PUBLIC ENEMY – FIGHT THE POWER

I) The Band

Public enemy is an american band . This rap group was created in 1982 in Long island , in New-York . The band is composed of 4 members :
Chuck D : The leader of the band , a singer
Flavor Flav : The second singer
Professor Griff : held the position of Minister of Information
Terminator X : the D.J.

Public enemy was one of the first rap group . They are known for radical political positions criticizing the media and for some sentiments very committed on the condition of the black community in the U.S . They are also known for their slogan : « Make love , Fuck ware ».

II) The Song

The song “Fight The Power” was singing by Public enemy . First released on the soundtrack for the film Do the Right Thing , an edited version was released in 1990 on Public Enemy's third album, Fear of a Black Planet , this song is their biggest single . Fight the Power was recently ranked number 1 in a classification of the Greatest Songs of Hip Hop, further demonstrating the impact of this song.

This rap song was singing by Chuck D and Flavor Flav , the two singers.They've got deeps voices. The rhythm is almost the same during all the song. We can listen differents instruments : drumps , guitar . We can listen too modified sounds probably by the DJ of the band and also sounds of street because the scene takes place in the street.

The song is composed of 3 verses and a chorus that is "Fight the power". It may be noted that at the end of each verse the phrase "Fight the power " is repeated.

Now , we can read and explain 3 passages from the song :

-« We got to fight the powers that be » , They are against the governement
-« Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps » , most of theirs heroes were black people, so it theirs express racism in society against blacks community.
- « Cause I'm black and I am proud » , He claims his membership and his pride in being black.

Conclusion: We choose this song because we