Jesse - Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Melle-Mel, The Furious Five

He’s coming, he’s coming, he’s coming

He’s coming, he’s coming, he’s coming

He’s coming, he’s coming, he’s coming

He’s here

His name is Jesse

His name is Jesse

Hypocrites and uncle toms are talking trash (Let's talk about Jesse)

Liberty and justice are a thing of the past (Let's talk about Jesse)

They want a stronger nation at any cost (Let's talk about Jesse)

Even if it means that everything will soon be lost (Let's talk about Jesse)

He started on the bottom, now he’s on the top

He proved that he could make it, so don’t ever stop

Brothers stand together and let the whole world see

Our brother Jesse Jackson go down in history

So vote, vote, vote, everybody get up and vote

Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote

Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote

Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote

See Ronald Reagan speaking on TV, smiling like everything’s fine and dandy

Sounded real good when he tried to give a pep talk to over 30 million poor

people like me

How can we say we got to stick it out when his belly is full and his future is

sunny?

I don’t need his jive advice but I sure do need his jive time money

The dream is a nightmare in disguise (Let's talk about Jesse)

Red tape and lies fill your for spacious skies (Let's talk about Jesse)

But don’t think that DC just did it first (Let's talk about Jesse)

There’s a lot of DC’s all over this universe (His name is Jesse)

He started on the bottom, now he’s on the top

He proved that he could make it, so don’t ever stop

Brothers stand together and let the whole world see

Our brother Jesse Jackson go down in history

So vote, vote, vote, everybody get up and vote

Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote

Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote

Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote

The land of the free and the home of the brave but it might as well be the home

of the slave

They got me walking around, saying freedom’s come but my body is free and my

mind is dumb

The people ain’t black but the house is white and just because I’m different

they don’t treat me right

They done cast me aside and held me down, dragged my name down to the ground

Oh beautiful for spacious skies with your amber waves of untold lies

Look at all the politicians trying to do a job but they can’t help but look

like the mob

Get a big kick back and put it away, watch the FBI watch the CIA

They want a bigger missile with a faster yet but yet they forget to hire you

the vet

Hypocrites, just talkin' trash (Let's talk about Jesse)

Liberty and Justice are a thing of the past (Let's talk about Jesse)

They want a stronger nation at any cost (Let's talk about Jesse)

Even if it means that everything will soon be lost (His name is Jesse)

Breakdown

Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote

Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote

Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote

Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote

The 30th day that’s in December is a day that everyone’s gonna remember

Because on that day a righteous man, thought about taking a brand new stand

The name of the man is Jesse Jackson and his call is for peace without an action

'Cause now is the time to change the nation without just another negotiation

He went to the East for human rights to free a lieutenant shot down in flight

Just another statistic and the government knew it, they didn’t even want the

man to go do it

Before he left, he called the president’s home and Reagan didn’t even answer

the phone

But I tell you one thing and that’s a natural fact, you can bet he calls Jesse

when Jesse got back

He started on the bottom, now he’s on the top

He proved that he could make it, so don’t ever stop

Brothers stand together and let the whole world see

Our brother Jesse Jackson go down in history

So vote

Hypocrites just talking trash (Let's talk about Jesse)

Liberty and Justice are a thing of the past (Let's talk about Jesse)