As real as it seems the American dream Ain't nuthin'but anotha calculated scheme To keep us locked up and shot up and back in chains To deny us our future rob our name Kept our history a mystery but now i see The American dream wasn't meant for me 'Cause lady liberty's a hypocrite she lied to me Promised freedom education and equality Never gave be nuthin'but slavery But now look at how dangerous you made me Callin'me a man 'cause I'm strong and bold With this gumbo of knowledge of the lies you told Promised me emancipation and a free nation All you ever gave my people was starvation The father of our country never cared for me They kept our ancestors shacked up in slavery Uncle Sam neva did a damm thing for me Exept lie about the facts in my history Now I'm sittin'here mad 'cause I'm unemployed But the government glad cause they enjoy When my people are down they just screw us around Time to change the government now Panther Power Ray: panther powr from the place that resides within Go to for to with a panther and you just can't win Self proclaimed best supress the rest The rich get richer and the poor take less The American dream was the American nightmare You kept my people down and refused to fight fair The Ku Klux Klan tried to keep us out With signs that state No Blacks allowed With intimidation and segregation Once would wait for our freedom but now we're impatient black.the other can't get a soldout freedem.a alite cant get a yeah out dont u ever dsofaijs a you panther the power they will soon to stop panther the power/ My mother neva let me forget my history Hopin'that i would set free cahins that were put on me Wanted to be more than just free Had to know tha true facts about my history I couldn't settle for bein'a statistic Couldn't survive in this capitalistic government 'Cause it was meant to hold us back with ignorance Drugs and sneak attacks in my community They killed our unity Do you remember that's what I'm askin'you you think you're livin'free don't make me laugh at you Open your eyes realise you've been locked in chains Said you wasn't civilized and stole your name 'Cause some time has passed we seem to all firget There's no liberty for me and you we ain't free yet Panther Power
[00:08.880]As real as it seems the American dream [00:11.212]Ain't nuthin'but anotha calculated scheme [00:13.512]To keep us locked up and shot up and back in chains [00:16.55]To deny us our future rob our name [00:18.180]Kept our history a mystery but now i see [00:20.519]The American dream wasn't meant for me [00:22.826]'Cause lady liberty's a hypocrite she lied to me [00:25.143]Promised freedom education and equality [00:27.443]Never gave be nuthin'but slavery [00:29.807]But now look at how dangerous you made me [00:31.944]Callin'me a man 'cause I'm strong and bold [00:34.499]With this gumbo of knowledge of the lies you told [00:36.763]Promised me emancipation and a free nation [00:39.551]All you ever gave my people was starvation [00:41.851]The father of our country never cared for me [00:44.25]They kept our ancestors shacked up in slavery [00:46.51]Uncle Sam neva did a damm thing for me [00:48.611]Exept lie about the facts in my history [00:50.820]Now I'm sittin'here mad 'cause I'm unemployed [00:53.439]But the government glad cause they enjoy [00:55.630]When my people are down they just screw us around [00:58.77]Time to change the government now [01:00.195]Panther Power [01:13.761]Ray: [01:19.198]panther powr from the place that resides within [01:21.450]Go to for to with a panther and you just can't win [01:23.942]Self proclaimed best supress the rest [01:26.366]The rich get richer and the poor take less [01:28.494]The American dream was the American nightmare [01:31.50]You kept my people down and refused to fight fair [01:33.422]The Ku Klux Klan tried to keep us out [01:35.622]With signs that state No Blacks allowed [01:37.998]With intimidation and segregation [01:40.247]Once would wait for our freedom [01:41.625]but now we're impatient [01:42.880]black.the other can't get a soldout [01:45.186]freedem.a alite cant get a yeah out [01:47.514]dont u ever dsofaijs a you [01:49.457]panther the power [01:51.193]they will soon to stop [01:52.170]panther the power/ [01:59.677]My mother neva let me forget my history [02:13.313]Hopin'that i would set free cahins that were put on me [02:16.41]Wanted to be more than just free [02:17.509]Had to know tha true facts about my history [02:19.450]I couldn't settle for bein'a statistic [02:22.629]Couldn't survive in this capitalistic government [02:25.294]'Cause it was meant to hold us back with ignorance [02:28.73]Drugs and sneak attacks in my community [02:30.497]They killed our unity [02:43.320]Do you remember that's what I'm askin'you [02:45.431]you think you're livin'free don't make me laugh at you [02:48.253]Open your eyes realise you've been locked in chains [02:50.579]Said you wasn't civilized and stole your name [02:52.802]'Cause some time has passed we seem to all firget [02:55.142]There's no liberty for me and you we ain't free yet [02:57.558]Panther Power