Rage Against the Machine - "Rage Against The Machine" Albüm Şarkı Sözleri (1992)
Sesin ve Öfkenin Devrimi: Rage Against The Machine (1992)
Müzik dünyasının tarihinde bazı albümler, sadece birer koleksiyon değil, aynı zamanda kültürel bir sismograf görevi görürler. **Rage Against The Machine**’in 1992 yılında yayımlanan, kendi adını taşıyan bu ilk stüdyo albümü, tam da böyle bir kırılma noktasıdır. Elektrikli gitarların keskin, neredeyse endüstriyel bir hassasiyetle işlendiği bu eser, sadece ritim ve melodi üzerine kurulu değil; bir başkaldırının, sistem eleştirisinin ve uyanışa davetin manifestosudur.
Albüm, bireyin toplum içindeki yerini, baskıcı mekanizmaların insan psikolojisi üzerindeki etkisini ve sessizliğin bir şiddet biçimi olduğu gerçeğini en sert tondan sorgular. Müzikal olarak funk ve hip-hop ritimlerini rock enerjisiyle harmanlayan bu albüm, lirik yapısıyla da bir tarih dersi ve politik bir bildiri niteliği taşımaktadır.
### [Bombtrack]
* **Ana Tema:** Militan bir uyanış ve statükoyu reddetme.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Albümün açılış parçası, dinleyiciyi doğrudan bir hesaplaşmaya davet eder. "Bombtrack", sistemin sahte değerlerini ve bu değerlerin üzerine kurulu "başarı" anlayışını yerle bir etme arzusunu yansıtır. Sözlerde geçen "manifest destiny" (kader birliği/yayılmacı inanç) vurgusu, tarihin ve ekonominin gücü elinde tutanlarca nasıl manipüle edildiğini gösterir. Şarkı, bireyin kendi hakikati için savaşması gerektiğini vurgulayan bir "hazırlık" evresidir.
### [Killing In The Name]
* **Ana Tema:** Kurumsal yozlaşma ve itaatsizlik.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Albümün en ikonik parçası olan bu eser, doğrudan otoritenin karanlık yüzüne odaklanır. Gücü elinde tutanların, geçmişten gelen nefret söylemlerini (haç yakma metaforuyla) nasıl koruduğunu ve toplumu bu korku iklimine nasıl hapsederek "ne yapmaları gerektiğini" dikte ettiğini işler. Şarkının sonunda defalarca tekrarlanan o nihai karar cümlesi, sistemin manipülasyonuna karşı geliştirilen en net ve en keskin duruştur.
### [Take The Power Back]
* **Ana Tema:** Bilginin ve eğitimin özgürleşmesi.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Bu parça, eğitim sisteminin tek taraflı ve yönlendirici yapısını eleştirir. Bilginin sadece "ezberlenen" değil, "sorgulanan" bir süreç olması gerektiğini savunur. "Eurocentric" bir bakış açısıyla oluşturulan tarih anlatısının, bireyin kendi köklerini ve gerçeğini görmesini engellediğini vurgular. Gücün, sistemin sunduğu sahte vaatlerde değil, kişinin kendi kimliğine ve tarihine sahip çıkmasında yattığını hatırlatır.
### [Settle For Nothing]
* **Ana Tema:** Nesiller arası travma ve sistemin dayattığı kadercilik.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Şarkı, parçalanmış aile yapısının ve sistemin bireyi "sıradanlık" içinde boğma çabasının bir portresini çizer. "A jail cell is freedom from the pain in my home" cümlesi, dış dünyadaki sistemli baskının, bireyin kişisel hayatındaki acıdan bile daha ağır gelebileceğini kanıtlar niteliktedir. Belirsiz bir geleceğin mi, yoksa şu anki eylemsizliğin mi daha büyük bir yıkım olduğunu sorgulayan karamsar ama güçlü bir farkındalıktır.
