Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples)

It's not the waking, it's the rising

It is the grounding of a foot uncompromising

It's not foregoing of the lie

It's not the opening of eyes

It's not the waking, it's the rising

It's not the shade, we should be past it

It's the light and it's the obstacle that casts it

It's the heat that drives the light

It's the fire it ignites

It's not the waking, it's the rising

It's not the song, it is the singing

It's the hearing of a human spirit ringing

It is the bringing of the line

It is the baring of the rhyme

It's not the waking, it's the rising

And I could cry "Power!"

"Power!"

"Power!"

Nina cried "Power!"

Billie cried "Power!"

Mavis cried "Power!"

And I could cry "Power!"

"Power!"

"Power!"

"Power!"

"Power!"

Curtis cried "Power!"

Patti cried "Power!"

Nina cried "Power!"

It's not the wall but what's behind it

Lord, the fear of fellow man, his mere assignment

And everything that we're denied

By keeping the divide

It's not the waking, it's the rising

And I could cry "Power!" ("Power!")

"Power!" ("Power!")

Oh-oh, "Power!"

Nina cried "Power!"

Lennon cried "Power!"

James Brown cried "Power!"

And I could cry "Power!"

"Power!"

"Power!"

"Power!"

"Power!"

Billie cried "Power!"

Joni cried "Power!"

Nina cried "Power!"

And I could cry "Power!"

"Power!" has been cried

By those stronger than me

Straight into the face that tells you to

Rattle your chains if you love being free

Lord, I could cry "Power!" (Power)

'Cause power is my love when my love reaches to me (Power, power)

James Brown cried "Power!"

Seeger cried "Power!"

Marvin cried "Power!"

Power

James cried "Power!"

Lennon cried "Power!"

Patti cried "Power!"

Billie, "Power!"

Dylan, "Power!"

Woody, "Power!"

Nina cried "Power!"