[Intro] Yo, world party is officially on, brothers and sisters getcha tape decks ready Yo, world party is officially on, brothers and sisters getcha tape decks ready Yo, world party is officially on, brothers and sisters getcha tape decks ready There is only one path, and one path only It is the path of relentless struggle! [Montsho Eshe] Hey, my name is Montsho Eshe, and Im the one to bust this funky step with Arrested Development! Hey! Yall know my family, so check it out Say Power to the people! Power to the people! Say Power to the people! Power to the people! Say People!People! Say People!People! Say People!People! So let the brothers and sisters check it out [Verse 1Speech] United minds of America Make your vocal chords reach the clouds and Touch the crowd of folks that overstand theres no jokes We must network together as one and Tell the oppressor well take no less than Total justice a social setting, yo Im betting We can stop New World Order Start serving liberty, may I take your order Free political prisoners without no question Lets give props where due If it was you wouldnt you want to know That someone cares for what you do so lets show Political prisoners, homeless humans, organizations, various movements That the people in America have some discipline To act on their belief therefore stress activism Although you are only one person If for truth you still thirst, well thirst then Make the difference by joining some organization or some movement Let me explain the powers that be, are families of power with old money Unfortunately on their souls hangs a sold sign and in righteous sight they are so blind Infatuated with their power and their greed, they dont see that God is the answer Greed has planted a seed within the souls of the thirteen families Drug dealers and hustlers All my brothers and sisters that are hustlers Sellin crack cocaine to your followers, to me youre a sell out an Uncle Tom In the tom tom club droppin bombs Causin confusion shootin and killin Youre playin the role putting fear in populations Making us allow the system to protect us Allowing the chicken snake to protect the chickens Police brutality claiming victims The powers that be may come with their solutions But trust me their trees bear No fruits no I guess thats why I get spiritual Spirituality supports reality no not Catholic no not Baptist No not passive Very active United minds of the Americas, minds of Africa and the Caribbean And the Europeans and the Asians and Australians Its not just race were all in this together Lets play a game of jeopardy whats the question Social Medicines the answer I try to eat healthy to avoid the cancer One ounce of prevention beats 100 pounds of cure Pure ways of living is not hippish Its not white not black its just conscious Conscious of your health, conscious of your soul Instead of being so damn conscious of your wealth Or lack of so Do you know about the Panthers The MOVE organization, Kwame Nkrumah, the Zulu nation or just Nikes and Pumas Or your fascination with the socalled BBoy fashion nation If you can please recycle Even the people in the hood please recycle I know it wasnt our fault that they went psycho They meaning industry execs who flex for profit Traditional societies and islanders Please retain your culture and dont give up Dont you understand we must understand this If we want to live in bliss
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