### [Bullet In The Head]
* **Ana Tema:** Kitle iletişim araçlarının zihin üzerindeki etkisi.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Medyanın, reklamların ve ana akım propagandanın, toplumu bir "mass mind rape" (kitle zihin tecavüzü) süreciyle nasıl uyuşturduğunu konu alır. İnsanların "zıpla" komutuna "ne kadar yükseğe?" diye yanıt verecek kadar sorgulama yetisini kaybettiğini savunur. Şarkıdaki metafor, aslında bireyin kendi özgünlüğünü öldürmesi ve sisteme tam bir köle gibi boyun eğmesinin yarattığı entelektüel ölümü temsil eder.
### [Know Your Enemy]
* **Ana Tema:** Düşmanı tanımlamak ve sistemi içten fethetmek.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Albümün en doğrudan politik hesaplaşmalarından biridir. Düşmanın sadece dışarıda değil, bizim öğretilen ve kabul edilen "American dreams" dediğimiz kavramların içinde saklı olduğunu vurgular. Uyum sağlama, teslimiyet ve ikiyüzlülük gibi kavramların, aslında bireyi yöneten sistemin birer parçası olduğunu belirtir. "Düşmanını tanı" çağrısı, bu sistemik yapıları kendi içinde analiz etme zorunluluğuna bir göndermedir.
### [Wake Up]
* **Ana Tema:** Tarihi gerçekleri görme ve kolektif uyanış.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Geçmişte sistemin kendi ideallerini savunan liderlere karşı yaptığı suikastları ve engellemeleri hatırlatır. Sistemin, toplumun uyanışına sebep olabilecek figürleri "nötralize etme" çabasını anlatır. Şarkı, dinleyiciye tarihsel bir sorumluluk yükler; geçmişin kurbanlarını anmak ve onların yarım bıraktığı mücadeleyi, sisteme karşı "uyanarak" devam ettirmek gerektiğini savunur.
### [Fistful Of Steel]
* **Ana Tema:** Sessizliğe karşı başkaldırı ve sesin gücü.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Sessizliğin, bir teslimiyet ve şiddet aracı olduğunu savunan şarkı, sözlerin ve müziğin aslında birer silah olabileceğini vurgular. "Silence can be violent" (sessizlik şiddet içerebilir) önermesi, üzerine düşülmeyen ve eleştirilmeyen her anın, baskıcı yapıyı güçlendirdiğini söyler. Sanatçı, mikrofonu bir çelik yumruk gibi kullanarak gerçeği söylemenin, hayatta kalmanın en temel yolu olduğunu savunur.
### [Township Rebellion]
* **Ana Tema:** Küresel bir baskı düzeni ve ortak mücadele.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Bu parça, baskının sadece belirli bir bölgede değil, dünyanın her yerinde aynı olduğunu vurgular. Johannesburg'dan yerel bölgelere kadar uzanan bir dayanışma çağrısıdır. Ignorance (cehalet) ve sistemin dayattığı sınırların, insanları "kendi elleriyle kendilerini çarmıha germeye" nasıl zorladığını anlatır. Mücadelenin tek yolunun, "norm" olarak adlandırılan sahte düzeni reddetmek olduğunu belirtir.
### [Freedom]
* **Ana Tema:** Özgürlüğün bir armağan değil, bir hak ve kazanım olması.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Albümün finali, özgürlük kavramının sistem tarafından bir "kart oyunu" gibi kurgulandığını ve insanların bu oyunun içinde yavaş yavaş tükendiğini gösterir. "(Anger is a gift)" (Öfke bir hediyedir) ifadesi, bu albümün temel felsefesini özetler; öfke, sadece yok edici değil, aynı zamanda uyandırıcı ve dönüştürücü, sistemin prangalarından kurtulmak için kullanılması gereken yegane güçtür.
Bu albüm, 1992 yılından günümüze hala geçerliliğini koruyan bir başkaldırı rehberidir. Her nota, her söz, bireyin kendi özgür iradesini geri kazanması için atılmış birer adımdır.
Rage Against the Machine - "Rage Against The Machine" Albüm Şarkı Sözleri (1992)
"Bombtrack"
Uh!
Ayo, it's just another bombtrack, uh!
Ayo, it's just another bombtrack, yeah!
