Genius Meanings
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Rage Against the Machine – Roll Right
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[Intro] / Mic check and one, two, one, two / Mic check and one, two / Mic check and one, two, one, two / [Verse 1] / Lick off the shot, my stories shock ya like Ellison / Mainline
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Rage Against the Machine – Bulls on Parade
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“Bulls on Parade” was the second single released from Rage Against the Machine’s second album, Evil Empire.
The song discusses the subliminally oppressive leaders of the world in
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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 – Street Fighting Man
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Everywhere I hear the sound of marching charging feet, boy / 'Cause summer's here and the time is right for fighting in the street, boy / Tell me. what can a poor boy do / 'Cept
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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 – 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 – Down Rodeo
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[Intro] / Yeah, I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun / These people ain't seen a brown-skinned man / Since their grandparents bought one / So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a
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The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man
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Featured on the Beggars' Banquet album, “Street Fighting Man” was in part inspired by the riots on the Left Bank in Paris of 1968. “Sleepy London Town” was Jagger commenting how
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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 – 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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Don McLean – American Pie
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Don McLean released this groundbreaking song on the album American Pie in 1971. It is full of pop-culture references. An entire website has been created by Jim Fann to explore the
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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 – 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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System Of A Down – Chop Suey!
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Rick Rubin, who produced Toxicity for System of a Down, cites this song as one of his most important projects. He told Rolling Stone:
This song was originally going to be called “
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Living Colour – Cult of Personality
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This classic 1988 song was released as the second single off the group’s debut studio album:
When we had finished making Vivid, the first single that came out was “Middle Man
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Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light ’Em Up)
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After a four year hiatus, Fall Out Boy returns. The song is about their return to music and starting with a clean slate. A burned slate.
This is the first single off their fifth
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Public Enemy – Prophets of Rage
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Chuck D says about this song in Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip Hop Junkies: “The title came from an article I saw in Life magazine that had that caption about Malcolm X
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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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Ice-T (Ft. Body Count) – Body Count
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[Intro: TV Interviewer] / Ice-T, after your tremendous success on your past album / Some have said; you have sold out / Because of the use of rock'n'roll in your music / How do you
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Tom MacDonald – Brainwashed
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[Verse 1] / Half the country fell asleep, but they scream "woke" / We're distracted by vaccines and TV shows / Politics, celebrity gossip, popular neat quotes / Black lives, white
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Public Enemy – Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
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Public Enemy’s “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos” was released as the final single from It Takes a Nation and peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart. Over a piano
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son
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As one of the most famous protest songs of the Vietnam War era, “Fortunate Son” revives this timeless message with the snarl and swagger of the 1960s righteous rock and roll.
As
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Limp Bizkit – Break Stuff
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“Break Stuff” is a song by the nu-metal band Limp Bizkit, and is a song about…well, breaking stuff and overall anger. It was released as the fourth and final single for their album
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Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
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“Stairway to Heaven” is one of Led Zeppelin’s most famous recordings, with many considering it the greatest rock song of all time. It tells the story of a greedy woman who is
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