Wake Up
Rage Against the Machine
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Come on Come on, although ya try to discredit Ya still never read it The needle, I'll thread it, radically poetic Standin' 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 (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 lackin' 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 takin' 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 of retribution with mind war Twenty-twenty visions and murals with metaphors Networks at work, keepin' 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, he may be a brave new contender for this position Should he abandon his supposed obedience to white liberal doctrine Of non-violence and embrace Black Nationalism Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to Pinpoint potential trouble-makers and neutralize them Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to Pinpoint potential trouble-makers 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
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Written by: Tim Commerford, Zach De La Rocha, Tom Morello, Brad Wilk
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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