wake up

Singer: rage against the machine

come on!

uggh!

come on

although ya try to discredit

ya still never edit

the needle

i'll thread it

radically poetic

standin' with the fury that they had in '66

and like e-double i'm mad

still knee-deep in the system's shit

hoover

he was a body remover

i'll give ya a dose

but it'll never come close

to the rage built up inside of me

fist in the air

in the land of hypocrisy

movements come and movements go

leaders speak

movements cease

when their heads are flown

'cause all these punks

got bullets in their heads

departments of police

the judges

the feds

networks at work

keepin' people calm

you know they went after king

when he spoke out on vietnam

he turned the power to the have-nots

and then came the shot

yeah!

yeah

back in this. wit' poetry

my mind i flex

flip like wilson

vocals never lackin' dat finesse

whadda i got to

whadda i got to do to wake ya up

to shake ya up

to break the structure up

'cause blood still flows in the gutter

i'm like takin' photos

mad boy kicks open the shutter

set the groove

then stick and move like i was cassius

rep the stutter step

then bomb a left upon the fascists

yea

the several federal men

who pulled schemes on the dream

and put it to an end

ya better beware

of retribution with mind war

20/20 visions and murals with metaphors

networks at work

keepin' people calm

ya know they murdered x

and tried to blame it on islam

he turned the power to the have-nots

and then came the shot

uggh!

what was the price on his head?

what was the price on his head!

i think i heard a shot

i think i heard a shot

i think i heard a shot

i think i heard a shot

i think i heard a shot

i think i heard

i think i heard a shot

'he may be a real contender for this position should he

abandon his supposed obedience to white liberal doctrine

of non-violence.and embrace black nationalism'

'through counter-intelligence it should be possible to

pinpoint potential trouble-makers.and neutralize them

neutralize them

neutralize them'

wake up! wake up! wake up! wake up!

wake up! wake up! wake up! wake up!

how long? not long

cause what you reap is what you sow