Absolute Power Lyrics

• Absolute power corrupts absolutely,
• But absolute powerlessness does the same,
• Its not the poverty,
• Its the inequality that we live with everyday that will turn us insane.

• In a scheme of livin' my life wasn't hard,
• But as far as britain goes shit I practically starved,
• Sleeping in a track suit, gas meter runnin' out,
• Electric cut off as well, candles lightin' up the house,
• Lookin' in my momma's eyes I see how she feels,
• The strain and the pain of just paying bills,
• It ain't real, and thats how I grew like so many more,
• And it is part of who I am,
• I am very sure,
• You wanna know the rage I feel in my stomach,
• Knowing my mum and dad split up when I was still in her stomach,
• And not everything that happened I will put in sixteens,
• But I will tell you enough so you will know what I mean,
• My boy's mother got cancer the same time as mine,
• His mother died, and mine survived,
• The shit was fucked back then,
• When I was like ten already had the mental strength,
• More than many grown men.

• Absolute power corrupts absolutely,
• But absolute powerlessness does the same,
• Its not the poverty,
• Its the inequality that we live with everyday that will turn us insane.

• This was a couple months after my step-dad left,
• Did he really know the crazy mess that he left?
• Cos mum done' recovered from the lumps in her neck,
• Being poor and alone just couldn't cope with the stress,
• And I earn my big sis for,
• So much soul that night hattan left school,
• When she left home,
• I was thirteen by now,
• Still a little kid, innocent,
• Next couple years though would turn him 'to a militant,
• That is the result of no food in the fridge,
• And every other day being searched by the pigs,
• Fuck these patronizing teachers,
• Don't want my grades 'slip, trynna' emasculate me,
• -yeah turn me 'to a bitch,
• And I dont mean a woman please lemme be clear,
• I mean a spineless man 'cos what do they fear,
• Than a working class black male with a brain,
• When our energy is harnessed, every changed,
• Look at 'Pac look at Marley look at Hendrix look at Garvey,
• This is the potential that is wasted on a daily basis,
• In this racist,
• Classist world that we live in,
• Still we comin' from nothing but we educate millions.

• Absolute power corrupts absolutely,
• But absolute powerlessness does the same,
• Its not the poverty,
• Its the inequality that we live with everyday that will turn us insane.

• I understand why it scares you,
• Its like how dare you,
• Overcome obstacles that we have been careful to,
• Place in your way every step of the way,
• In this so called democracy where kids get sprayed,
• Blacks and the Asians, Turks and the chavs,
• Crowded in council houses, living like ants,
• And who's more confused than the poor white trash,
• Spouting the bullshit about they want their country back,
• It never was yours, you should read more,
• What they did to brown people they did to their own poor,
• Peoples memories short, so much that im seeing,
• Black and asian kids cussing eastern Europeans,
• No pot to piss in, makes competition,
• I fail to see how this is an effective system,
• Cats and dogs in america and Britain,
• Eat better food then most of humanity,
• We spend our technology only on killin',
• How is this more than sophisticated savagery,
• Its like its said, the world is a stage,
• Each person's just an actor with a part to play,
• Like the middle class kids, -kids of the rich,
• Have everything but yet still they pissed,
• On coke and khetamine, strung out on heroin,
• I ain't generalizing, look at the evidence.

• Absolute power corrupts absolutely,
• But absolute powerlessness does the same,
• Its not the poverty,
• Its the inequality that we live with everyday that will turn us insane.

• Go to Glastonbury any year,
• You will see, unlike carnival,
• It won't be crawling with police,
• This is London, the kids on the very next street,
• Had a very different life experience than me,
• In my experience they can't help but be smug,
• After a lifetime of what they think's just good luck,
• Their still more anxious,
• And more frank cos',
• Unearned privilege weigh's like an anchor,
• That's why they copy what we do, trynna' be what they not,
• They will grow up though and get better jobs,
• They will maintain the system they hated,
• But they can't burn it down they got a stake in this matrix,
• Hip-hop is just a fad to them, you didn't know?
• But to us, this our living breathing soul,
• And yeah they might backpack in south america,
• Or even volunteer in an African village,
• But all said and done, push comes to shove,
• Shit hits the fan we're middle class and British,
• That's just how it is, most rich black people are just as full of shit,
• So more concerned with they' cars and jewels,
• Most of the worlds poor looks just like you,
• So more concerned with they' cars and jewels,
• Most of the worlds poor looks just like you.

• Absolute power corrupts absolutely,
• But absolute powerlessness does the same,
• Its not the poverty,
• Its the inequality that we live with everyday that will turn us insane.

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