Power To the People

And you thought the beat slowed down, come on

Turn me loose

Just turn it up

Power to the people, y'all

Hey, turn me loose, turn it up

Get on up, get into it, get involved

Feel the bass as the cut revolves, hey

To the brothers with the 808, like I said before, PE got a brand-new funk

Turn it up, boom the trunk, yeah

Internationally known on the microphone

Makin' sure the brothers will never leave you alone

To my sisters, sisters, yes, we missed ya

Let's get it together, make a nation

You can bet on it, don't sleep on it, 'cause the troops cold jeepin' it

Turn it up

Turn me loose

Power to the people

Turn me loose

Turn it up, come on

Come on, y'all, pump it up

Pump that bass, power to the people

Turn me loose

Turn us loose, we shall overcome

They say, "Where you get that bass from?"

Hey, oh, people, people, as we continue on

Come along, sing this song, are you ready for '91?

Rhythm nation, pump that bass, and

We'd like to know, Chicago, New York, and L.A.

Are y'all ready for the plans in the jam?

And we're ready to roll, yo, y'all got to tell me

Are y'all ready to go? Come on

Turn me loose

Turn it up

Power to the people, come on

Turn it up

Turn, turn me loose

Turn us loose

We shall overcome

Power to the people, y'all, come on

Aww yeah, turn it up

Had to kick it like that as we roll as one

One under the sun, to all the cities and to the side

Brothers and sisters stateside, and the whole world wide

There it is, P-E-A-C-E, 1991

You got to know what we're sayin'

It's a black thing, so you got to understand

Turn me loose, whew