It goes a one, two, three
Yeah, and it's just another bombtrack
And suckers be thinkin' that they can fake this
But I'ma drop it at a higher level
'Cause I'm inclined to stoop down, hand out some beatdowns
Could run a train on punk fools that think they run the game
But I learned to burn that bridge and delete
Those who compete at a level that's obsolete
Instead, I warm my hands upon the flames of the flag
To recall the downfall and the businesses that burnt us all
See through the news and the views that twist reality
Enough, I call the bluff, fuck Manifest Destiny
Landlords and power whores, on my people, they took turns
Dispute the suits, I ignite and then watch 'em burn
With the thoughts from a militant mind
Hardline, hardline after hardline
Landlords and power whores, on my people, they took turns
Dispute the suits, I ignite and then watch 'em burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn (Yes, you're gonna)
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
It goes a one, two, three, another funky, radical bombtrack
Started as a sketch in my notebook
And now dope hooks make punks take another look
My thoughts ya hear and ya begin to fear
That ya card will get pulled if ya interfere
With the thoughts from a militant, militant mind
Hardline, hardline after hardline
Landlords and power whores, on my people, they took turns
Dispute the suits, I ignite and then watch 'em burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn (Yes, you're gonna)
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Hey, yo, it's just another bombtrack, yeah!
Check it out
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
(Yes, you're gonna...)
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn
Burn
☆☆☆☆☆
"Killing In The Name"
Killing in the name of
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Huh!
Killing in the name of
Killing in the name of
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
But now you do what they told ya
Well now you do what they told ya
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Uggh!
Killing in the name of
Killing in the name of
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya!
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Come on!
Yeah! Come on!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Motherfucker!
Uggh!
☆☆☆☆☆
"Take The Power Back"
(Crank the music up)
Bring that shit in, uh
Yeah, the movement's in motion with massive militant poetry
Now check this out, uh
In the right light, study becomes insight
But the system that dissed us, teaches us to read and write
So-called facts are fraud
They want us to allege and pledge and bow down to their god
Lost the culture, the culture lost
Spun our minds and through time, ignorance has taken over
Yo, we gotta take the power back
Bam, here's the plan
Motherfuck Uncle Sam, step back, I know who I am
Raise up your ear, I'll drop the style and clear
It's the beats and the lyrics they fear
The rage is relentless
We need a movement with a quickness
You are the witness of change and to counteract
We gotta take the power back
Yeah, we gotta take the power back
Come on, come on
Yeah, we gotta take the power back
The present curriculum, I put my fist in 'em
Eurocentric, every last one of 'em
See right through the red, white, and blue disguise
With lecture I puncture the structure of lies
Installed in our minds and attempting to hold us back
We've got to take it back
Holes in our spirit causing tears and fears
One-sided stories for years and years and years
I'm inferior? Who's inferior?
Yeah, we need to check the interior
Of the system who cares about only one culture
And that, is why we gotta take the power back
Yeah, we gotta take the power back
Come on, come on
Yeah, we gotta take the power back
Ayo check, we're gonna have to break it
Break it, break it down, aw shit
And like this
Uh! Come on
Yeah, bring it back the other way
Uh
The teacher stands in front of the class
But the lesson plan he can't recall
The student's eyes don't perceive the lies
Bouncing off every fucking wall
His composure is well kept
I guess he fears playing the fool
The complacent students sit
And listen to that bullshit that he'd learned in school
Europe ain't my rope to swing on
Can't learn a thing from it, yet we hang from it
(Gotta get it, gotta get it together then
Like the motherfuckin' Weathermen)
Expose and close the doors on those who try
To strangle and mangle the truth
'Cause the circle of hatred continues unless we react
We gotta take the power back
Yeah, we gotta take the power back
Come on, come on
Yeah, we gotta take the power back
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
Uh! Yeah
Take it back, y'all
Take it back, a-take it back, a-take it back, y'all
Come on, take it back, y'all
Take it back, a-take it back, a-take it back, y'all
Come on, uh! Yeah
☆☆☆☆☆
"Settle For Nothing"
A jail cell is freedom from the pain in my home
Hatred passed on, passed on, and passed on
A world of violent rage but it's one that I can recognize
Having never seen the color of my father's eyes
Yes, I dwell in hell, but it's a hell that I can grip
I tried to grip my family but I slipped
To escape from the pain in an existence mundane
I got a nine, a sign, a set, and now I got a name
Read my writing on the wall
No one's here to catch me when I fall
Death is on my side
Suicide
A jail cell is freedom from the pain in my home
Hatred passed on, passed on, and passed on
A world of violent rage but it's one that I can recognize
Having never seen the color of my father's eyes
Yes, I dwell in hell, but it's a hell that I can grip
I tried to grip my family but I slipped
To escape from the pain in an existence mundane
I got a nine, a sign, a set, and now I got a name
Read my writing on the wall
No one's here to catch me when I fall
Caught between my culture and the system
Genocide
Read my writing on the wall
No one's here to catch me when I fall
If ignorance is bliss
Then knock the smile off my face, yeah!
