Land of the brave
Home of the free
I guess freedom is synonymous
With inequality
I mean, what's the cost of education
If you look like me?
They take the knowledge, lock it up
And they throw away the key
I'm tired of all the double standards
and hypocrisy
You say one thing and do another
And that bothers me
I thought I had some say in this
democracy
But I'm feelin kinda caught up in
your bureaucracy
Fixed rules, red tape, and your policy
Are all just covert inequality
So, no, I don't respect your authority
And everything you're saying is just
boring me
And I don't mean to beg to differ
But I disagree
With everything that you're tellin me
And with all the problems in society
Drugs, gangs, and teenage pregnancy
Do you really want to sit here and lecture me
About the plight of my people?
We come from generations of strength
And we're not known to give in
You can try to hold us down
but we're DESTINED to win
Lock us up, hold us down
But we'll rise again
It's all the POWER that we hold within
I repeat
It's all the power that we hold within
Your institutionalized racism and social injustice
Will not be enough to covertly oppress us
Your attempts to confine us to
Social cesspools and resegregated schools
Just add to the fire
The much needed fuel
Pump fists in the air
Fight the powers that be!
Tell them CHANGE has come
and he looks like ME!
