(Intro) Welcome, everybody. Welcome. You’re here for a reason. ‘Bout to open the ceremony, and you know what to do… (Hook) Power to the people, power to the people (4x) Right On. If this is your first time then welcome. Just remember it’s all love. Now when I say ‘power to the people’, you say… (Hook) (Verse 1) An injury to one is an injury to all If our sons can’t rise, our daughters will fall So get up on yo feet and everybody stand tall If you wit me, let me hear the call Power to the people (power to the people) We can’t stop now, we just an hour from the steeple Absolute cowards use their power for illegal The march must go on if we’re to tower over evil The poor are getting poorer, the gap needs diminishing Great American horror, time to extinguish it The party Martin started, let’s fight til we finish it It’s now or never equal, time to relinquish it. Power to the People. (Hook) (Verse 2) This is for Mandela in the trenches/ defenseless behind fences Live long and prosper more than weapons formed against us To the Huey P Newtons who ready to keep shootin’ Gimme the loot, gimme the loot, gimme the loot or we lootin For Biggie and for Pac/ for Negus who been locked For the right to cast a vote/ for the right to tote a glock For that right not to be in vain, we get shot By cops with the desert eagle like doctors injecting needles For the 1 millionth man/ holding 1 million hands Making 1 million plans/ to take 1 million stands Against any injustice, in 1 million lands If one can dream, then 1 million can/ bring Power to the People. (Hook) We bout to take it around the world. All around the world. So when you hear your country or any country for that matter, you know what to do. (Hook) Right on! And if you don’t mind, I’d like to make a pit stop in South Africa. When I say Amanda, you say Awethu. Freedom awaits. Let’s get it. (Hook) Right on. And if you don’t mind, I’d like to take a pit stop in my birthplace, Guyana. Celebrating 50 years of independence. GT! No doubt. (Hook) Call it coincidence. But I’d like to give a shoutout to 50 years of the Black Panther Party. And for that we raise a fist and we say (Hook) Right on.

(Verse 1) Just seen a homeless woman sleep in front of city hall Thirty feet from her, there layed the holy bible Both of them abandoned, neither one could see the fall I started thinking am I here for my own survival The irony hit me, and lit a fire within me Her guidance was literally a stones throw away If Goliath can get beat, then why can’t I empty My pride for my pennies and fill a hole in her day Is a dollar enough? Is a dollar enough? Is that all that I can spare, she could probably call my bluff Is a dollar enough? Here a dollar’s enough. But what happens to the dollar as soon as it leaves my clutch Isn’t ‘In God We Trust’, Isn’t ‘In God We Trust’ On the money for a reason or am I making this up And if it’s God that we trust, IF it’s God that we trust Then why not give her the bible, why didn’t I pick it up, huh? Barack Obama: Fixing the Homeless Crisis (Verse 2) Single mother, victim of abuse The web she’s caught up in got her feeling recluse Ex husband, just to spite her (just a spider) Won’t pick up the kids before she works an all-nighter/ two jobs, true survivor Provide the type o life her kids would like to live So they won’t freeze, no eve without the ribs Minimum wage pays for a maximum rage Sinking lower like a casket so she asks for a raise Is a dollar enough? Is a dollar enough? A dollar more still couldn’t get her on the bus Is a dollar enough? Here a dollar’s enough. By now she’s thinking she should have never fallen in love Is her daughter a crutch? Is her daughter a crutch?! A mother shouldn’t have to think that way about her pups Is it bothering us? Ain’t it bothering us? That the system missed the point and now we amidst all this dust Barack Obama speaks on Women and the Economy (Verse 3) Dear Brock, if your name was Barack You wouldn’t make it this far/ you’d a been slain by the cops Though this is not about race/ this is about disgrace This is about a woman who can barely show her face But he’s a star so she must’ve kissed him Just a slap on the wrist, a couple months in prison The justice system says ‘it’s just his system’ Well there’s some real killers inside that’ll adjust his system Is a dollar enough? Is a dollar enough? That’s gotta be enough for her to keep it on the hush Is a dollar enough? Here a dollar’s enough! Spent the rest on a lawyer who painted you as a lush You think locking him up’s/ not worth the horrible cut That she has to live with daily, I’m sorry your honor, what?! He graduates with honors while she can hardly conduct- I’m at a loss for words, I think I’ve said enough. Barack Obama: Rape is Rape

