The Exodus Has Begun

<br>Have mercy, uh <br>The exodus has begun (The exodus has begun!) <br>Have mercy, uh <br>The exodus has begun <br><br>Now these are the names of the New Power Generation <br>(These are the names) <br>The funkiest suckers of the new gold nation <br>Polyvinyl acetate, New Power Soul <br>Guaranteed 2 stick 2 the roof of your Oldsmobile muthafucka <br><br>CHORUS: <br>Long live the New Power! <br>Have mercy <br>Generation after generation, the soul will never die <br>(The exodus has begun) <br>Long live the New Power! <br>Have mercy <br>We don`t cry, we don`t die, we just multiply <br><br>Polyvinyl acetate, New Power Soul (Mercy) <br>The exodus has begun <br>These are the names of the children of the sun <br>Pumpin` the love sign in the days of wild <br>Tearin` shit up with a vengeance and still they smile (Still they smile) <br>Though their lives were made bitter with hard labor and no pay <br>These are the children that will come 2 save the day <br>(These are the children) <br>The exodus has begun <br>Have mercy <br><br>CHORUS <br><br>La da da da, da da daaa (U ain`t gonna hurt me) <br>Sho do do do do doo (Have mercy) <br>La da da da, da da daaa (U ain`t gonna hurt me) <br>Have mercy <br><br>(Behold) <br>Behold the children of the New Power <br>Are more and mightier than U (Mighty, mighty) <br>U that have scorned and held back the inevitable <br>Must now come 2 grips with the truth <br>(All that is good in the eyes of heaven) <br>All that is good in the eyes of heaven <br>Will rebuke your powder monkey ways <br>(Have mercy, mercy, mercy) <br>And let that same heaven have mercy <br>When the wrath of the sun knocks upon your gate <br><br>Have mercy <br>The exodus has begun <br>(New... New Power!) <br>Uh, brothers and sisters <br>(Stop me if U want, it`s between U and me) <br>The exodus has begun <br>Uh (New Power!) <br><br>Just.. <br>Just cause.. <br>Just cause it`s.. (Have mercy) <br>Just cause it`s nasty.. <br>Just cause it`s nasty it don`t.. <br>Just cause it`s nasty it don`t mean.. <br>Just cause it`s nasty it don`t mean a.. {loop} <br>Just cause it`s nasty it don`t mean a thing <br><br>All that is good is nasty <br>All that is good, all that is good (Have mercy) <br>All that is good in heaven (The exodus has begun) <br>All that is good, all that is good (Have mercy) <br>All that is good in heaven (The exodus has begun) <br><br>Long live the New Power! (Long live) <br>Have mercy <br>Generation after generation, the soul will never die <br>The exodus has begun <br>Long live the New Power! (Long live) <br>Have mercy (Live a little while) <br>We don`t cry, we don`t die, we just multiply <br><br>Spatch cocks in black face offer us pennies (Offer us pennies) <br>When it`s millions and millions upon millions they reap <br>(When it`s millions, when it`s millions) (Pluck his eye again!) <br>How in the world can we call ourselves equal <br>When their wages outweigh <br>When their wages outweigh the time that they keep? <br>(Pluck his eye again!) <br>And if they stood up and behaved like the humans they`re supposed 2 <br>As opposed 2 the way they are not <br>Then this New Power Soul would not be so soulful <br>(Then this New Power Soul would not be soulful) <br>And the water they`re in would not be so hot <br>(And the water would not be so hot) <br>The exodus has begun (The exodus has begun!) <br><br>Have mercy <br>Uh (The exodus has begun!) <br>The exodus has begun <br>Now sing <br><br>Long live the New Power! <br>(Long live a New Power where all that is good in heaven) <br>Brothers and sisters <br>Long live the New Power! <br>(The exodus has begun!) (Have mercy!) <br>(Long live a New Power where, where... mercy!) <br><br>Come on <br>(The exodus has begun!) Uh <br>(Long live) Have mercy <br>Play muthafuckas (The exodus has begun!) Uh <br>(New Power) Have mercy <br>(Long live the New Power!) Yes muthafuckas, yes <br>The exodus has begun! <br>(Generation after generation, the soul will never die) Have mercy <br>(Long live the New Power!) Yes muthafuckas, yes <br>The exodus has begun! <br>(We don`t cry, we don`t die, we just multiply) Have mercy <br><br>La da da da, da da daaa (Yes muthafucka, yes) <br>Sho do do do do doo (Have mercy) Uh <br>La da da da, da da daaa (Yes muthafucka, yes) <br>(New Power) Have mercy <br><br>Oh yeah, U can sing <br>But what the fuck are U complainin` about baby? <br>Oh yeah, I will read your big ass <br>Cuz I think U`re thinkin` about readin` me <br>And when the people ask U everywhere <br>Is that really all your hair? <br>Tell`em U don`t tell a lie <br>Bald-headed son of a motherfuckin` housefly <br>And like George said (What?) <br>Get satisfied <br>Let`s get satisfied, let`s get satisfied <br>(Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha...) <br>La da da da, da da daaa <br>Sho do do do do doo (New Power!) (Have mercy) <br>La da da da, da da daaa <br>(Long live the New Power!) Whoo, yeah, yeah <br><br>(Stop me now) <br>Stop this muthafucker like we intend 2 finish, yeah <br>(New Power!) (Have mercy) <br>Mercy <br>(Long live the New Power!) A New Power <br>(The exodus has begun!) (Have mercy) <br>(Generation after generation, the soul will never die) Oh, yeah <br>(Long live the New Power!) <br>Shit, y`all can`t fuck with me (The exodus has begun!) <br>(We don`t cry, we don`t die, we just multiply) <br>La da da da, da da daaa (The exodus has begun!) Oh, oh <br>(New Power!) (Have mercy) Oh <br>La da da da, da da daaa (The exodus has begun!) Oh, oh <br><br>{refrain repeats in BG} <br>(Wait a minute, let me check my messages) <br>Spatch cocks in black face offers us pennies <br>When there`s millions and millions that they reap <br>Millions and millions that they reap <br>What the fuck is that about? <br>What the fuck is that about? <br>What the fuck is that shit about? <br>We don`t play that muthafuckin` shit! <br>U think we got a muthafuckin` joystick up our ass or somethin`? <br>Fuck that! <br>I don`t know what U thinkin` about <br>But the exodus has begun muthafuckas! <br>(New Power!) <br>The exodus has begun <br><br>U ain`t gonna hear that shit nowhere else <br>Ha, ha, ha <br><br>This shit is dedicated 2 the memory of His Royal Badness <br>I know his name, that muthafuckin` Prince <br>Rest in peace nigga!