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Artist: Rage Against the Machine
Track: Know Your Enemy

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Huh
Yeah, we're comin' back in with another bomb track
Think ya know what it's all about, 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, uh
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
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Rage Against the Machine (Ft. Maynard James Keenan) – Know Your Enemy
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Rage Against the Machine – Know Your Enemy (Demo)
Born with insight and a raised fist / A witness to the slit wrist, that's with / As we move into '92 / Still in a room without a view / Ya got to know / Ya got to know / That when
Rage Against the Machine – Know Your Enemy (Live, Mexico City, Mexico, October 28, 1999)
[Intro] / 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 / [Chorus] / Know your enemy / Come on / [
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Born with insight and a raised fist / A witness to the slit wrist, that's with / As we move into '92 / Still in a room without a view / You got to know, you got to know that when I
Genius Portugal Traduções – Rage Against the Machine - Know Your Enemy ft. Maynard James Keenan (Tradução em Português)
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Q:When did Rage Against the Machine release “Know Your Enemy”?
Rage Against the Machine released “Know Your Enemy” on November 3, 1992.
Q:Who wrote “Know Your Enemy” by Rage Against the Machine?
“Know Your Enemy” by Rage Against the Machine was written by Tom Morello, Brad Wilk, Tim Commerford & Zack de la Rocha.
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