I've got a soul
That can not sleep
At night when something
Just
ain't right
Blood red
But without sight
Exploding egos
In the
night
Mix like sticks
Of dynamite
Red black or white
This is my
fight
Come on courage
Let's be heard
Turn feelings
Into
words
American equality
Has always been sour
An attitude
I would
like to devour
My name is peace
This is my hour
Can I get
Just a
little bit of power
The power of equality
Is not yet what it ought to
be (chorus)
It fills me up like a hollow tree
The power of
equality
Right or wrong
My song is strong
You don't like it
Get
along
Say what I want
Do what I can
Death to the message
Of the Ku
Klux Klan
I don't buy supremacy
Media chief
You menance me
The
people you say
Cause all the crime
Wake up motherfucker
And smell the
slime
Blackest anger
Whitest fear
Can you hear me
Am I clear
My
name is peace
This is my hour
Can I get
Just a little bit of
power
(chorus)
I've got tapes
I've got c.d.'s
I've got my
Public Enemy
My lilly white ass
Is tickled pink
When I listen to the
music
That makes me think
Not another
Motherfuckin' politician
Doin'
nothin' but something
For his own ambition
Never touch
The sound we
make
Soul sacred love
Vows that we take
To create straight
What is
true
Yo he's with me
And what I do
My name is peace
This is my
hour
Can I get
Just a little bit of power
(chorus)
Madder
than a motherfucker
Lick my finger
Can't forget
'Cause the memory
lingers
Count 'em off quick
Little piccadilly sickness
Take me to the
hick
Eat my thickness
I've got a welt
From the Bible belt
Dealing
with the hand
That I've been dealt
Sitting in the grip
Of a killing
fist
Giving up blood
Just to exist
Rub me wrong
And I get
pissed
No I can not
Get to this
People in pain
I do not dig
it
Change of brain
For Mr. Bigot
Little brother do you hear me
Have
a heart oh come get near me
Misery is not my friend
But I'll break before
I bend
What I see is insanity
Whatever happened to humanity