(Intro) As the campaign trail moves on. It feels so Good. It feels so Wright. It’s one for the Books. (Bridge) Treat each other fair/ see each other in the mirror Regardless of race, sex, creed, color o’ hair Love who you want as long as love is in the air Let em up above know we care (2x) (Hook – Saeeda Wright and Nehemiah Booker) It’ll happen one day We gotta start today It ain’t gon take one day It ain’t gon take two days (Verse 1) Long live the King, King, and the right thing to do Long live the fight for the truth Lets set aside our differences and set our sites with emphasis On giving longer lives to the youth Redistribute the funds/ reinstitute the fun Resist from using guns/ on our discontinued sons We in a state of mass incarceration Reinstate jobs and education And redefine global warming As having one heart that so enormous We can fire up compassion so all are nourished With the finest of fashions we’ll clothe the homeless The Strength to Love is my Constitution The Strength to Love, that’s my Declaration I say we cut down on pollution, smell the celebration With a breath of fresh air, we can vent elation/ it’ll happen (Hook) It’ll happen one day We gotta start today It ain’t gon take one day It ain’t gon take two days It’s gonna take all us together A promise to never Give up on each other Make the world better One day (Verse 2) The policy needs editing Equality is the medicine Democracy’s even better when Economies can benefit/ all, not just the wealthiest Your perfect lives with your perfect wives Perfect colonies, your perfect hives While we work to survive/ it only hurts to divide And God forbid we ever verbalize There’s too much month at the end of the money And too much money spent defending the country And too much country with nothing to eat And too much to eat but it’s just for the elite And too many sick, poor, hungry and dying Who can’t afford to care when the youngest is crying And too many crying from the social injustice I still have a dream, I know it’s amongst us/ it’ll happen (Hook) (Outro) I need everybody to put one finger in the air like this. And let’s turn one day into day one. How wonderful would that one day be? One day of love, one day of peace. Then imagine day two and day three.

(Intro) President Obama on the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile Crowd chanting “No Justice, No Peace” in front of Police Department in Oakland, CA (Hook) What if we shoot back? What if we shoot back? What if we shoot back? What if we shoot back? (Verse 1) Murder in the first degree/ with no urgency/ to get his body to emergency/ just left him in the Ferguson street/ for the world to see/ god damnit how perverted are we/ and it’s burning in the 3rd degree to see our dreams deferred and be referred so fervently/ as the reason it occurs like we yearn to be gunned down to the ground like a herd of beasts/ wait, I just heard the police/ kill another brother in broad day light/ we don’t tell our kids about the birds n the bees/ they learn how to freeze/ and lose all their rights/ that’s not propaganda/ there don’t ever stop Amanda/ you lucky if you meet Miranda/ when the cops say hands up it’s… (Shots)…To all the Katie’s who want ’em a mixed baby/ better hope he turn into another Curry or a Drake/ what you gon do when they say the family picture you painted is tainted/ he gotta wash the dirt off his face/ that’s the color of his skin/ your his mother you’re his kin/ but the prisons are filled so they killing at will and next they could be coming for him/ Why must I be mortified everytime someone’s immortalized/ why does it take a sole to rise like Jordan 5s when 6 ring out from the .45/ he was only 23… He had all his life/ he was only 12 years old, you saw 21, you not qualified (Hook) (Verse 2) What if we shoot back/ what if we each had at least 2 gats/ one cast steel for Castile, one new Mac for move back/ what if we was out for vengeance/ what if we go pay they house a visit/ what if