03:45.69] Little brother, do you hear me?
[03:47.87] Have a heart, oh, come get near me
[03:49.84] Misery is not my friend
[03:52.39] But I'll break before I bend
[03:54.70] What I see is insanity
[03:56.94] Whatever happened to humanity?
[03:59.30] Whatever happened to humanity?
[04:01.57] Whatever happened to humanity?
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