"People power" is a political term used chiefly to describe the driving force of any popular social revolution instigated by wide-ranging and genuine massive street demonstrations, work stoppages and general strikes whose primary aim is to overthrow an existing government and/or political system, and features everyday people (rather than an armed forces coup d'etat or similar) as the driving force in this rebellion. Such "people power" may be nonviolent or violent in nature, or may begin as nonviolent and turn violent, such as eventually happened in Libya in 2011.
The term as currently defined was first used in the Philippines in 1986, during the revolt that toppled the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos. The word is derived from the 1960's flower power movement against the Vietnam War.
Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses.
Called the "Godmother of Punk", her work was a fusion of rock and poetry. Smith's most widely known song is "Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978. In 2005, Patti Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture, and in 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On November 17, 2010, she won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids. She is also a recipient of the 2011 Polar Music Prize.
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Natty, natty movement to where we have come
Natty, natty movement so many miles to be done
Well, we're gonna take this movement on to the streets
One day to get down
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
There's gonna be a people power
In the disco hour
Listen, disco is a half way to a full discontent
Disco is the half way to a full discontent
Well, we're gonna take this movement
On to the streets
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
There's gonna be a people power
In the disco hour
We're going for dressing down
Of the Lords of makers, drag our feet
Dancing to fiction goers
Is that really all we need?
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
There's gonna be a people power
In the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour
People power in the disco hour