(for god's sake) give more power to the people

there's some people up there hoggin' everything

tellin' lies

givin' alibis about the people's money and things

and if they gonna throw it away

might as well give some to me

yeah they seen and heard it

but never had misery

there are some people who are starvin' to death

never knew but only hate us

and they never had happiness

oh

oh

oh

if you don't have enough to eat

how can you think of love

you don't have the time to care so it's crime you're guilty of

oh yeah

for god's sake

you got to give more power to the people

for god's sake

why don't you give more power to the people

cut this jive and see who's got the power to kill the most

when they run out of power

the world's gonna be a ghost

they know we're not satisfied

so we begin to holler

makin' us a promise and throwin' a few more dollars

there's no price for happiness

there's no price for love

up goes the price of livin'

and you're right back where you was

so whatever you got

just be glad you got it

now we're gonna get on up and get some more of it