Genius Meanings
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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 – Know Your Enemy (Demo)
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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 / Ya got to know / Ya got to know / That when
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Rage Against the Machine – Know Your Enemy (Live)
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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
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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 – 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 – Freedom
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“Freedom” was the fourth and final single to be released from Rage Against the Machine’s eponymous album.
The song raises awareness about the Native American Activist, Leonard
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Rage Against the Machine – Bulls On Parade (Live, Mexico City, Mexico, October 28, 1999)
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[Intro] / Come with it now / Come with it now / [Verse 1] / This microphone explodes, shattering the mold / Either drop the hits like de la O or get the fuck off the commode / With
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Rage Against the Machine – Testify (Live, Mexico City, Mexico, October 28, 1999)
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[Intro] / Buenas noches, nosotros estamos, Rabia contra la maquina de Los Angeles, California / [Verse 1] / The movie ran through me / The glamour subdue me / The tabloid untied me
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Rage Against the Machine – Take the Power Back
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Rage Against the Machine are famous for their revolutionary activism and left-wing political views which form the foundations of the band. Using music as a vehicle for social
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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 – War Within a Breath (Live, Mexico City, Mexico, October 28, 1999)
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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 – No Shelter (Live, Mexico City, Mexico, October 28, 1999)
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[Verse 1] / The main attraction, distraction / Got ya number than number than numb / Empty ya pockets, son, they got you thinkin' that / What ya need is what they selling / Make
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Rage Against the Machine – Killing In the Name (Live, Mexico City, Mexico, October 28, 1999)
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[Intro] / Killing in the name of / [Verse] / Some of those that work forces / Are the same that burn crosses / Some of those that work forces / Are the same that burn crosses
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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 – 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 – 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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TEAMTILIQUE – Clap For A Nigga
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[Hook] / Clap for a nigga / Clap for a nigga / I was bound to clap all you niggas / Fuck around and clap all you niggas / [Verse 1] / Tilique da’god / You can learn to fear or
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Rage Against the Machine – Autologic (Demo)
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C'mon! / Drop the A-U-T-O-L-O-G-I-C / Drop the A-U-T-O-L-O-G-I-C / Hey / Drop the A-U-T-O-L-O-G-I-C / Drop auto logic / You thought you could get with / Me and Tommy hittin' man
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Rage Against the Machine – Mindset's a Threat
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Yeah / Pump, pump, whew! / Pump, pump, pump, pump, right / Air, check it, uh / Lyrical champion, the lyrical champion (Go!) / Lyrical champion, we say the mindset's a threat (Go
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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 – 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 – Freedom (Demo)
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Uggh! / Pull, pull / Yeah / 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
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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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