For the sake of the children many adults stays in a unloved relationship.
Trying to keep up a front for the love of their daughter or son.
But there will come a time when truth will emerge.

For the sake of pretending before family and friends.
They will smile and talk about old times.
While their life of happiness just pass them by.
Why?
For the sake of pleasing others.

We can't judge them.
Cause we have been their too.
Trying to hold up an image to not offend.

We learn the tricks of life from many sources.
In facts, it's expected of us to learn.
Why?
For the sake of pretending.

Sometimes, we make it our testimony of truth.
Where many people lives according to proof?
Where we make our lives sad.
For the sake of keep others happy.

Until our lies are exposed before us.
When we should have ended this relationship long ago.

For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people

There's some people up there hoggin' everything
Tellin' lies, givin' alibis about the peoples, money an' things
An' if they gonna throw it away, might as well give some to me
Yeah, they seen an' heard it but never had misery

There are some people who are starvin' to death
Never knew but only heard 'em an' they never had happiness
If you don't have enough to eat, how can you think of love?
You don't have time to care, so it's crime you're guilty of

For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people
For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people?

Cut this jive an' see who's got the power to **** the most
When they run out of power, the world's gonna be a ghost
They know we're not satisfied, so we begin to holler
They give us a promise an' throw in a few more dollars

There's no price for happiness, there's no price for love
Up goes the price of livin' an' you're right back where you was
So whatever you got, just be glad you got it
Now we're gonna get on up an' get some more of it

For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people
For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people?

For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people
For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people?
For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people
For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people?

For God's sake, got to have it, more power
For God's sake, got to have it, power, power, power
For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people?
For God's sake, you better give more power to the people

For God's sake, why don't you try it? Yeah, power, power
For God's sake, can't deny it, no, no, no, power, power
For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people?
For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people

For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people?
For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people
For God's sake, why don't you give power, power?
For God's sake, you got to give

Songwriters
RECORD, EUGENE

-The Chi-Lites on Soul train!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSIr5a4L8os

Joss Stone - São Paulo, Credicard Hall, 11/11/2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iyd3Dgi1xY