If we don't take action now
We'll settle for nothing later
We'll settle for nothing now
And we'll settle for nothing later
If we don't take action now
We'll settle for nothing later
We'll settle for nothing now
And we'll settle for nothing later
If we don't take action now
We'll settle for nothing later
We'll settle for nothing now
And we'll settle for nothing later
If we don't take action now
We'll settle for nothing later
We'll settle for nothing now
And we'll settle for nothing later
☆☆☆☆☆
"Bullet In The Head"
This time the bullet cold rocked ya
A yellow ribbon instead of a swastika
Nothin' proper about ya propaganda
Fools follow rules when the set commands ya
Said it was blue, when ya blood was red
That's how ya got a bullet blasted through ya head
Blasted through ya head, blasted through ya head
I give a shout out to the living dead
Who stood and watched as the feds cold centralized
So serene on the screen, you was mesmerized
Cellular phones, soundin' a death tone
Corporations cold turn ya to stone before ya realize
They load the clip in, omnicolor
Said they pack the nine, they fire it at prime time
The sleeping gas, every home was like Alcatraz
And motherfuckers lost their minds
Just victims of the in-house drive-by
They say jump, you say "how high?" Yeah
Just victims of the in-house drive-by
They say jump, you say "how high?"
Run it
Just victims of the in-house drive-by
They say jump, you say "how high?" Yeah
Just victims of the in-house drive-by
They say jump, you say "how high?"
Checka, checka, check it out
They load the clip in, omnicolor
Said they pack the nine, they fire it at prime time
The sleeping gas, every home was like Alcatraz
And motherfuckers lost their minds
No escape from the mass mind rape
Play it again, Jack, and then rewind the tape
And then play it again, and again, and again
Until ya mind is locked in
Believin' all the lies that they're tellin' ya
Buyin' all the products that they're sellin' ya
They say jump and ya say "how high?"
Ya brain dead, ya got a fuckin' bullet in ya head
Just victims of the in-house drive-by
They say jump, you say "how high?" Yeah
Just victims of the in-house drive-by
They say jump, you say "how high?"
Ugh
Yeah
Yeah
Fuck
Ya standin' in line
Believin' the lies
Ya bowin' down to the flag
Ya got a bullet in ya head
Ya standin' in line
Believin' the lies
Ya bowin' down to the flag
Ya got a bullet in ya head
A bullet in ya head
A bullet in ya head
A bullet in ya head
A bullet in ya head
A bullet in ya head
A bullet in ya head
A bullet in ya head
A bullet in ya head
A bullet in the head
A bullet in ya head
A bullet in ya head
A bullet in ya head
A bullet in ya head
A bullet in ya head
A bullet in ya head
A bullet in ya head
Ya got a bullet in ya fuckin' head
Yeah! Yeah!
☆☆☆☆☆
"Know Your Enemy"
Huh
Yeah, we're comin' back in with another bombtrack
Think ya know it's all of that, huh
Ayo, so check this out, yeah
Know your enemy
Come on
Born with insight and a raised fist
A witness to the slit wrist
As we move into '92
Still in a room without a view
Ya got to know, ya got to know
That when I say go, go, go
Amp up and amplify, defy
I'm a brother with a furious mind
Action must be taken
We don't need the key, we'll break in
Something must be done
About vengeance, a badge and a gun
'Cause I'll rip the mic, rip the stage, rip the system
I was born to rage against 'em
Fist in ya face in the place and I'll drop the style clearly
Know your enemy
Know your enemy
Yeah
Ayo, get with this, ugh
Word is born
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Now I got no patience
So sick of complacence
With the D, the E, the F, the I, the A, the N, the C, the E
Mind of a revolutionary, so clear the lane
The finger to the land of the chains
What? The "land of the free"?
