In the right light, study becomes insight
But the systems 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 thier 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
Mother fuck Uncle Sam
Step back, I know who I am
Raise up your ear, I'll drop the style and clear
It's the beats and lyrics they fear
The rage is relentless
We need a movement with a quickness
You are the witness of change
And to counteract
We gotta take the power back

Chorus:
We gotta take the power back
We gotta take the power back

The present curriculums
I put my fist in 'em
Eurocentric every last on e 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 gotta take the power back
'Cause holes in our spirit are causin' tears and fears
One-sides 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

Chorus

The teacher stands in front of the class
But the lesson plan he can't recall
The student's eyes don't perceive the lies
Bouncing off every fucking wall
His composure is well kept
I guess he fears playing the fool
The complacent students sit and listen to the
Bullshit 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 fuckin' 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

Chorus

No more lies

Please Note: This file is the author's own work and represents their
interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study,
scholarship, or research.
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The Opening Bassline

Tune down 6->D
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-----------------------3------------3-------------3-------5-----
------------------3h5----5---3h5----------3h5--5-----3h5--------
--0-0--0-0--0-0--------------------0-0--------------------------

Chorus:
     Db5           Eb5       Gb5       Db5      Eb5
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
------6/--------8---8/------11----------6---------8------
------6/--------8---8/------11----------6---------8------
------4/--------6---6/-------9----------4---------6------
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Please Note: This file is the author's own work and represents their
interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study,
scholarship, or research.
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"Dropped D" Tuning (D,A,D,G)

 intro    T T     T T     T T     T T       T T  T   T P T T   T  P  T T (x4)

G:------|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D:-Rest-|------------------------------|*--------------5----------5--------*|
A:------|------------------------------|*--------3h5-X-----3h5-5-----------*|
D:------|-0-0--R--0-0--R--0-0--R--0-0--|-R--0-0----------X-----------0-0----|


        Fig 1.                         Fig 2.

           T T  T   T P T T   T  P (x3) T T  T  T P   T   T   T

G:-----|-----------------------------|------------------------6H8--|
D:--r--|*-------------5----------5--*|-------------5------3H5------|
A:-----|*-------3h5-X-----3h5-5-----*|-------3h5-X----3H5----------|
D:-----|---0-0----------X------------|--0-0------------------------|

                       (x5)   Fig 3.               (x3)            ring____

G:--------------|----------|---------------------------|--------------------|
D:*--Fig-1-(x3)-|-Fig-2---*|*-------------------------*|--------------------|
A:*-------------|-simile--*|*-----5-----3--4--5-------*|-----5-----3--------|
D:--------------|----------|---0-----0-----------0-0---|--0-----0-----------|

   Fig 4.

    T T       T T      T T       T T                          (x2)

G:-------------------------------------|--------------|----------|
D:-------------------------------------|*-Fig-1-(x3)--|--Fig-2--*|
A:-------------------------------------|*-------------|-simile--*|
D:--0-0---R---0-0---R--0-0---R---0-0---|--------------|----------|

                         ring____                     (x5)

G:------------|-------------------|-------------|---------|
D:-Fig-3-(x3)-|-------------------|*-Fig-1-(x3)-|-Fig-2--*|
A:------------|----5-----3--------|*------------|-Simile-*|
D:------------|-0-----0-----------|-------------|---------|

                    (x8)                                  (x2)

G:----------------------|-----------|---------------|---------|-------------|
D:*--------------------*|-Fig-4-(x2)|*--Fig-1--(x3)-|-Fig-2--*|--Fig-3-(x3)-|
A:*--5--4--3-----------*|-----------|*--------------|-simile-*|-------------|
D:------------0--3--5---|-----------|---------------|---------|-------------|

                            (x16)

G:--------------|------------7---|
D:--------------|*--------------*|
A:----5-----3---|*-----5--------*|
D:-0-----0------|---0-----0------|
                                        (x8)

G:--------------------------------------------|
D:*------------------------------------------*|
A:*-5-4-3-XX-5-4-3-XX-5-4-3------------------*|
D:--------------------------0(0)-3h5-3h5-3h5--|