Genius Lyrics
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Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the Name
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A searing protest song against police brutality, “Killing in the Name” was the lead single from Rage Against the Machine’s self-titled debut album, initially only reaching #25 on
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Rage Against the Machine – Bullet in the Head
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Bullet in the Head is a song by American hardcore band Rage Against the Machine, released as the second single from their 1992 eponymous debut album. A fan favorite and one of the
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Rage Against the Machine – No Shelter
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“No Shelter” is a single by Rage Against the Machine that appeared in the soundtrack to the 1998 Godzilla movie, and was the bonus track of the Australian release of their album
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Rage Against the Machine – People of the Sun
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The song is written in dedication to the original inhabitants of Mexico, who were slaughtered and conquered by Spanish conquistadors. Additionally, Zack de la Rocha, lead vocalist
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Rage Against the Machine – Revolver
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[Verse 1] / His spit is worth more than her work / Pass the purse to the pugilists / He's a prize-fighter / And he bought rings and he owns kin / And now he's swinging / And now he
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Rage Against the Machine – Vietnow
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“Vietnow” was released as the final single in RATM’s second album Evil Empire. The song bashes the American media, with the refrain “Fear is your only God” referencing how the
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Rage Against the Machine – Snakecharmer
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[Verse 1] / Satellites and pair of mirrors and / And a man without a home / With a horse and a rider / And a clever, cunning killer / Silent in error and vocal in spotlights
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Rage Against the Machine – Settle for Nothing
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[Verse] / 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
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Rage Against the Machine – Without a Face
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[Intro] / Uh / [Verse 1] / Got no card, so I got not soul / Life is prison, no parole, no control / The jura got my number on a wire tap / 'Cause I jack for Similac, fuck a
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Rage Against the Machine – Wind Below
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[Verse 1] / Flip this capital eclipse / The vocal tone has got 'em sweating their own apocalypse / Yes, rebel of the grains stand masterless / The masked ones cap one, NAFTA coming
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Rage Against the Machine – Township Rebellion
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Overall, the song speaks to global White supremism and Eurocentrism, with a focus on constant awareness of these forces and a fight to extinguish them.
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Rage Against the Machine – Calm Like a Bomb
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Calm Like A Bomb is the sleeper hit of the album. It got by purely through radio play, having no music video or release as a single.
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Rage Against the Machine – Fistful of Steel
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[Intro] / Huh! / Check it / Uh! / [Verse 1] / Silence, something about silence makes me sick / 'Cause silence can be violent sorta like a slit wrist / If the vibe was suicide, then
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Rage Against the Machine – Year of tha Boomerang
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“Year of tha Boomerang” originally appeared on the Higher Learning soundtrack (1994). It was re-recorded for the band’s second album Evil Empire (1996).
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Rage Against the Machine – Maggie's Farm
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[Note: cover of Bob Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" with lyric changes] / I ain't gonna work on Maggie's Farm no more / No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's Farm no more / Well, I wake up in
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Rage Against the Machine – Mic Check
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[Intro] / Oh, wait a minute now / Huh-huh / Come on / Oh, wait a minute now / Check / [Verse 1] / To the Young R to the E, the B to the E, the L / Never give up, just live up / Fed
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Rage Against the Machine – Kick Out the Jams
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We're gonna kick 'em out / Well, I feel pretty good / And I guess that I could get crazy now, baby / We all got in tune / When the dressing room got hazy / I know how you want it
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Rage Against the Machine – Born of a Broken Man
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A very personal song that Zack De La Rocha wrote about his father. Beto De La Rocha was a member of Los Four, a very influential group of Chicano artists.
