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New Power Generation

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New Power Generation

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Lay down your funky weapon.Yeah y'all, here we gopumpin' the big noise in the 90's.Pardon me 4 living, but this is my world 2I can't help that what's cool to us might be strange to uPardon me 4 breathing, can we borrow some of your air?the problem with u and your kind is that u don't know love is thereLay down your funky weapon, come join us on the floormaking love and music's the only things worth fighting 4.We r the new power generation, we want 2 change the world.The only thing that's in our way is u.Your old fashioned music, your old ideas,we're sick and tired of u telling us what 2 do.Pardon me 4 thinking, but there's something under my hairI bet u thought the lights were on but noone's living thereU think that if u tell enough lies they will see the truth?I hope they bury your old ideas the same time they bury uLay down your funky weapon, come join us on the floormaking love and music's the only things worth fighting 4.We r the new power generation, we want 2 change the world.The only thing that's in our way is u.Your old fashioned music, your old ideas,we're sick and tired of u telling us what 2 do.We r the new, We r the new, We r the new,making love and musicnew power, we standPardon us for caring, we didn't know it was against the rules (shout it out)if we only want to love one anotherthen tell me now who's the fool (tell me, tell me)no father, no mother, no sister, no brother, nobody can make me stopsaid if u didn't come 2 party child, I think u better get up offa my block.Lay down your funky weapon, come join us on the floormaking love and music's the only things worth fighting 4.We r the new power generation, we want 2 change the world.The only thing that's in our way is u.Your old fashioned music, your old ideas,we're sick and tired of u telling us what 2 do.why don't u just be happy, baby.[chorus repeated with this sung over it]go on and get up offa my blockget up offa my block, becauselove is there if you'd just open up 2 it.if you'd just believe your whole world would changeNew power generation, you've got to rearrange. We've gotwe r the new power generation, you've gotta give up all the fightwe gotta try 2 love one another, baby. we r the new power generationwe r the new power generation.we r the new power generation.
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