Have mercy, uh

The exodus has begun (The exodus has begun!)

Have mercy, uh

The exodus has begun

Now these are the names of the New Power Generation

(These are the names)

The funkiest suckers of the new gold nation

Polyvinyl acetate, New Power Soul

Guaranteed 2 stick 2 the roof of your Oldsmobile muthafucka

CHORUS:

Long live the New Power!

Have mercy

Generation after generation, the soul will never die

(The exodus has begun)

Long live the New Power!

Have mercy

We don't cry, we don't die, we just multiply

Polyvinyl acetate, New Power Soul (Mercy)

The exodus has begun

These are the names of the children of the sun

Pumpin' the love sign in the days of wild

Tearin' shit up with a vengeance and still they smile (Still they smile)

Though their lives were made bitter with hard labor and no pay

These are the children that will come 2 save the day

(These are the children)

The exodus has begun

Have mercy

CHORUS

La da da da, da da daaa (U ain't gonna hurt me)

Sho do do do do doo (Have mercy)

La da da da, da da daaa (U ain't gonna hurt me)

Have mercy

(Behold)

Behold the children of the New Power

Are more and mightier than U (Mighty, mighty)

U that have scorned and held back the inevitable

Must now come 2 grips with the truth

(All that is good in the eyes of heaven)

All that is good in the eyes of heaven

Will rebuke your powder monkey ways

(Have mercy, mercy, mercy)

And let that same heaven have mercy

When the wrath of the sun knocks upon your gate

Have mercy

The exodus has begun

(New... New Power!)

Uh, brothers and sisters

(Stop me if U want, it's between U and me)

The exodus has begun

Uh (New Power!)

J