Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Power Of Equality lyrics

(swing)<br>I've got a soul<br>That cannot sleep<br>At night when something<br>Just ain't right<br>Blood red<br>But without sight<br>Exploding egos<br>In the night<br>Mix like sticks<br>Of dynamite<br>Red black or white<br>This is my fight<br>Come on courage<br>Let's be heard<br>Turn feelings<br>Into words<br>American equality<br>Has always been sour<br>An attitude<br>I would like to devour<br>My name is peace<br>This is my hour<br>Can I get<br>Just a little bit of power<br><br>The power of equality<br>Is not yet what it ought to be (ought to be)<br>It fills me up like a hollow tree (hollow tree)<br>The power of equality<br><br>Right or wrong<br>My song is strong<br>You don't like it<br>Get along<br>Say what I want<br>Do what I can<br>Death to the massage<br>Of the ku klux klan<br>I don't buy supremacy<br>Media chief<br>You menace me<br>The people you say<br>'cause all the crime<br>Wake up motherfucker<br>And smell the slime<br>Blackest anger<br>Whitest fear<br>Can you hear me<br>Am I clear<br>My name is peace<br>This is my hour<br>Can I get<br>Just a little bit of power<br><br>The power of equality<br>Is not yet what it ought to be (ought to be)<br>It fills me up like a hollow tree (hollow tree)<br>The power of equality<br><br>I've got tapes<br>I've got cd's<br>I've got my public enemy<br>My lilly white ass<br>Is tickled pink<br>When I listen to the music<br>That makes me think<br>Not another<br>Motherfuckin' politician<br>Doin' nothin' but something<br>For his own ambition<br>Never touch<br>The sound we make<br>Soul sacred love<br>Vows that we take<br>To create straight<br>What is true<br>Yo he's with me<br>And what I do<br>My name is peace<br>This is my hour<br>Can I get<br>Just a little bit of power<br><br>The power of equality<br>Is not yet what it ought to be (ought to be)<br>It fills me up like a hollow tree (hollow tree)<br>The power of equality<br><br>Madder than a motherfucker<br>Lick my finger<br>Can't forget<br>'cause the memory lingers<br>Count 'em off quick<br>Little piccadilly sickness<br>Take me to the hick<br>Eat my thickness<br>I've got a welt<br>From the Bible belt<br>Dealing with the hand<br>That I've been dealt<br>Sitting in the grip<br>Of a killing fist<br>Giving up blood<br>Just to exist<br>Rub me wrong<br>And I get pissed<br>No I cannot<br>Get to this<br>People in pain<br>I do not dig it<br>Change of brain<br>For mr bigot<br><br>Little brother do you hear me<br>Have a heart oh come get near me<br>Misery is not my friend<br>But I'll break before I bend<br>What I see is insanity<br>What ever happened to humanity<br>What ever happened to humanity<br>What ever happened to humanity