we go ahead n Malcolm X them right out of existence… (shots - Man Down!) … what if we call up the leader of Isis/ tell em there’s really a crisis/ tell em we gon need some advice kid/ cops killing kids out here and they bleeding for life it’s/ gone way way way past brutality/ this is now bad for humanity/ this is now mad, it’s insanity/ all at the hands of their vanity/ n still no recourse/ for militant p’lice force/ we’re starting to get really impatient/ still no convictions/ we’re boa constricted/ to thinking that the laws ain’t changing/ we should Grant him an Oscar for Shootvale Station/ way to play innocent, standing ovation/ clap for him or clap at him, what if we change the conversation (Hook) I bet them street cameras work then! President Obama on the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile

(Intro) President Obama on the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile (Verse 1) They stuck with us now/ put up wit us now Never thought we’d run the town when we ducked underground (we runnin’) Though How to Make a Slave by Wiilie Lynch is still applying Keep the body, take the mind, I swear they got it to a science (Go!) Like, first ship em dope and let em deal to brothers (then) Give em guns, step back, and watch em kill each other (then) Devour, then deflower n devalue their heroines Street powder to keep power, put a value on heroin (got it) Like D Howard we ran to the block With outstretched hands we asked our mans for the rock Page 4 of the curriculum/ wage war, start convicting em Here comes Daniel with the vans and the locks (Book ’em, Danno!) So how you feel, how you feel, how you feel In 25, the number’s grown to 2.5 mill Cheap labor became free, too costly to send us back Blackmail the black male, I’m just sending the facts (fax) (Hook) Will I die in here? Will I see the sun? 25 more years, ‘Til I see my son I’m buried alive, I’m gone and forgotten Black’s the new black, bloodshed’s the new cotton They can take my body, they can’t take my mind Lord take my soul, when they say it’s my time Will I die in here? Will I see my son? 25 more years, Will I see the sun? (Verse 2) The rules are bent, assaulted female prisoners consent To stay content/ Who’s job is to repent? When 12 officers have felt her breasts/ today alone 12 months from now, 12 million more arrests (oh no) Happy anniversary baby! Come here and peel off that orange, you ain’t been nursing me lately Demented, sick defendants plead the 5th amendment While trauma alters genetics of troubled and scarred descendants I take it from your silence that I’m making you listen State of the prison/ designed for violence n racial division Main Mission: confine ’em to a hole Deny ’em payroll so they violate parole (you’ll be back) So how you feel, how you feel, how you feel In 25, the number’s grown to 2.5 mill 800 on death row, takes 80 million to power So much for the 8th Amendment/ when you make 8 cents an hour/ these are facts (Hook) (Verse 3) They don’t educate, they throw the book, they make sure they hit ya Jew-veniles locked up at 13, bar mitzvah 18 times more likely to be tried as an 18 year old for the same crime as them They watching us, in the hood, 3 striKes just for burning trees While swatsikas, in a hood n 3 Ks get to burn trees To please cops, we cop pleas/ blood drops on leaves They’ll eavesdrop/ we’ve got to stop these thieves/ try to keep up (facts) Direct deposits into the bank/ fund for-profit criminal tanks With no intentions but detention retention, inventin’ offenses for walkin’ the plank No dental coverage, no help for the mental, suffrage Commission off the commissary, families left to suffer So how you feel, how you feel, how you feel In 25, the numbers grown to 2.5 mill Born with a death sentence, the burden of being black These ain’t feelings, see these are facts/ there ain’t no taking em back (Hook)

