Public Enemy-Fight the power+Lyrics

[MrDeveraux93]

fight the power - sopa and ndaa

[Longniddrie]

@hufnmouth You get my vote. 

[StrategistCOD]

i don't get the meaning of the song, can someone explain it to me?

i can see there is a deeper meaning to the words alone, but it is really complicated ev even after i read the lyrics 2 or 3 times. hopefully someone can explain it a little more throughout to me.

[verilyberrily]

@StrategistCOD

NEVER let it go, when you hear someone being racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic. Always take a stand.

Don't make a Gangsta a GangStar.

Question what you're being told.

Don't fall for it, take a closer look.

Don't be shut up.

Don't believe the hype.

Do what you'd want every other human being to do. The right thing.

Fight the power.

[Flankermatty94]

illuminati got fuckin ripped.

[rydecota]

One of the greatest ever, if not, the greatest.

[DreamerMCtNs]

storicamente vero rap!

[TheBoogoo2star]

I'm white ( not that it matters) from a small seaside town in the uk. I Fu**king luv Public Enemy ...loved 'em when I was 18 love 'em now age 40 :)...up the revolution !!!well done to all those who marched in London today

[Longniddrie]

@hufnmouth Well that makes a lot of sense Huffy but the lyrics are a bit ambiguious.

[ManticoreFire]

I cannot BELIEVE Flavor Flav was a member of Public Enemy.

[wiseassgamer]

7 People are the power and they need to be fought...

[Art106]

uh how was john wayne racist when he married three women of latin descent?

Classic shit though.

[hufnmouth]

@Art106 Strom Thurmond had a mixed child out of wedlock and was still considered a racist. and a classist. There is a belief in some parts of American that blacks, latinos, asians, and other "minorities" exist for the amusement of whites. That is racism pure and simple. Search and read the Richard Warren Lewis interview in Playboy and you'll see some of this comments.

[Karlosman15]

Greatings from Czech republic! :)

[MrFred69003]

black in wihte fight the power enver cest merde 2 pt1 de soceter tous ensemble pour niker ce syteme

[carmarher1]

If you don't like the us, return to Africa with your tribe

[tikila420]

@carmarher1 ever heard of the middle passage? Guess not, read & learn before you speak. "someone who thinks, may not know. someone who knows, may not think" anyways there talking about fighting the power, not, not wanting to live in the united states u blind rat. anyways wake up everybody and 1 LOVE.

[VarMeNo]

@tikila420 I salute your being.

[tikila420]

@VarMeNo Likewise Fam..

[ArFeeDee]

Buy my records or shine my shoes.

[ArFeeDee]

By my records or shine my shoes.

[Longniddrie]

Chuck D in my view is a musician first and foremost. This song captures the sentiments and hope of a generation. Calling Elvis a racist is baiting. Elvis was simply not a racist. Its a step too far.

[hufnmouth]

@Longniddrie Elvis, like many other musicians of his day, used a music style heavily woven into the culture of black people and put a white face on it. He really was the first cross-over blockbuster artist. Eminem is that artist today. Chuck spoke metaphorically about the hype surrounding Elvis being racist (i.e. another thing stolen from blacks and used for profit by whites) not necessarily Elvis' racism. I think Elvis was a great man to the end but the was a victim of others greed.

[lIxIxIxIl]

@hufnmouth u didnt make shit sense

[NinaLuvSouthPark]

One of my favorite Hip-Hop songs ever...... Elvis most likely was a racist so this song is true and great. Whoever doesn't like this is is messed up this is awesome!!!!

[adeleellie6]

Who the fuck doesn't like this? 6 retards?

[Clebertj]

Put you Hands Up...Public Enemy Muthafuckaaaaaa !! yeahh ! Soulja Boy imitate Chuck D

[crunkville01]

This is so hard on Rapstar

[Spartacus217]

Fuck John Wayne too.

[TheGamerNet]

idk. flavor flav is so fucking stupid i think half the time he doesnt even know what hes talking about.

[attackthekayak]

yo mane... fight da powa fasho

[HendrixLiveOn4ever]

We gotta actually learn to FIGHT THE POWER

[mrhowardb]

"Most of my Hero's don't appear on NO stamp".......Amen.

