It's

not

the

wa-

king,

it's

the

ri-

sing

It

is

the

ground-

ing

of

a

foot

un-

com-

pro-

mi-

sing

It's

not

for-

goe-

ing

of

the

lie

It's

not

the

open-

ing

of

eyes

It's

not

the

wak-

ing,

it's

the

ri-

sing

It's

not

the

shade,

we

should

be

past

it

It's

the

light,

and

it's

the

ob-

stacle

that

cast-

s

it

It's

the

heat

that

drives

the

light

It's

the

fire

it

ig-

nites

It's

not

the

wak-

ing,

it's

the

ris-

ing

It's

not

the

song,

it

is

the

sing-

ing

It's

the

hear-

ing

of

a

hu-

man

spi-

rit

ring-

ing

It

is

the

bring-

ing

of

the

line

It

is

the

bar-

ing

of

the

rhyme

It's

not

the

wak-

ing,

it's

the

ri-

sing

And

I

could

cry

po-

wer

Po-

wer

Po-

wer

Ni-

na

cried

po-

wer

Bil-

lie

cried

po-

wer

Ma-

vis

cried

po-

wer

And

I

could

cry

po-

wer

Po-

wer

Po-

wer

Po-

wer

Cur-

tis

cried

po-

wer

Pat-

ti

cried

po-

wer

Ni-

na

cried

po-

wer

It's

not

the

wall

but

what's

be-

hind

it

The

fear

of

fel-

low

men,

his

mere

as-

sign-

ment

And

eve-

ry-

thing

that

we're

de-

nied

By

keep-

ing

the

di-

vide

It's

not

the

wak-

ing,

it's

the

ri-

sing

And

I

could

cry

po-

wer

Po-

wer

O-

oh

Po-

wer

Ni-

na

cried

po-

wer

Len-

non

cried

po-

wer

James

Brown

cried

po-

wer

And

I

could

cry

po-

wer

Po-

wer

O-

oh

Po-

wer,

lord

B.-

B.

cried

po-

wer

Jo-

ni

cried

po-

wer

Ni-

na

cried

po-

wer

And

I

could

cry

po-

wer

Po-

wer

has

been

cried

by

tho-

se

stron-

ger

than

me

Straight

in-

to

the

face

that

tells

you

To

rattle

your

chains

Ha-

ha

if

you

love

be-

ing

free

Oh

I

could

cry

po-

wer

And

po-

wer

is

my

love

when

my

love

rea-

ches

to

me

James

Brown

cried

po-

wer

See-

ger

cried

po-

wer

Mar-

vin

cried

po-

wer

Yeah

ah,

po-

wer

James

cried

po-

wer

Len-

non

cried

po-

wer

Pat-

ti

cried

po-

wer

Bil-

lie,

po-

wer

Dy-

lan,

po-

wer

Woo-

dy,

po-

wer

Ni-

na

cried

po-

wer