Whoever told you that is your enemy
Now something must be done
About vengeance, a badge, and a gun
'Cause I'll rip the mic, rip the stage, rip the system
I was born to rage against 'em
Now action must be taken
We don't need the key, we'll break in
I've got no patience now
So sick of complacence now
I've got no patience now
So sick of complacence now
Sick of, sick of, sick of, sick of you
Time has come to pay
Know your enemy
Come on
Yes, I know my enemies
They're the teachers who taught me to fight me
Compromise, conformity
Assimilation, submission
Ignorance, hypocrisy
Brutality, the elite
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
☆☆☆☆☆
"Wake Up"
Come on
Ugh
Come on
Although ya try to discredit, ya still never read it
The needle, I'll thread it, radically poetic
Standing with the fury that they had in '66
And like E-Double "I'm Mad", still knee deep in the system's shit
Hoover, he was a body remover
I'll give you a dose but it can never come close
To the rage built up inside of me
Fist in the air in the land of hypocrisy
Movements come and movements go
Leaders speak, movements cease when their heads are flown
'Cause all these punks got bullets in their heads
Departments of police, (What!) the judges (What!), the feds
Networks at work, keeping people calm
You know they went after King when he spoke out on Vietnam
He turned the power to the have-nots
And then came the shot
Yeah
Yeah, back in this
With poetry my mind I flex
"Flip" like Wilson, vocals never lacking that finesse
What do I got to, what do I got to do to wake you up?
To shake you up, to break the structure up?
'Cause blood still flows in the gutter
I'm like taking photos, mad boy kicks open the shutter
Set the groove, then stick and move like I was Cassius
Rep the "Stutter Step" then bomb a left upon the fascists
Yeah, several federal men
Who pulled schemes on the dream and put it to an end
You better beware the retribution with mind war
20/20 visions and murals with metaphors
Networks at work, keeping people calm
Ya know they murdered X and tried to blame it on Islam
He turned the power to the have-nots
And then came the shot
What was the price on his head?
What was the price on his head!?
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard, I think I heard a shot
Black nationalism
May be a brave contender for this position
But should he abandon his supposed 'obedience'
To the 'White liberal doctrine' of non-violence
And embrace black nationalism
Through counter-intelligence, it should be possible
To pinpoint potential troublemakers and neutralize them
Through counter-intelligence, it should be possible
To pinpoint potential troublemakers and neutralize them
And neutralize them, and neutralize them
And neutralize them, and neutralize them
And neutralize them
Wake up!
Wake up!
Wake up!
Wake up!
Wake up!
Wake up!
Wake up!
Wake up!
How long? Not long
'Cause what you reap is what you sow
☆☆☆☆☆
"Fistful Of Steel"
Huh!
Check it
Uh!
Silence, something about silence makes me sick
'Cause silence can be violent sorta like a slit wrist
If the vibe was suicide, then you would push the button
But if ya bowing down, then let me do the cutting
Some speak the sounds but speak in silent voices
Like radio is silent though it fills the air with noises
Its transmissions bring submission as ya mold to the unreal
And mad boy grips the microphone with a fistful of steel
Yeah
And mad boy grips the microphone with a fistful of steel
With a fistful of steel
('Cause I know the power of the question)
With a fistful of steel
With a fistful of steel
(And I won't stop 'cause I know the power of the question)
It's time to flow like the fluid in ya veins
If ya will it, I will spill it and ya out
Just as quick as ya came
Not a silent one, but a defiant one
Never a normal one 'cause I'm the bastard son
With the visions of the move, vocals not to soothe
But to ignite and put in flight my sense of militance
Grooving, playing that game called survival
The status, the elite, the enemy, the rival
The silent sheep slipping, riffing, tripping
Give you a glimpse of the reality I'm gripping
Stepping into the jam and I'm slamming like Shaquille
Mad boy grips the microphone with a fistful of steel
Yeah
And mad boy grips the microphone with a fistful of steel
With a fistful of steel
('Cause I know the power of the question)
With a fistful of steel
With a fistful of steel
(And I won't stop 'cause I know the power of the question)
Aw shit
(And I won't stop, 'cause I know the power of the question!)
