Fight The Power

	Duration: 04:53 minutes Upload Time: 2007-11-12 16:50:51 User: reorg9 :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day
Description: Rosie Perez gets down to Fight the Power, by Public Enemy. (19)89 the number another summer (get down) Sound of the funky drummer Music hittin' your heart cause I know you got soul* (Brothers and sisters) Listen if you're missin' y'all Swingin' while I'm singin'(hey) Givin' whatcha gettin' Know what I knowin' While the Black band's sweatin' And the rhythm rhyme rollin' Got to give us what we want Gotta give us what we need Our freedom of speech is freedom or death We got to fight the powers that be Fight the power Chorus Fight the power Fight the power Fight the power Fight the power Fight the power Fight the power We got to fight the powers that be As the rhythm designed to bounce What counts is that the rhyme's Designed to fill your mind Now that you've realized the pride's arrived We got to pump the stuff to make us tough from the heart It's a start, a work of art To revolutionize, make a change, nothin's strange People, people we are the same No we're not the same Cause we don't know the game What we need is awareness, we can't get careless You say what is this? My beloved lets get down to business Mental self defensive fitness (Yo) bum rush the show (You gotta go for what you know) Make everybody see, in order to fight the powers that be Fight the Power Chorus (2x) Elvis was a hero to most But he never meant shit to me, you see Straight up racist that sucker was Simple and plain (Mother fuck him and John Wayne) Cause I'm Black and I'm proud I'm ready and hyped plus I'm amped Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps Sample a look back you look and find Nothing but rednecks for 400 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 Get it (lets get this party started right) Right on, (c'mon) What we got to say Power to the people, no delay Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that be Chorus ---- *usually quoted as "sould" but I don't hear a d Opening credits to Spike Lee's great movie Do the Right Thing (1989).
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NickFRESHBoogie ::: Favorites  2007-11-16 19:21:42 This was the defining moment that separated Rosie from Soul Train. She had the chance and and didn't blow it! __________________________________________________
sistersuetube ::: Favorites  2007-11-24 04:02:00 Thanks for posting this great routine by Rosie Perez from the opening credits for Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing to a great song by Public Enemy (Fight The Power) __________________________________________________
Beardbloke ::: Favorites  2007-11-24 17:21:15 Amazing!! Still as agreat now, as it was in 1989. One of the most exciting and energising openings to a film that I know. __________________________________________________
WANAKOGUERRERO ::: Favorites  2007-11-27 00:17:30 Wow...I watched the hole thing, brought back memories!!! uff...Rosie Perez I use to think she was beautiful haha...never mind, but yeah anyway one of my favorite songs of all time! her routine seemed like the greatest one back in da day...you guys are probably gonna say the same about Soulja Boy in da future lol __________________________________________________