As real as it seems the American dream   Ain't nuthin' but anotha calculated scheme   To keep us locked up and shot up and back in chains   To deny us our future rob our name   Kept our history a mystery but now i see   The American dream wasn't meant for me   Cause lady liberty's a hypocrite she lied to me   Promised freedom education and ecuality   Never gave be nuthin' but slavery   But now look at how dangerous you made me   Callin' me a man cause I'm strong and bold   With this gumbo of knowledge of the lies you told   Promised me emancipation and a free nation   All you ever gave my people was starvation   The father of our country never cared for me   They kept our ancestors shacked up in slavery   Uncle Sam neva did a damm thing for me   Exept lie about the facts in my history   Now I'm sittin' here mad cause I'm unemployed   But the government mad cause they enjoy   When my people are down they just screw us around   Time to change the government now   Panther Power      Panther powr from the place that resides within   Go to for to with a panther and you just can't win   Self proclaimed best supress the rest   The rich get richer and the poor take less   The American dream was the American nightmare   You kept my people down and refused to fight fair   The Ku Klux Klan tried to keep us out   With signs that state No Blacks allowed   With intimidation and segregation   Once would wait for our freedom   But now we're impatient   Blacks they others they yell sell out   Freedom equality get out yell out   Don't eva be ashamed of what you are   It's your Panther power that makes you a star   Panther Power      My mother neva let me forget my history   Hopin' that i would set free cahins that were put on me   Wanted to be more than just free   Had to know tha true facts about my history   I couldn't settle for bein' a statistic   Couldn't survive in this capitalistic government   Cause it was meant to hold us back with ignorance   Drugs and sneak attacks in my community   They killed our unity   But when I charged them they cried immunity   I strike america like a case of heart disease   Panther Power is runnin' through my arteries   Try to stop me homeboy you'll get clawed to death   Cause i'll be fightin for my freedom 'till my dyin' breath      Do you remember that's what I'm askin' you   You think you're livin' free don't make me laugh at you   Open your eyes realise you've been locked in chains   Said you wasn't civilized and stole your name   Cause some time has passed we seem to all firget   There's no liberty for me and you we ain't free yet   Panther Power