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mc boyz - fighting for our rights/reality check lyrics

[chorus]
fighting for our rights
fighting for our rights
yeah, we fighting for our rights
day and night, man we fighting for our rights

[verse i]
we run the world but we’re stuck in the house
they limit us from our kitchen to our blouse
our goal is simple, we just want out
so lemme tell you what feminism’s all about
it all started with the feminine mystique
claiming that the housewife was an antique
working all day, 55 hours a week
just to keep the house pretty organized and neat?
girrrrrrl, we need equality man
the n.o.w. establish that fam
forget s-xist stuff, forget miss usa
and start providing us with some dang equal pay
move past that, lift the birth control ban
i mean who’s baby is it, for sure not the man’s
we’re the second wave feminists, and we ain’t leaving
and if you can’t deal with that, either take it or leave it

(chorus)

[verse ii]
lemme take my whole family ‘cross the border
so we can live in the american fervor
no, the white man has taken everything
our cattle, our land, and even our king
but no, chicago is the place to go
we have rights guranteed by guadalupe hidalgo
the americans are mad, can’t you see?
never ever forget what happened at the wounded knee
i can see where you’re coming from, they do discriminate
but how’d you survive, how do you facilitate?
nonviolence will not be the way to riot
we must show them true power, go ahead and try it
but gandhi did not need violence at all
we will protest without tearing down the wall
we want autonomy on our own reservation
give us our rights, let us act as our own nation

(chorus)

[verse iii]
it all started all the way back at reconstruction
we all got freed, thanks to the union
but andrew johnson and the ku klux klan
made that seem like it never happened
going back to the 60s, times have barely changed
we’re still out here working for minimum wage
we can’t sit near our bros, we gotta be apart
it’s time for a change, shoutout to rosa parks!

but maintain the peace, keep it all nonviolent
gandhi made it through, but he kept it valiant
there is more than one way to show black power
so put away the rifles and the gunpowder
spread the boy cotts, the sit-ins, and freedom rides
this whole movement has to spread nationwide
we got the strongest people on our side

we gotta tell em we wanna make everything right
malcolm x, marshall, and even mlk
with these guys on our side, you know we’ll be okay
we’re gonna take over birmingham by night
we’re gonna hold it down cause we’re fighting for our rights
brown vs the board of education
wasn’t for nothing it helped change the nation
pack your bags, we’re gonna head to dc
we have a dream, better get ready kennedy

(chorus)

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[part ii: reality check]

[verse]
lbj signed the civil rights act in 1964
but we’re still out here fighting for our rights in the postwar
how am i supposed even begin feeling united
when all this hate between brothers is still being ignited
yeah, the civil rights movement was amazing but for what cause
people still get discriminated against even despite the law
not in the same way but in a parallel tone
we’re fighting overseas, but there’s already a war at home
discrimination and equality are two separate terms
we got rid of one, but other still roams this earth
jfk was inspired by the efforts of the movement
but not everyone was willing to go and submit
so that’s why today we have wars in baltimore and ferguson
why all the efforts of these movements is becoming undone
because we might have taken care of the race issue
but the whole thing is deeper that something you can stick your t–th into
so if you’re listening to this, i hope you make a difference in the world today
because this isn’t something that we can just put away
if you want change to happen man you gotta go ahead and do it yourself
and if this nation’s gonna change everyone needs a reality check now, for real

[outro]

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