Beto tried to build
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Rage Against the Machine – Tire Me
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[Chorus] / Yeah, ya tryin' to tire me, tire me / I can see you in front of me, front of me / Ya tryin' to tire me, tire me / Why don't you get from in front of me? / [Verse 1] / Oh
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Rage Against the Machine – War Within a Breath
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[Verse 1] / Every official that comes in, cripples us, leaves us maimed / Silent and tamed / And with our flesh and bones, he builds his homes / Southern fist, rise through the
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Rage Against the Machine – Renegades of Funk
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Originally a 1983 single by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force, “Renegades of Funk” is notable for drawing a connection between revolutionaries and street artists through
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Rage Against the Machine – Clear the Lane (Demo 1991)
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One of the 5 tracks that were recorded for RATM’s demo tape but then left off of their eponymous debut album. “Clear the Lane” however was digitally remastered and released as the
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Rage Against the Machine – The Narrows (Demo)
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Drop it / Hey, uh / Try to crack and somehow react / Vocal snaps attract / I'm trying to rap / Those who try to subdue the truth / Lose their condition / Were labeled inactive
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Rage Against the Machine – Sleep Now in the Fire
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“Sleep Now in the Fire” is the fifth track from the 1999 album The Battle of Los Angeles by the band Rage Against the Machine. It was released as a single on November 4, 1999. The
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Rage Against the Machine – The Ghost of Tom Joad
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Originally written by Bruce Springsteen, this song tells a tale of modern-day poverty while referencing John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath.
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Rage Against the Machine – How I Could Just Kill a Man
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[Verse 1] / Hey, don't miss out on what you're passing / You're missing the hootah of the funky Buddha / Eluder of the fucked up styles that get wicked / So come on as I start to
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Rage Against the Machine – Ashes in the Fall
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The entire song is a critique of modern capitalism and neo-liberal policies like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which have devastated the economy of Mexico over
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Rage Against the Machine – Wake Up
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The lyrical themes of “Wake Up” mainly form a critique of both racism within the American government and the FBI’s counter-intelligence programs aimed towards surveilling domestic
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Rage Against the Machine – New Millennium Homes
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[Verse 1] / Hungry people don't stay hungry for long / They get hope from fire and smoke as the weak grow strong / Hungry people don't stay hungry for long / They get hope from
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Rage Against the Machine – Darkness (Demo 1991)
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Before RATM reworked and re-recorded the song for The Crow Soundtrack, “Darkness” appeared on their 1991 demo tape as “Darkness of Greed”. That original demo also appeared as a
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Rage Against the Machine – I'm Housin'
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[Verse 1] / Coolin' on the scene like a horse in a stable / A brother got ill, and tried to snatch a fat cable / I stepped back, like it wasn't no thing / I punched him in the jaw
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Rage Against the Machine – Microphone Fiend
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[Verse 1] / Yo, I was a fiend before I became a teen / I melted microphones instead of cones of ice cream / Music orientated so when hip-hop was originated / Fitted like pieces of
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Rage Against the Machine – Voice of the Voiceless
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This song is about Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther, political activist and radio host hailing from Philadelphia.
In 1982, Abu-Jamal was convicted and sentenced to death
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Rage Against the Machine – Beautiful World
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It's a Beautiful world we live in / A sweet romantic place / Beautiful people everywhere / The way they show they care / Makes me want to say / "It's a beautiful world / Oh, what a
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Rage Against the Machine – Born as Ghosts
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[Verse 1] / The hills find peace, locked armed guard posts / Safe from the screams of the children born as ghosts / Gates, guns and alarms shape the calm of the dawn / Peering down
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Rage Against the Machine – Testify
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The song is a call to action: it’s up to ordinary people to call out the injustice that is happening, “right outside your door,“ in spite of government & media attempts to pacify
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Rage Against the Machine – Guerrilla Radio
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[Verse 1] / Transmission, third World War, third round / A decade of the weapon of sound above ground / No shelter if you're looking for shade / I lick shots at the brutal charade
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Rage Against the Machine – Darkness of Greed (Demo)
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“Darkness Of Greed” was originally written and performed by RATM frontman Zack De La Rocha’s previous band Inside Out. The song was reworked and recorded during RATM’s 1991 demo
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Rage Against the Machine (Ft. Maynard James Keenan) – Know Your Enemy
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Continuing with the album’s general themes, “Know Your Enemy” contains anti-war and anti-authoritarian lyrics. This song finds Rage Against the Machine contrasting notions of the “
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Rage Against the Machine – Producer
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Earth shares what Earth receives / And now only blood brings life / A tiller bring life, producer bring life / Protector bring life, soiled hands bring life / The tree of democracy
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Rage Against the Machine – Bombtrack
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“Bombtrack” was the 3rd single released from Rage Against The Machine’s debut self-titled album. In using a slang term for cool, the band are calling this ‘a dope track’.
The
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Rage Against the Machine – Township Rebellion (Demo)
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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, seein
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