積分
演出藝人
布藍佛馬沙利斯
薩克斯風
Chuck D
演出者
Eric Sadler
編程
Flavor Flav
演出者
Keith Shocklee
編程
Paul Shabazz
編程
Professor Griff
演出者
Terminator X
刷碟
Wizard K-Jee
刷碟
詞曲
Eric Sadler
作曲
Carlton Ridenhour
作曲
Keith Shocklee
作曲
The Bomb Squad
編曲
製作與工程團隊
The Bomb Squad
製作人
Rod Hui
混音師
Chris Shaw
混音師
Kirk Yano
錄音師
Dan Wood
混音師
Steve Loeb
錄音師
Alan Plotkin
錄音師
Chris Champion
助理錄音師
Dave Harrington
助理錄音師
Dave Patillo
助理錄音師
James Staub
助理錄音師
Jody Clay
助理錄音師
Kamarra Alford
助理錄音師
Mike Bona
混音師
Nick Sansano
混音師
Paul Eulin
混音師
Tom Conway
助理錄音師
歌詞
[Intro]
Yet, our best trained, best educated, best equipped
Best prepared troops refuse to fight
Matter of fact, it's safe to say that they would rather switch
Than fight
[Verse 1]
1989
'89 the number, another summer
Get down
Sound of the funky drummer
Music hitting your heart 'cause I know you got soul
Brothers and sisters
Hey
Listen if you're missing, y'all
Swinging while I'm singing, giving whatcha getting
Hey
Knowing what I knowing while the black band's sweating
And the rhythm rhyme
Rolling
Gotta give us what we want (Uh)
Gotta give us what we need (Hey)
Our freedom of speech is freedom of death
We got to fight the powers that be (Lemme hear you say)
[Chorus]
Fight the power
Fight the power (Lemme hear you say)
Fight the power
Fight the power (Lemme hear you say)
Fight the power
Fight the power (Lemme hear you say)
Fight the power
We got to fight the powers that be
[Verse 2]
As the rhythm's designed to bounce
What counts is that the rhymes designed to fill your mind
Now that you realize the pride's arrived
We got to pump the stuff to make you tough
From the heart, it's a start, a work of art
To revolutionize, make a change, nothing's strange
People, people
We all the same
No, we're not the same 'cause we don't know the game
[Verse 3]
What we need is awareness, we can't get careless
You say, what is this?
My beloved, let's get down to business
Mental self-defensive fitness
Bum rush the show
You got to go for what you know
To make everybody
See
In order to
Fight the powers that be
[Chorus]
Fight the power
Fight the power (Lemme hear you say)
Fight the power
Fight the power (Lemme hear you say)
Fight the power
Fight the power (Lemme hear you say)
Fight the power
We gotta fight the powers that be
[Chorus]
Fight the power (Lemme hear you say)
Fight the power
Fight the power (Lemme hear you say)
Fight the power
Fight the power (Lemme hear you say)
Fight the power
We gotta fight the powers that be
[Verse 4]
Elvis was a hero to most, but he, Elvis was a hero to most (Yeah)
Elvis was a hero to most, but he never meant **** to me
As he's straight out racist, the sucker was simple and plain
Mother **** him and John Wayne
'Cause I'm black and I'm proud
I'm ready, I'm hyped, plus I'm amped
Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamp
[Verse 5]
Sample a look back, you look and find nothing
But rednecks for four hundred years, if you check
Don't Worry, Be Happy
Was a number one
Jam
Damn, if I say it, you can slap me
Right here
[Verse 6]
Get it
Let's get this party started right
Right on
Come on
What we got to say? (Yeah)
Power to the people
No delay
Make everybody see in order to
Fight the powers that be
[Chorus]
Fight the power (Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, y'all)
Fight the power (Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, y'all)
Fight the power (Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, y'all)
Fight the power (Yes, yes)
We gotta fight the powers that be
[Chorus]
What we got to say? (Yeah)
Fight the power
What we got to say? (Yeah)
Fight the power
Come on
What we got to say? (Yeah)
Fight the power
What we got to say? (Yeah)
Fight the power
Come on
[Outro]
Yo, check this out, man
Okay, talk to me about the future of Public Enemy
Future of Public Enemy got a—
Written by: Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric T. Sadler, Keith M. Boxley, James Henry Boxley
