THE POWER OF EQUALITY

Intro Hey batter batter, hey batter, hey batter batter!
Hey batter batter, hey batter, hey batter batter!
Hey batter batter, hey batter, hey batter batter!
Hey batter batter!
Swing!
1. Verse I've got a soul that cannot 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?
Chorus Power of equality
Is not yet what it ought to be
It fills me up like a hollow tree
The power of equality
2. Verse 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 menace 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 Power of equality
Is not yet what it ought to be
It fills me up like a hollow tree
The power of equality
Solo 1
3. Verse I've got tapes, I've got CDs, I've got my public enemy
My lily-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 Power of equality
Is not yet what it ought to be
It fills me up like a hollow tree
The power of equality
Solo 2
4. Verse Madder than a motherfucker, lick my finger, can't forget 'cause the memory lingers
Count 'em all quick little piccadilly sickness, take me to the hick, oh 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, oh no I cannot get to this
People in pain I do not dig it, a change of brain for Mister Bigot
Outro 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?
Whatever happened to humanity? Whatever happened to humanity?

© Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1991

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