Power Lyrics

You would have us forget

You would have us make it easier

Have us regret

you would never say her name

you would have us forget

How the mothers’ pressure

freed the sons and daughters

caught in torture chambers

TALK ABOUT IT!

Yeah we’ve always been great

For a long time now,

But you always debate

for a long time now,

what a woman should make,

what a woman should take,

but you never ask the woman

WHAT A BASIC MISTAKE

Naona chenye mimi sita do

Ni ku argue na mafala busy body like you

wale wanafikiria sindiria ni weakness

ni better ni speak less

ma actions mu-witness

Keep saying not the right time

You keep telling us not the right time

You keep saying not the right time

You keep telling us not the right time

(hahahaha)

Im my own fix,

Im my own fixer,

Write my own script,

Write my own scripture,

And I’m so sick,

Getting more sicker,

See the whole mix,

See the whole picture,

Getting loud

Getting louder

Getting loud

Getting louder

Getting loud,

Getting louder

Getting loud

Getting louder

Power Power Power

Sio ndio power

Watoto wa hawa (eve)

Ndio sisi hawa

this time hatuchoki

this time hatuogopi

Pesa hatukopi

tena hatusoti

Ngumu kunishika kwanza jenga ka-cv!

Mna pressure ya ku marry but hatu jiski!

mtabaki mukichecki

shinda mkidebate-i,

Kwenye ninaget-i

pesa ya kibeti

This one for the women who came before us

who built the world for us

who make it work for us

This one for the women who came before us

who built the world for us

who made it work for us

(hahahaha)

Im my own fix,

Im my own fixer,

Write my own script,

Write my own scripture,

And I’m so sick,

Getting more sicker,

See the whole mix,

See the whole picture,

Getting loud

Getting louder

Getting loud

Getting louder

Getting loud,

Getting louder

Getting loud

Getting louder

you would have us regret

you would never say her name

you would have us forget

you would never say her name

you would have us forget

you would never say her name

you would have us forget

TALK ABOUT IT!

You have never been straight

you keep telling us wait

then you switch up the date

TUMECHOKA!

Then you tell us we hate

one another, you blame us,

you keep trying to shame us,

to erase us

ooh ooh

You would have us believe

there is something too big

we could never achieve

You would have us believe

there is something too big

we could never receive