Take the Power Back (Explicit)
Rage Against The Machine"Take the Power Back (Explicit)" is a song by Rage Against The Machine, released in 1992 in the Pop genre. The song is 5:26 long and contains 81 lines and 490 words.
Lyrics
0:14Crank the music up
0:34Bring that shit in uh
0:44Yeah the movement's in motion with massive militant poetry
0:48Now check this out uh
0:53In the right light study becomes insight
0:55But the system that dissed us teaches us to read and write
0:58So-called facts are fraud
1:00They want us to allege and pledge and bow down to their god
1:03Lost the culture the culture lost
1:05Spun our minds and through time ignorance has taken over
1:10Yo we gotta take the power back
1:12Bam here's the plan
1:14Motherfuck Uncle Sam step back I know who I am
1:16Raise up your ear I'll drop the style and clear
1:19It's the beats and the lyrics they fear
1:21The rage is relentless
1:23We need a movement with a quickness
1:26You are the witness of change and to counteract
1:28We gotta take the power back
1:33Yeah we gotta take the power back
1:38Come on come on
1:42We gotta take the power back
1:47The present curriculum I put my fist in 'em
1:50Eurocentric every last one of 'em
1:52See right through the red white and blue disguise
1:54With lecture I puncture the structure of lies
1:57Installed in our minds and attempting to hold us back
2:00We've got to take it back
2:01Holes in our spirit causing tears and fears
2:03One-sided stories for years and years and years
2:06I'm inferior?
2:07Who's inferior?
2:08Yeah we need to check the interior
2:10Of the system who cares about only one culture
2:12And that is why we gotta take the power back
2:17Yeah we gotta take the power back
2:22Come on come on
2:26Yeah we gotta take the power back
2:34Ayo check we're gonna have to break it
2:36Break it break it down
2:40Aw shit
2:50Uh
3:16And like this
3:19Uh come on
3:24Yeah bring it back the other way
3:28Uh
3:31The teacher stands in front of the class
3:33But the lesson plan he can't recall
3:36The student's eyes don't perceive the lies
3:38Bouncing off every fucking wall
3:40His composure is well kept
3:42I guess he fears playing the fool
3:45The complacent students sit
3:46And listen to that bullshit that he'd learned in school
3:49Europe ain't my rope to swing on
3:52Can't learn a thing from it yet we hang from it
3:54Gotta get it gotta get it together then
3:56Like the motherfuckin' weathermen
3:58Expose and close the doors on those who try
4:00To strangle and mangle the truth
4:02'Cause the circle of hatred continues unless we react
4:06We gotta take the power back
4:10Yeah we gotta take the power back
4:15Come on come on
4:19Yeah we gotta take the power back
4:45No more lies
4:48No more lies
4:50No more lies
4:52No more lies
4:55No more lies
4:57No more lies
4:59No more lies
5:02No more lies
5:04Uh
5:08Yeah
5:13Take it back y'all
5:14Take it back a-take it back a-take it back y'all
5:16Come on take it back y'all
5:18Take it back a-take it back a-take it back y'all
5:20Come on uh
5:26Yeah
Crank the music up Bring that shit in uh Yeah the movement's in motion with massive militant poetry Now check this out uh In the right light study becomes insight But the system that dissed us teaches us to read and write So-called facts are fraud They want us to allege and pledge and bow down to their god Lost the culture the culture lost Spun our minds and through time ignorance has taken over Yo we gotta take the power back Bam here's the plan Motherfuck Uncle Sam step back I know who I am Raise up your ear I'll drop the style and clear It's the beats and the lyrics they fear The rage is relentless We need a movement with a quickness You are the witness of change and to counteract We gotta take the power back Yeah we gotta take the power back Come on come on We gotta take the power back The present curriculum I put my fist in 'em Eurocentric every last one of 'em See right through the red white and blue disguise With lecture I puncture the structure of lies Installed in our minds and attempting to hold us back We've got to take it back Holes in our spirit causing tears and fears One-sided stories for years and years and years I'm inferior? Who's inferior? Yeah we need to check the interior Of the system who cares about only one culture And that is why we gotta take the power back Yeah we gotta take the power back Come on come on Yeah we gotta take the power back Ayo check we're gonna have to break it Break it break it down Aw shit Uh And like this Uh come on Yeah bring it back the other way Uh The teacher stands in front of the class But the lesson plan he can't recall The student's eyes don't perceive the lies Bouncing off every fucking wall His composure is well kept I guess he fears playing the fool The complacent students sit And listen to that bullshit that he'd learned in school Europe ain't my rope to swing on Can't learn a thing from it yet we hang from it Gotta get it gotta get it together then Like the motherfuckin' weathermen Expose and close the doors on those who try To strangle and mangle the truth 'Cause the circle of hatred continues unless we react We gotta take the power back Yeah we gotta take the power back Come on come on Yeah we gotta take the power back No more lies No more lies No more lies No more lies No more lies No more lies No more lies No more lies Uh Yeah Take it back y'all Take it back a-take it back a-take it back y'all Come on take it back y'all Take it back a-take it back a-take it back y'all Come on uh Yeah
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