It's a song about life death love hate wealth poverty racism

Just a few things been runnin' through my head

Listen

We call on you

Listen

Now we call on you

Be strong

Hear us now

When you speak of overthrowing those conditions

I think this is what frightens people from the freedom of

The average American when you simply say the word overthrow

May see this as something very very bad

I know you're not responsible for his feelings

But when you say these things are you threatening someone

Right now

People's power

People's power

People's power

Detroit in '42

New York in '64

Blinding by a hundred watts

The naked black white truth

Destroy the establishment tear down the face of stupidity and corruption

And put up in it's place an edifice of truth

Unite in struggle for people's power

Unite unite unite truth

Unite in struggle for people's power

We are a part of those concerned with gangs

Meanwhile uptown the dj a player

Everybody's so concerned about h****n and m*******a and all that

Until they forget the most dangerousest narcotic that exist's

And that's the narcotic that's injected into the minds of infants

It's called social narcotics

So you know as well as I do that things are changing

Yeah change you know

Meanwhile uptown the dj a player

Revolution

Yeah change you know

My gift Make music

So I say you youngster's gotta get a job

Work to change the system

Definacy Equal justice

Submission

Moving on

The people's power

Ghetto wack lining my ears

My gift Make music

Change change change

It's only a matter of time

Change change change

It's only a matter of time

Change change change

It's only a matter of time

Change change change change change change

It's only a matter of time

Freedom

Freedom

That's all that life is

The record ends and we must begin again