(Hook) (Verse 1) A great leader was born today/ don’t let him fail or let evil blow him away/ if you see him going astray/ take heed and show him the way/ teach him morality/ we gon need him more everyday/ raise her with confidence/ raise her with common sense/ she’ll raise into prominence/ and rid AIDS from The Continent/ no left wing or right/ her only angle is flight/ guide her path, give her candle a light/ am I right?/ Absolutely/ we gettin back to the future like it’s an action movie/ I do this for the kids, when they say pass it to me/ I assist like Kidd, kid, ’cause that’s my duty/ yeah, and that’s the beauty/ I got a passion for the youth, G/ they hang in the balance/ we need movement, not another mannequin challenge/ through the music, and discord (this chord), we give em a pro to call/ that’s the protocol when they prone to fall/ (Hook) (Verse 2) Let’s give the children a choice/ give their vision a voice/ so they can complete the mission/ instead of missing the point/ 2.2 mill in prison/ let’s go and visit the joint/ let em know that we miss em/ a wish will give em some poise/ fixing the system isn’t as simple as flipping coins/ let’s wick wicked decisions/ that feel like kicks in the groin/ then light the wicks of millions of little boys/ and independent young women who itching to bring the noise/ We been givin’ em toys, we need to give em the tools/ if not now, then when, there ain’t a minute to lose/ no child left behind, can’t pick n choose/ all hands on deck, it takes a village or two/ Free Breakfast for Children is still/ a good idea, it was then and it always will/ as long as the meal/ keeps em all fulfilled/ with a spark in their heart /if they start to chill/ light the fire (Hook) (Verse 3) Let’s get em ready, let’s line em up/ We need em all, no that’s not enough/ Set em ablaze, Let’s fire em up/ give em fuel that’ll make their desires erupt/ Teach em how to climb, get em higher up/ hands to the sky, get em higher up/ go ‘head and light a match, let’s ignite a rush/ and wave em side to side, put your lighters up Children discussing super powers (Hook)

(Intro) Comedic rant by Elijah Flowers (Verse 1) Uh, So they keep on raising the roof/ prices They ain’t giving raises to you/ bias Cost of living is through the roof/ highest It’s ever been, it is evident, there is proof/ liars Life is suicide in itself Breaking our own backs/ We die to assume the wealth What we assume is wealth/ is really doom to our health The root of all evil moving in stealth Instead of focusing on job creation they change the make up of the population And got the nerve to holla beautification Now I don’t know what mirror you been facing But we’ve all been desensitized To our own homes gentrified The definition of appropriation Take it from its roots, treat it like your own creation (Hook) Ohhh so you just gon come and take our swag Ohhh so you just gon come and take our style Ohhh so you just gon come and take our sound huh Ok well go ahead and take a bow Go ahead n take a bow Go ahead n take a bow Your forefathers would be so proud Go ahead n take a bow What you takin now? (Verse 2) Uh, Now you can’t just come and take the culture And not even embrace the color Not very bald eagle of you That in fact makes you a vulture Just because we wear dreads That don’t mean that you gotta fear us We telling you our lives matter And it’s obvious that you don’t hear us You don’t want us in your back yard So you feel the need to build gates Got fences ’round the mighty dollar All hail Bill Gates And now we’ve all been desensitized To our own homes gentrified The definition of appropriation Take it from its roots, treat it like your own creation (Hook) (Guitar Break) (Verse 3) Uh, Now how are we supposed to build If we always gotta rebuild And you the one getting money From the things that we build And since they won’t share the for-mula We hit licks for moola You know what you think the next stop’ll be It’s either Jake or the jeweler I’m saying hey Mr. Monopoly I got the money for your property But here’s the part that bothers me This the same land you got from me So we’ve all been desensitized To our own homes gentrified The definition of appropriation Take it from its roots, treat it like your own creation (Hook)

