take the power back
                                        
                              in the right light
                             study becomes insight
                         but the system that dissed us
                         teaches us to read and write
                           so-called facts are fraud
                       they want us to allege and pledge
                           and bow down to their god
                               lost the culture
                               the culture lost
                        spun our minds and through time
                           ignorance has taken over
                         we gotta take the power back
                            bam ... here's the plan
                             motherfuck uncle sam
                                   step back
                                i know who i am
                               raise up your ear
                         i'll drop the style and clear
                      it's the beast and lyrics they fear
                            the rage is relentless
                       we need a movement with quickness
                         you are the witness of change
                               and to counteract
                         we gotta take the power back
                         we gotta take the power back
                         we gotta take the power back
                           the president curriculums
                             i put my fist in 'em
                       eurocentric every last one of 'em
             see right through the red ... white and blue disguise
               with lecture ... i puncture the structure of lies
                     installed in our minds and attempting
                                to hold us back
                           we've got to take it back
              'cause holes in our spirits causin' tears and fears
                one-sided stories for years and years and years
                                 i'm inferior?
                                who's inferior?
                      yea ... we needa check the interior
                of the system who cares about only one culture
                                and that is why
                         we gotta take the power back
                   the teacher stands in front of the class
                      but the lesson plan he can't recall
                  the student's eyes don't percieve the lies
                        bouncing of every f**king wall
                          his composure is well kept
  i guess he fears playing the fool the complacent students sit and listen to
                                      the
                      bulls**t that he learned in school
                       europe ain't my rope to swing on
                          can't learn a thing from it
                              yet we hang from it
                                 gotta get it
                          gotta get it together then
                       like the mother f**kin weathermen
                         to expose and close the doors
                         on those who try to strangle
                             and mangle the truth
             'cause the circle of hatred continues unless we react
                         we gotta take the power back
                                 no more lies
                                        

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