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Mic Check Lyrics

Oh Wait a minute now
Ha ha ha
Come on
Wait a Minute Now
Check

To tha young r to tha e tha b to tha e tha l
Never give up just live up
Fed upon America
We be spittin' it up
Rippin' it up
For an even amount in each cup
To my brothers burning bare feet on black top
Whose curled 'neath tha shadows
From tha gaze of tha cops

Whose huntin' for 9 to 5's through factory locks
Is now hunted on this modern day auction block

Mic Check, ha ha ha
I be the anti-myth rhythm rock shocker
Mic Check, ha ha ha ha
I be the anti-myth rhythm rock shocker, what?
Mic Check, ha ha ha
I be the anti-myth rhythm rock shocker
Mic Check, ha ha ha ha
I be the anti-myth rhythm rock shocker, what?

Check check check check the check, oh
packin

Flexin' and mashin'
With complex text
Fast and in a fashion
That snap back necks
Quicker than a fed cash tha company checks
Come with tha fire only Marley could catch
This be tha flame in tha cellar beware
Nameless cold millions gaspin' for air
Those naked and wageless
Now scream within cages
What, they make you pull your shit
Just to get your share, what?

Mic Check, ha ha ha
I be the anti-myth rhythm rock shocker
Mic Check, ha ha ha ha
I be the anti-myth rhythm rock shocker, what?
Mic Check, ha ha ha
I be the anti-myth rhythm rock shocker
Mic Check, ha ha ha ha
I be the anti-myth rhythm rock shocker, what?

Welcome down with the warrior sound, UGH!

With this mic device
I spit nonfiction
Who got tha power
This be my question
Tha mass of tha few in this torn nation?
Tha priest tha book or tha congregation?
Tha politricks who rob and hold down your zone?
Or those who give tha thieves tha key to their homes?
Tha pig who's free to murder one Shucklak
Or survivors who make a move and murder one back?

This mic device
I spit nonfiction
Who got tha power
This be my question
Tha mass of tha few in this torn nation?
Tha priest tha book or tha congregation?
Tha politricks who rob and hold down your zone?
Or those who give tha thieves tha key to their homes?
Tha pig who's free to murder one Shucklak
Or survivors who make a move and murder one back?

Mic Check, ha ha ha
I be the anti-myth rhythm rock shocker
Mic Check, ha ha ha ha
I be the anti-myth rhythm rock shocker, what?
Mic Check, ha ha ha
I be the anti-myth rhythm rock shocker
Mic Check, ha ha ha ha
I be the anti-myth rhythm rock shocker, what?
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shadowcml On Jun 17, 2002
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I think this song actually explains me pretty well in the beginning...rage is my favorite band of all time

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Zack is such a genious. "Politricks" is so simple but makes such an impact and the fact that it's true also adds to the effect!

Cover art for Mic Check lyrics by Rage Against the Machine

I cant believe no one else thinks this!!

basically, the sound of the track- riff and beat sounds totally like a dystopian soundtrack to me, like if 1984 were remade- this would almost certainly be in it- opressive government and killings in secret, but an eventual uprising. but no smoke without fire.

rage is the fire.

Yeah I thought of '1984' when I read the line "Nameless cold millions gaspin' for air." A reference to the lower class or the "Proles" in the book. Jack London's 'The Iron Heel' has a similar class but by a different name. Those that are so far down the totem pole that they are insignificant despite their large numbers.

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This are the complete lyrics.

Cover art for Mic Check lyrics by Rage Against the Machine

yeah i always wondered what he said after mic check ha ha ha. the most powerful lyric in the whole album. "or the survivors who make a move and murder one back"

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Can anyone tell me what a Shuclack is?

Aside from that, this is an amazing song.

Cover art for Mic Check lyrics by Rage Against the Machine

shucklak is the sound of a shout gun being fired.

THe pig whos free to murder one (Shulak)

Like a boom or whatever

Cover art for Mic Check lyrics by Rage Against the Machine

This song is so good to chill to, the beats are awesome

Cover art for Mic Check lyrics by Rage Against the Machine

yeah, but wouldn't it make more sense for the line to be 'burning black feet on blackTAR'? i mean, how the fuck to you burn your feet on a preposition?

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blacktop is another word for asphalt, or whatever that black shit is on the ground, like in parking lots and shit.