[uknouloveme4]

and elvis said the only thing a 'negro' could do for him was shine his shoes and buy his records.

[khj93play]

The fact is: Elvis arrived in the mid 50's and put a new spin on Rock music putting the black artist out of business. Little Richard went into the ministry and Chuck Berry served time in jail for violating the Mann Act. I think that black folks are just plan bitter that Elvis ruled the charts with number one hits. Chuck Berry and Little Richard never hit the number one slot once in the 50's because the King of the charts did. And that's the fact with out name calling!

[Entropy161]

@khj93play ...So Chart-Topping is the one and only determinant of talent, ORIGINALITY, and creativity now?

LMAO

I've encountered some delusional, laughably self-important, and outright stupid whites in my day, but damn--You're clearly One Within a Million...

[khj93play]

@Entropy161 Who says I am white? I am just talking facts. Dennis D never meet the man so how could he say that he was a racist? The fact that you assumed I was white shows your prejudice nature. Facts are facts like or not. This is the internet and anybody could say anything with out backing it up. Give me the name of any famous black artist that claimed that Elvis was racist or that he ripped him off. If you do your homework and check you will see quite the opposite!

[uknouloveme4]

@khj93play um excuse me but i actually think 'black folks' as you say are bitter because Elvis Presley was racist and that is the truth without sugar coating it there is no other way to put it it has nothing to do with his success or his (suckish) number one hits. Thank you

[khj93play]

@uknouloveme4 "Elvis was GOD given. There's no explanation, a messiah comes around every few thousand years and Elvis was it this time" Who said this? Little Richard! James Brown said ; "There will never be another soul brother like Elvis I hope to me him in heaven" U can't deny his greatness so you have to use the race card. That is weak my brother!

[uknouloveme4]

@khj93play First of all the race card isn't being played, fact is fact! If you do your home work you would find that elvis got most of his influence from black artist! If James and Richard actually said that, maybe they recognised the style that he was trying to immulate! He was mainly a successful with a certain group of people, where James and Richard was recieved by all! Was elvis a great artist, yes he sold a lot of records!

[uknouloveme4]

@khj93play Was elvis GOD given? Maybe! Try Percy Sledge, Otis Redding or Little Richard, for your sake! By the way, the race card would have been pulled if I had said he sucked because he was white! Try again!

[khj93play]

@uknouloveme4 Elvis apprciated R&B music just as much as he loved Country music. One of the reasons that some R&B artist admired the man was because Elvis's early songs were covers of R&B songs. Howerever Elvis did not bank on none of that music. Intended or not , it intorduced these artist and thier music to a White America and the money went straight into the pockets of the artist that wrote the songs. For Black Artist to say that Elvis Stoled from them would of been professional suicide!

[miko3030]

@khj93play nah elvis a fag the muthfuka did steal from chuck berry so did the beach boyz and did chuck berry get apid for it during the time man wake up no white man every back int he day respected black folks so why the fuck would they pay them off for there work it took years for the artist to get there money from the white artist that robbed them

[khj93play]

@miko3030 I can not undrstand what the hell you are saying! You sound like someone with an 8th grade education. Please reword it and try it again!

[miko3030]

@khj93play stay out of black music mayn it just dont belong to yall folks artist just milk yall like crackheads its funny kus in the downlow i dnk if you pp lnoticed we laugh at u when u listen to hiphop or go to hiphop concerts kus yall really think yall belong around this muthfuka

[Spartacus217]

@miko3030 Fuck Elvis. Banana and peanut butter sandwich eating, lousy movie making douchebag!

[miko3030]

@Spartacus217 word up 

[manamana101]

@miko3030 Chuck berry got jacked man, he was the man, Talent like no other.

[mrawesomemilk]

wasn't elvis racist? I heard he was...

[TheRastachick1]

I do not think PE statement about Elvis is intended to say the man did not have talent. Rather what Chuck D was saying that Elvis took black music and popularized it. Yet when blacks did it was not even recognized.

[KeepTrue56]

lol @ 2:37 yeah FUCK ELVIS!

