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POWER
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POWER was released on August 23, 2026 by DEEP VIBE by Eranda Wanasinghe as a part of the album POWER - Single
August 23, 2026
LabelDEEP VIBE by Eranda Wanasinghe
LanguageEnglish
BPM122
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Lyrics

[INTRO — WHISPERED / SPOKEN]
“The Prince taught them how to seize power…
Chanakya taught them how to preserve it…
Marx asked who owns the system…
And history keeps asking the same question—
Who owns the state?
The ruler…
or the people?”
[Deep bass enters.]
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[VERSE 1 — THE POLITICIAN'S MIND]
He reads the throne like a map of desire,
Counts every vote, every fear, every fire.
Promises freedom, promises gold,
New words for the young, old stories retold.
Machiavelli whispers, “Know the game,”
Chanakya calculates the price of a name.
Power has a language, power has a face,
And laws can become ladders to a higher place.
One amendment, another Act,
A little more power—then never give it back.
War creates fear, fear creates control,
And the politician sells protection to the soul.
But remember—
A constitution is not a throne.
A Parliament is not a private home.
The state is not the ruler's property.
The people are the source of authority.
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[PRE-CHORUS]
They say:
“Trust me.”
We say:
“Show us the checks.”
They say:
“Give me power.”
We say:
“Who checks the power?”
They say:
“For the people.”
We ask:
“Which people?”
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[CHORUS — DEEP HOUSE DROP]
POWER!
WHO OWNS THE POWER?
Not the crown,
Not the chair,
Not the voice
That fills the air.
POWER!
WHO GUARDS THE POWER?
The people rise,
The people see,
SOVEREIGNTY
BELONGS TO WE.
We are not subjects—
We are citizens.
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[VERSE 2 — THE VOTER'S MIND]
The voter dreams of bread on the table,
A school for the child, a future that's stable.
A job, a home, a life with dignity,
Not another promise written in hypocrisy.
Five years they knock upon your door,
Shake your hand, then disappear once more.
A photograph, a speech, a flag in the sky—
Then another generation learns to ask why.
The voter wants change,
But fear wants survival.
The politician studies
Every human arrival.
Give them an enemy,
Give them a crisis,
Give them a slogan,
Then call it a crisis.
But democracy dies
Not only from a gun—
Sometimes it dies
When citizens stop watching
What their rulers have done.
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[SINHALA BRIDGE — EMOTIONAL]
බලය කාගේද?
ජනතාවගේයි!
ආණ්ඩුව කා වෙනුවෙන්ද?
ජනතාව වෙනුවෙන්!
නීතියේ බලය
එක අතකට ගියොත්,
නිදහස සෙමින්
අපෙන් ඈත් වෙයි.
අපේ ඡන්දය
අපේ හඬයි,
අපේ අයිතිය
අපේ බලයයි.
නිහඬ නොවෙමු—
අපේ අයිතිවාසිකම් රකිමු!
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[CHORUS — BUILD]
EXECUTIVE!
LEGISLATIVE!
JUDICIARY!
Three pillars standing,
Three powers dividing.
When one hand
Grabs every key—
WHO WILL GUARD
DEMOCRACY?
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[TAMIL BRIDGE — RISING]
அதிகாரம் யாருடையது?
மக்களுடையது!
நாடு யாருக்காக?
மக்களுக்காக!
சட்டம் எங்கள் பாதுகாப்பு,
உரிமை எங்கள் குரல்.
ஒரே கையில் அதிகாரம் சேர்ந்தால்,
சுதந்திரம் மெதுவாக மறையும்.
மௌனம் வேண்டாம்—
எழுந்து நில்!
உன் உரிமைக்காக குரல் கொடு!
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[RAP — THE POWER MACHINE]
Listen!
Prince said—study the throne,
Chanakya said—protect the zone,
Marx said—look beneath the wealth,
History says—question power itself.
Who writes the law?
Who holds the pen?
Who changes the rules
And changes them again?
Act after Act,
Clause after clause,
Power expands
Behind legal applause.
Legal doesn't always mean just.
Constitutional power still needs trust.
A parliament can pass—
But citizens must ask.
Does this protect liberty?
Does this strengthen democracy?
Does this preserve the court?
Does this protect the vote?
Twenty-two becomes a symbol
In a larger constitutional fight—
How much power can one system hold
Before checks begin to lose their bite?
Don't worship politicians.
Don't demonize blindly.
READ THE LAW.
WATCH THE POWER.
THINK INDEPENDENTLY.
Because opposition is not treason,
Courts are not enemies,
And criticism is not rebellion—
It is democracy breathing.
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[BREAKDOWN — SPOKEN]
“The greatest danger is not that a ruler wants power.
Every ruler wants power.
The danger is when citizens forget
that power was never theirs to surrender.”
[Silence.]
Who watches the watcher?
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[FINAL CHORUS — MASSIVE DROP]
POWER!
WHO OWNS THE POWER?
THE PEOPLE!
THE PEOPLE!
VOICE!
WHO OWNS THE VOICE?
THE PEOPLE!
THE PEOPLE!
No ruler forever,
No throne eternal,
No constitution
Beyond the people.
CHECK THE POWER!
BALANCE THE POWER!
DEFEND THE COURTS!
DEFEND THE RIGHTS!
YOUR VOTE IS NOT A BLANK CHEQUE!
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[FINAL SINHALA CHANT]
අපේ බලය!
අපේ හඬ!
අපේ රට!
අපේ අයිතිය!
බලය පරීක්ෂා කරමු!
අයිතිවාසිකම් රකිමු!
ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය රකිමු!
නිහඬ නොවෙමු!
අන්ධ නොවෙමු!
සත්‍යය සොයමු!
ජන බලය රකිමු!
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[FINAL TAMIL CHANT]
எங்கள் உரிமை!
எங்கள் குரல்!
எங்கள் நாடு!
எங்கள் அதிகாரம்!
அதிகாரத்தை கண்காணிப்போம்!
உரிமைகளை பாதுகாப்போம்!
ஜனநாயகத்தை காப்போம்!
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[OUTRO — WHISPER]
**“Machiavelli studied power.
Chanakya studied power.
Marx studied power.
History remembers power.
But democracy asks something greater—
Not who can seize power…
but who has the right to control it.”
[Bass fades.]
THE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING.
Written by: Eranda Wanasinghe
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