(Intro) The problem’s been created, but we can’t perpetuate it. We gotta get up. We gotta govern ourselves and stop expecting anything from Washington. We gotta get our own capital. We gotta raise our children with pride, to honor where they come from. It starts in the home, in the classrooms. Then back out to the community and it spreads worldwide. (Verse 1) Whether you black, white, brown, purple or Asian Right now would be the perfect occasion Put EVIL in reverse, we been cursed since the first generation Right now could be the birth of a nation/ let’s LIVE!! One full of dignity, richer than all of history Change is in the pockets, they profiting off our misery Imagine all of the progress if nobody gets the credit Crabs in the barrel, barrels of bullets, we gotta dead it Time for us to value our lives a little bit more Then they can’t just come n kick in the door We won’t stand for that like quarterback for the Frisco 4 I can’t breathe, stop n frisk no more/ uh uh Let it be peace and longevity when we speak of our legacy Through a beacon of integrity, we can weaken the enemy But here comes the weekend and we can’t live without Hennessy We can be the deacons of our destiny/ we gotta get up! (Hook) We gotta get up, we gotta get up (4x) We gotta get up for the ones who refuse to stand for the ways of an abusive land We gotta get up for ourselves if we stand a chance to ever do that brand new dance We gotta get up Break (Verse 2) (We gotta get up) Now we can wait on the state And we can stare at debates/ and we can make some complaints That’s adjacent to complacent, we don’t claim our mistakes We on time for the latest make/ but what’s making us late Late for work, ground work that could pave a new way If we hasten our pace/ we could save what’s at stake You know them stakes is high just like De La would say Now which direction are we headed, it’s a maze not a race We can take it to the left [to the left] We can take it to the right [to the right] We can break it on down [on down] We can do this all night [all night] But we ain’t going back to the mutiny that’s ruining community Onward and upward for the unity Right foot forward, no one left behind All in and we can all shine/ but we gotta up (Hook) (Verse 3- Wynne) I know I’m not the only one who’s afraid of it The rains coming I can see the cloud now Over the horizon but the timing is impeccable They want us divided they want us down and out I’m drowning out the sounds of demands I see them in the air waving their hands Don’t shoot, we won’t move My boots are glued arms linked you won’t bruise The soul of a soldier no no we can’t lose We are the hope of the future and they know it Told us we had the ship but they never let us row it They’re supposed to support us not deport us thats who we are Immigrants building resilience oppression giving the scars History repeats itself the proof is in the pudding Like Emmitt Till now Trayvon wearing a hoodie For all the times they told us that we couldn’t For when we got up every time they said we wouldn’t We gotta get up (Hook)

(Intro) Since victory in the making (Cool) Now victory’s for the taking Time to bring home the bacon Don’t keep the people waiting, break out the (Hook) Champagne! Bring them bottles to my section Champagne! Looks like we won an election Champagne! Lighters up. Get lit wit me Champagne! This the taste of victory (Verse 1) For the first time in franchise history We have overcome our disenfranchised history The people have spoken, they got they hands high, fisted, we Took the competition in a landslide victory No mo buyin’ your votes, No mo lying to folks The people know what’s up, They told me that I was dope They told me that U was nope, They told me they couldn’t cope No more dirty politics, told em I’d bring em soap They told me that I was HOPE Now I’m top of totem, the polls are bringin results I told you I wouldn’t choke, You trolls have been tellin jokes Tryna don a chump, Low and behold he’s broke Knowin that you’d get smoked you tried to bury my message Safe to say that you wasn’t very impressive I turned rock bottom into rock stardom Goodies say the word and I got em (get em!) Cue the confetti n bring out the hats/ the real is back, reveal the facts Drop the banners, stop the banter, pull out the cameras, I killed the act Go head n show me the podium/ over n over they quotin him Devoted, they voted in both of em/ somebody open the (Hook) (Verse 2) For the second time in franchise history (two terms!) We have overcome our disenfranchised history The people have spoken, they got they hands high, fisted, we Killed the competition in a landslide victory The people are cheerin, they came from miles to hear him The White House lawn look like a coliseum What he’s established meant nothing to the establishment Soon as he turned his back they smiled and thought about stabbing him But we ain’t runnin’ mate Now we may party like its 1999 but we gon keep it