Yeah, the movement's in motion with mass militant poetry
Now check this out...uggh!
In the right light, study becomes insight
But the system that dissed us
Teaches us to read and write
So called facts are fraud
They want us to allege and pledge
And bow down to their God
Lost the culture, the culture lost
Spun our minds and through time
Ignorance has taken over
Yo, we gotta take the power back!
Bam! Here's the plan
Motherfuck Uncle Sam
Step back, I know who I am
Raise up your ear, I'll drop the style and clear
It's the beats and the lyrics they fear
The rage is relentless
We need a movement with a quickness
You are the witness of change
And to counteract
We gotta take the power back
Yeah, we gotta take the power back
Come on, come on!
We gotta take the power back
The present curriculum
I put my fist in 'em
Eurocentric every last one of 'em
See right through the red, white and blue disguise
With lecture I puncture the structure of lies
Installed in our minds and attempting
To hold us back
We've got to take it back
Holes in our spirit causin' tears and fears
One-sided stories for years and years and years
I'm inferior? Whose inferior?
Yeah, we need to check the interior
Of the system that cares about only one culture
And that is why
We gotta take the power back
Yeah, we gotta take the power back
Come on, come on!
We gotta take the power back
Hey yo check, we're gonna have to break it, break it,
break it down
Awww shit!
Uggh!
And like this...uggh!
Come on, yeah! Bring it back the other way!
The teacher stands in front of the class
But the lesson plan he can't recall
The student's eyes don't perceive the lies
Bouncing off every fucking wall
His composure is well kept
I guess he fears playing the fool
The complacent students sit and listen to some of that
Bullshit that he learned in school
Europe ain't my rope to swing on
Can't learn a thing from it
Yet we hang from it
Gotta get it, gotta get it together then
Like the motherfuckin' weathermen
To expose and close the doors on those who try
To strangle and mangle the truth
'Cause the circle of hatred continues unless we react
We gotta take the power back
Yeah, we gotta take the power back
Come on, come on!
We gotta take the power back
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
Uggh!
Yeah!
Take it back y'all
Take it back, a-take it back
A-take it back y'all, come on!
Take it back y'all
Take it back, a-take it back
A-take it back y'all, come on!
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Review about Take The Power Back Shammers | Reviewer: Your Name | 8/10/09
That song is one of RATM's best song. Those lyrics are a masterpiece (the rest of the song as well). But everyone who praises that kind of lyrics and who says "it's exactly what i wanna say"...Everyone of those people saying such shit without doing anything at all against the problem in that or in other song's lyrics are shammers. Sorry for that..but it's true. You are talking about third world and whatever..but have you ever seen a starving person in Africa die? If so, you wouldn't only talk but also act. Who has been to a refugee camp in Darfur, Sudan (for example) is qualified to make statements about those kind of topics. So I do. Please don't only tell your "conviction" and feel better after it..please help all poor and rightless and in many eyes worthless people in several parts of the world. Act. Don't ignore.
Exactly | Reviewer: Jack Rockawesome | 11/10/07
This song is exactly what I've been trying to say.
Schools these days, (and I should know, I go to one) only teach us that although all colors are equal, lineages and cultures aren't. We just glimpse at the third world, dismiss asia, and forget about Africa.
Sure, religion is OK, as long as you're either Christian.
I go to a catholic high school in Canada, supposedly the milder version of USA, but we obviously glance at the third world with a little disgust. The haves have always laughed, killed and raped the have-nots. We take their land and support sweat shops on their land and start drilling for oil.
Lots of people hate the war in Iraq, but nobody hates the schools that breed republican brand contempt.
All I can say is class is in.
Great lyrics. | Reviewer: Daniel | 3/21/07
This song has really good lyrics that might actually make you think (but will also insult your intelligence at the same time). This album is really, really good, bombtrack, killing in the name, wake up, know your enemy and this awesome piece, take the power back are the highlights.
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