And if the vibe was suicide, then you would push the button
But if you're bowing down, then let me do the cutting
Yeah
Come on
A .44 full of bullets
Face full of pale
Eyes full of empty
A stare full of nails
The roulette ball
Rolls alone on the wheel
A mind full of fire
And a fistful of steel
And if the vibe was suicide, then you would push the button
But if you're bowing down, then let me do the cutting
Yeah
With a fistful of steel, uh
Come on
Uh, with a fistful of steel
Uh
☆☆☆☆☆
"Township Rebellion"
Rebel, rebel and yell
'Cause our people still dwell in hell
Locked in a cell, yes, the structure's a cell
Mad is the story I tell
How long can we wait?
Come on, seeing what's at stake
Action for reaction
If your mind's in a somewhat complacent state, get a check up
This is a stick up
Our freedom, or your life
Lord, I wish I could be peaceful
But there can be no sequel
Now freedom must be fundamental
In Johannesburg, or South Central
On the mic 'cause someone should tell 'em
To kick in the township rebellion
Yeah, what about that, sucker?
Yeah, so you thought you could get with the hard lines
That fill your mind
Thoughts, battles fought, and lessons taught
Yes, I'll display the fitness, and flip like a gymnast
Raise my fist and resist!
Asleep though we stand in the midst of the war
Gotta get mine, gotta get more
Keeping the mic warm against the norm
'Cause what does it offer me?
I think often it's nothing but a coffin
Gotta get wreck 'til our necks never swing on a rope
From here to the cape of no hope
Now freedom must be fundamental
In Johannesburg, or South Central
On the mic 'cause someone should tell 'em
To kick in the township rebellion
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
What's it gonna take?
Shackle their minds when they're bent on the cross
When ignorance reigns, life is lost
Shackle their minds when they're left on the cross
When ignorance reigns, life is lost
Shackled our minds when we're bent on the cross
When ignorance reigns, life is lost
Shackled our minds when we're left on the cross
When ignorance reigns, life is lost, lost, lost!
Shackle your minds and you're left on the cross
When ignorance reigns, life is lost
Just shackle your minds when you're bent on the cross
When ignorance reigns, life is lost
Lost!
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
☆☆☆☆☆
"Freedom"
Uh
Pump, pump, woo!
Come on
Uh
Solo, I'm a soloist on a solo list
All live, never on a floppy disk
Inka, inka, bottle of ink
Paintings of rebellion drawn up by the thoughts I think
Yeah
Come on
The militant poet in once again, check it
It's set up like a deck of cards
They're sending us to early graves for all the diamonds
They'll use a pair of clubs to beat the spades
With poetry, I paint the pictures that hit
More like the murals that fit
Don't turn away, get in front of it
Brother, did ya forget ya name?
Did ya lose it on the wall playing Tic-Tac-Toe?
Yo, check the diagonal, three brothers gone, come on
Doesn't that make it three in a row?
(Anger is a gift)
Come on
Uh
Drop that
Uh
Come on
Yeah
Uh
Brother, did ya forget ya name?
Did ya lose it on the wall playing Tic-Tac-Toe?
Yo, check the diagonal, three million gone, come on
'Cause you know they're counting backwards to zero
Environment, the environment exceeding
On the level of our unconsciousness
For example, what does the billboard say?
"Come and play, come and play
Forget about the movement"
(Anger is a gift)
Yeah
Uh
Aw, bring that shit in
Uh
Hey
Freedom, yeah
Freedom, yeah, right
Freedom, yeah
Freedom, yeah
Freedom, yeah, right
Freedom, yeah
Freedom, yeah, right

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