[Verse 1]

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 cunnin'

Ice T on the mic, Top Gunnin'

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

Rhyme Syndicate, boy, in effect

The rap motivator, teacher, talker, night rhyme stalker

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

Gettin' louder than a shotgun, you don't want none

Rhyme Pays was the name of the album

But that was number one, this is number two

The posse grew, we're gonna break through

[Chorus]

Power

[Verse 2]

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, perpetrate a 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, I'm hatin' the judges

Punk DA's with their personal grudges

I hate the clubs that think with their butts

No hats, jeans, 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

[Chorus]

Power

We'll have the power

Power

[Verse 3]

Power, it starts with P like pussy

She knows she 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'

You gotta have control if you want the gold

I don't wanna be alone like Stallone

So I keep my mind thinkin' 'bout the green

And stop dwellin' on the in-between, I got power

[Chorus]

Power

[Verse 4]

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

You 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' okay jams, but now I'm mad

Here comes the body slam

Turnin' out concerts, housin' the industry

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

Rollin' with the Syndicate, my unstoppable battalion

38 solid gold my medallion

Gainin' velocity, momentum and energy

Ice Capital T, boy, I got the power

[Chorus]

Power

[Verse 5]

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

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

Shot at, shot back, hit, 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 clink

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 wanna try it

Well, check it 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

[Chorus]

You'll have the power

Power

You'll have the power

I got the power