[diegodiaz95]

WOW!! PE!!!! Damn now that was a powerful song when it came out!!

[Ohmytube]

Paul Mooney for president! Oh and I'm boycotting the super bowl, the fact that the NFL supports a pedophile (Pete Townsend was recently busted for child pornography) is beyond unacceptable...

[Buzzman182]

@Ohmytube When was this?

[Regal07]

And yes elvis was a racist. All. Black. People can do for him is shine his blue suede shoes. Came from his mouth. And john wayne a racist too

[EEGAH316]

When PE performs this song nowadays, the "Elvis" line is replaced with "Reagan", which makes a lot more sense.

[TasBoot]

im white and i can say elvis will never contribute as much as tupac or public enemy or nwa so stfu

[BSUOSUlover]

you serious? that statement is why the music industry is going in the shitter. hmmm King of Rock, or gangster...hmmm

[chipleader14]

thats the most ignorant thiing ive ever heard. you obviously dont know much about rock n roll, and its safe to assume your a wigger

[TasBoot]

@chipleader14 why am i a wigger? because i dont suck elvises dick? stfu public enemy did more for the world then rock n roll ever will

[chipleader14]

sucking dick is different from giving respect where respect is due. public enemy had an impact. but not like elvis did. do you think in 70 years public enemy is gona be remembered?

[TasBoot]

@chipleader14 im 1000% percent sure in 100 years public enemy will b remembered

[chipleader14]

Their music is barely even used today, while Elvis's music is still a huge part of the music industry. In 100 years, do you think PE is suddenly going to make a comeback? I think PE is good. But to say they have more influence than the king of rock n roll, or even other bands such as the Beatles, is ridiculous.

[KeepTrue56]

king of rock n roll? u mean little richard? chuck berry?

[davidnashley1985]

ROTFL! Fuck elvis! he Ripped off from Many Black Pioneers.... Little richard and chuck Berry are The KING of ROCK!

Michael Jackson is also THEE KING!

[davidnashley1985]

elvis was like a Karaoke singer... Nothing More... cause He NEVER Wrote or Composed ANY of his songs! Plus he couldn't even Dance :)

[Quag2002]

were's the lirics???

great group, mitics!!!

grettings fron Spain to all fans of Public Enemy!!!

[SailorNyuu]

Only good rap song that has or will ever exist

[thirdshift47]

Does the mainstream media have you that underexposed?

[bechilled202]

im sure youve heard them all... havent you?

[lex136]

the bestt sonsss evre of this genere

period

[worseto]

NO police state!

[BanarsiPaan120]

Just chill yahh ass down as enjoy the video yahh faggot..

[MrAstroZombie]

haha seriously

[HipHopDieNever]

TrainToSkaville91

2 pac is not the greatest rapper of all time infact he was shit and that why he went in to the film indusrty,BDK would have eated him for breakfast 3 times over !

[Dhammond5]

are you an idiot??

Tupac was the greatest

Public Enemy were good but nowhere near Tupacs level

[maladbruthah]

@HipHopDieNever

don't EVER call 2pac shit. thats just not even true

[amir0amore0]

fight the power

[Mhes24]

how is this video not 5 stars??? whoever didnt giv this vid 5 stars does not belong in the hip hop world

[mbonu2]

How Dare You ?!?!?! Are You crazy. Where You There When He Touched Kids ? Are You Sure, You Dont Touch Kids ? LOL. Just Know That you have a reserved spot in hell !

P.S Your username is "Jherikurl" He must have had some impact on you.

REST IN PARADISE Michael Jackson

[jherikurl]

Ya.. I'll be in hell with my jhericurled homie Eazy-E.

[lickmystrawberryhun]

just shut the fuck up

[DethScooteR]

Becuz elvis and John Wayne were biggit bitches! FIGHT THE POWER!

[BSUOSUlover]

There was nothing racist about Elvis. He covered African American's songs sure, but he gave the credit, and royalties where it was due. The truth is, the King (elvis) has more talent in his little finger than the entire rap community. He could do stuff with a simple spiritual song straight from his heart, that these "Gangsta ass niggas" can't do with Garage band, and however many cheesy cliche rhymes they can stuff in to one verse.

