The Power Of Equality

Album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
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  • I've got a soul that can not sleep
    At night when something just ain't right
    Blood red, but without sight
    Exploding egos in the night
    Mix like sticks of dynamite
    Red black or white, this is my fight
    Come on courage, let's be heard
    Turn feelings into words
    American equality has always been sour
    An attitude I would like to devour
    My name is peace, this is my hour
    Can I get just a little bit of power

    The power of equality
    Is not yet what it ought to be
    It fills me up like a hollow tree
    The power of equality

    Right or wrong, my song is strong
    You don't like it, get along
    Say what I want, do what I can
    Death to the message of the Ku Klux Klan
    I don't buy supremacy
    Media chief, you menance me
    The people you say cause all the crime
    Wake up motherfucker and smell the slime
    Blackest anger, whitest fear
    Can you hear me, am I clear
    My name is peace, this is my hour
    Can I get just a little bit of power

    The power of equality
    Is not yet what it ought to be
    It fills me up like a hollow tree
    The power of equality

    I've got tapes
    I've got CDs
    I've got my Public Enemy
    My lily white ass is tickled pink
    When I listen to the music that makes me think
    Not another motherfuckin' politician
    Doin' nothin' but something for his own ambition
    Never touch the sound we make
    Soul sacred love, vows that we take
    To create straight what is true
    Yo he's with me and what I do
    My name is peace, this my hour
    Can I get just a little bit of power

    The power of equality
    Is not yet what it ought to be
    It fills me up like a hollow tree
    The power of equality

    Madder than a motherfucker, lick my finger
    Can't forget, cause the memory lingers
    Count 'em off quick, little piccadilly sickness
    Take me to the hick, eat my thickness
    I've got a welt from the Bible belt
    Dealing with the hand that I've been dealt
    Sitting in the grip of a killing fist
    Giving up blood just to exist
    Rub me wrong and I get pissed
    No I can not get to this
    People in pain, I do not dig it
    Change of brain for Mr. Bigot
    Little brother do you hear me
    Have a heart oh come get near me
    Misery is not my friend
    But I'll break before I bend
    What I see is insanity
    Whatever happened to humanity?
    Whatever happened to humanity?
    Whatever happened to humanity? Writer/s: Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith, John Anthony Frusciante, Michael Balzary
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Canopyylove this song, kickass start to the album
  • Nikola from Banja Luka, Bosnia And Herzegovinathe line(s)
    "Not another
    Motherf--kin' politician
    Doin' nothin' but something
    For his own ambition"
    were taken from Politician (Mini Rap), which is a ~12 second song they wrote, it was released as a b-side to Higher Ground.
  • Grayson from Cleveland, Ohgreat song. flea's bass is unbelievable.
  • Emitremmus from Desolation Row, United Stateslisten to "Hitler day" by public enemy
    great tune very powerful lyrics
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