The Isley Brothers — Fight the Power Live

[Verse 1] Time is truly wasting There's no guarantee, no, no Smile is in the making We got to fight the powers that be We gotta fight Got so many voices, saying all the same, yeah Killing up all around me, faces full of pain [Chorus] I tried to play my music, they say my music's too loud I tried talking about it, got the big runaround And when I rolled with the punches I got knocked on the ground With all this bullshit going down, hey [Verse 2] Time is truly wasting, there's no guarantee, no Smile is in the making, we got to fight the powers that be I don't understand it, people wanna say yeah Those that got the answers, red tape in the way I could tend to it easy, let's just have some fun, no, no Seeking my satisfaction, keeps me on the run [Chorus] I tried to play my music, say my music's too loud I tried talking about it, I got the big runaround And when I rolled with the punches I got knocked on the ground With all this bullshit going down, oooh [Outro] Time is truly wasting, there's no guarantee, no Smile is in the making, we got to fight the powers that be Fight it baby, yeah, woo, hey, even you and I can fight the power Fight it, fight the power Stand up and Come on and fight Fight it