(For God's Sake) Give More Power To the People

For God's sake You got to give more power to the people For God's sake Why don't you give more power to the people There's some people up there Hoggin' everything Tellin' lies, givin' alibis About the people's money and things And if they gonna throw it away Might as well give some to me Yeah they seen and heard it But never had misery There are some people who are Starvin' to death Never knew but only hate us And they never had happiness If you don't have enough to eat How can you think of love You don't have the time to care So it's crime you're guilty of, oh yeah For God's sake You got to give more power to the people For God's sake Why don't you give more power to the people Cut this jive And see who's got the power When they run out of power The world's gonna be a ghost They know we're not satisfied So we begin to holler Makin' us a promise and throwin' A few more dollars There's no price for happiness There's no price for love Up goes the price of livin' And you're right back where you was So whatever you got, Just be glad you got it Now we're gonna get on up And get some more of it For God's sake You got to give more power to the people For God's sake Why don't you give more power to the people For God's sake You got to give more For God's sake Don't you give too late For God's sake You got to give more power to the people For God's sake Why don't you give more power to the people For God's sake You got to give more power to the people You got to give more power to the people For God's sake Give more power to the people