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P.O.W.A

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P.O.W.A

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Don't you wanna

Tell me if you're gonna

Put down your armour

Promise no more drama

Throw up my hands I say I'm not Dalai Lama

Throw up my hands say I'm not Obama

I'm not Osama

Monsanto farmer

I don't drink no soda

I believe in Karma

They try to shut me down

I've still got the power

They try to hate me

But I still be that lover

I know my mind

In me I'm gonna find

This is my time

And I'm searching for the signs

Throw up my hands

Say this is people power

Throw up my finger and I'm taking on the Tower

Don't you wanna

Tell me if you're gonna

Put down your armour

Promise no more drama

You know me I don't watch TV

People watching me are only gonna see

I'm not your enemy FBI checking me

Curbing my money but that don't bother me

I'm much tougher

I don't need the buffer

I keep it light

Keep my head out the gutter

I'ma do it now

I'ma do it

I'ma do it now

I'ma do it

I'ma do it now

I'ma show you how

Put your hands up

Put your middle fingers in the air

M.I.A. make it spray like it's raining up in here

Think you're getting baptised

With the sweat on your tree

Where where where

You say where my water there

You say wa wa wa wa wa

I say pa pa pa pa pa

You say wa wa wa wa wa

I say pa pa pa pa pa

Supa-kala fascist, racist, espi-ala-tazors

Posers with cases

They better not erase us

Batta come face us

I'm not Rihanna

I'm not Madonna

I'm not Mariah

Or Ariana

I've been around in this world causing drama

The real spice girl, hot girl power

Don't you wanna

Tell me if you're gonna

Put down your armour

Promise no more drama

Throw my hands

Say this is people power

Throw up my finger and I'm taking on the Towe

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