[jaraefields1]

@BSUOSUlover everyone knows elvis wasn't. even pulbic enemy knows elvis was not a racist. They apologized for calling him one for the release of the song.

[NinaLuvSouthPark]

@BSUOSUlover No the Beatles and all of R&B and rap have more talent in all their pinky fingers than Elvis.... John Lennon and Michael Jackson are the kings, not Elvis.

[yomorroco]

why do they speak about elvis?

[LisaNicoleLopes]

Elvis was a hero to most

But he never meant ---- to me you see

Straight up racist that sucker was

Simple and plain

Mother---- him and John Wayne

[frother]

ROW ROW

[nick2uch]

FIGHT THE POWER

[lepoetress]

One of the most powerful raps of all time.

Folks had problems with the Elvis and John Wayne remarks, but still, a classic. That was a bold statement to make at that time.

[jacksonreportdotcom]

i'm white and admittingly nerdy, yet for some reason i enjoy this. odd....

[damjam18]

@jacksonreportdotcom

They see me Mowin my front lawn

I know in their minds they think im white and nerdy....

[djzwilly]

@jacksonreportdotcom thats because public enemy speaks to all of us

[verilyberrily]

@jacksonreportdotcom only rednecks don't like it.

[pewku]

flavor flav!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Escmiester]

Communist Governments Are Punks.

Fight the power of the Communists and

Aspecially Al Queda.

[gusthepugisownt]

this real rap i hate crime rhyms

[afinrak]

they are better than 2 pac

[TrainToSkaville91]

fuckin idiot 2-pacs the greatest rapper of all time

[RealDirtyKillah]

not true.

[skillz7854]

how did we get from this to bullshit souljaboi and lil wayne

[dumb14wanker]

it went from beign scary and potent to authority until it was comercialized, same with punk accept in both cases somehting is true, real shit still exists man

[seechrns]

chuck said elvis respected black music but not the black people: It's a WASP ting my pagan ass wont understand. Check tiny bastion of WASPness England, for them it's normal to Love CURRY but Hate Indians, Love Black Music but Hate Black folk - hence Skinheads. Chuck lyrics like the role of a Prostitute who realise her Pimp may love sex but hates her, she wakes up and DARE she get the courage to kick the Pimp away & and stand up for she self? Who Care Black Folk do/did.

USA! USA!

[computernerdiam]

chuck said elvis respected black music but not the black people

[SithMage]

why should he? they dont give credit to country music that influenced them

[blackguy2732]

"Elvis was a hero to most..."

My favorite verse in any song of all time! There's too much truth in that for the average listener.

FIGHT THE POWER!!!

[phantasman]

Enlighten us please....

[blackguy2732]

Chuck took on the traditional idols or role models of America and basically said "just because they were heroes to you does not mean that they were heroes to me." Elvis and John Wayne did not mean as much to him as the people who truly influenced his life "that don't appear on no stamp." His heroes were not as recognized (or recognized at all) as these two but he refused to conform to the popular belief system. Fight the Powere is about going against conformation and thinking for self.

[blackguy2732]

Does that help? I had to simplify my answer in order to make it fit in the allotted space.

[phantasman]

It does. I wasn't sure if it was a admonition of Elvis or more social commentary of the black experience as you've indicated. Although, if you listen to the rest of the lyrics - it sounds like there wasn't much love for the king of rock and roll. Elvis really introduced black music to mainstream America. From what I know of Elvis, he was a kind person. Very generous and spiritual. I think that should have some value to all people.

[phantasman]

And that's not to say he wasn't flawed. Who isn't? He grew up in the South at a time when racism was accepted - expected. Elvis' emergence on the music scene back then effected black Americans and truly

broke down the barriers in the white community for them. It started incrementally with him. As for John Wayne: Racist. Period.

[Preeti619]

Elivis was a racist

[pdxpeace]

ACTUALY P.E. doesent have anything aginsed elvis chuck said that he helped and respected black music,but they hate john wayne

[superstar1409]

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

[henock190]

@superstar1409 lol