Power Lyrics - Greatest Hits: The Evidence - Ice T

I'm livin' large as possible, posse unstoppable 

Style topical, it's vividly optical 

Listen, you'll see 'em sometimes I'll be 'em 

Cops, critics and punks, never ever want to see me in power 

Well, that's too bad, Apocalypse now I'm back and I'm mad 

We're comin', you're runnin' cold and cunning 

Ice T on the mic, TopGunning 

After your neck, checkin' respect, makin' you sweat 

Rhyme Syndicate boy, in effect 

The rap motivator, teacher, talker, night rhyme stalker 

Words thrillin', so real they're chillin', the hit author 

Gettin' louder than a shot gun, you don't want none 

Rhyme pays was the name of the album 

But that was number one, this is the number two 

The posse grew,we're gonna break through 

Power 

Somebody line up the suckers who refuse to recognize the truth 

Tie up the punks who refuse to understand the youth 

My posse's growin' and it's gettin' larger every day 

Detroit, Chi-Town, Pittsburgh, Houston, L.A. 

Come on, come on, come on, toys, let's play 

Circle the calendar, perpetrator doomsday 

Ice-T fool, man of my own, full grown 

I cause havoc when I speak upon the microphone 

I'm outspoken, no jokin', get in my face your jaw will get broken 

Layin' it, sayin' it, then you're playing it 

Lyrics so heavy that you might try weighin' it 

Hated by many but I hate 'em back 

Loved by troopers who know where it's at 

You might like me, might think I'm wack 

But don't step to me 'cause the boy stays strapped 

I'm taking no shorts, hatin' the courts, hatin' the judges 

Punk DA's with their personal grudges 

I hate the clubs that think with their butts 

No hats, no jeans, no sneakers, no what? 

No beepers, no gold? Yo kiss my ass 

We'll wait and see who gets the last laugh 

We'll have the power 

Power 

We'll have the power 

Power 

Power, it starts with P like pussy 

She knows she's got it,she doesn't worry,does she? 

Spendin' your cash, leavin' you in the trash 

While your little head's thinkin', they're gone in a dash 

They got it, know it, that's why they show it 

The power of sex, if man could overthrow it 

He'd be king in a day, no way. We get rich, hard, give it away 

We're weak and as we speak, the girls are hawkin' 

Sizin' me up straight out as I'm talkin' 

But you gotta have control if you want the gold 

I don't want to be alone like Stallone 

So I keep my mind thinkin' 'bout the green 

And stop dwellin' on the in-between 

I got power 

Power 

I'm on a mission mackin' hard as a hammer 

Take my picture, I might take your camera 

My posse might move, and they move fast 

A fool's move could be a punk's last 

Ain't no criminal although I used to be 

Ain't no new jack rappin' ain't new to me 

I been makin' records on wax since 1982 

Now it's 1988 finally I'm coming through 

That adds up to six years of makin' ok jams, but now I'm mad 

Here comes the body slam 

Turnin' out concerts, house'n the industry 

Lovin' all the fly girls screamin' for Ice-T 

Rollin' with the Syndicate my unstoppable battalion 

38 Solid gold my medalion 

Gainin' velocity, momentum and energy 

ICE Capital T 

I got the power 

Power 

So you say that I'm a fake think, you really must be a fool 

I been to jail more times than you have probably been in school 

Shot at, shot back, hit, and seen my buddies killed 

That's the foundation upon the raps of Ice-T are built 

I say what I think, the system does stink 

Money you walk, you short, you're writin' from the klink 

Come on, what's up, you know the laws are full of bull 

Prey on the lame, release those with pull 

Power! I know you wanta try it 

Well check out money can buy it 

Control and mold the world to do your wishin' 

The knowledge of power is mine, so just listen 

Money controls the world and that's it 

And once you got it, then you can talk shit 

Power 

You'll have the power 

Power 

You'll have the power 

I got the power