Wake Up
Rage Against The Machine"Wake Up" is a song by Rage Against The Machine, released in 1992 in the Pop genre. The song is 5:52 long and contains 68 lines and 402 words.
Lyrics
0:02WAKE UP
0:29Come on
0:44Uggh
0:59Come on although ya try to discredit
1:02Ya still never edit
1:03The needle I'll thread it
1:05Radically poetic
1:06Standin' with the fury that they had in '66
1:10And like E-Double I'm mad
1:11Still knee-deep in the system's s**t
1:13Hoover he was a body remover
1:15I'll give ya a dose
1:17But it'll never come close
1:20To the rage built up inside of me
1:21Fist in the air in the land of hypocrisy
1:25Movements come and movements go
1:28Leaders speak movements cease
1:30When their heads are flown
1:31'Cause all these punks
1:32Got bullets in their heads
1:34Departments of police the judges the feds
1:36Networks at work keepin' people calm
1:38You know they went after King
1:40When he spoke out on Vietnam
1:41He turned the power to the have-nots
1:43And then came the shot
1:57Yeah
2:04Yeah back in this
2:09Wit' poetry my mind I flex
2:11Flip like Wilson vocals never lackin' dat finesse
2:14Whadda I got to whadda I got to do to wake ya up
2:18To shake ya up to break the structure up
2:20'Cause blood still flows in the gutter
2:24I'm like takin' photos
2:25Mad boy kicks open the shutter
2:26Set the groove
2:27Then stick and move like I was Cassius
2:29Rep the stutter step
2:31Then bomb a left upon the fascists
2:33Yea the several federal men
2:34Who pulled schemes on the dream
2:36And put it to an end
2:37Ya better beware
2:38Of retribution with mind war
2:4020/20 visions and murals with metaphors
2:42Networks at work keepin' people calm
2:46Ya know they murdered X
2:47And tried to blame it on Islam
2:49He turned the power to the have-nots
2:53And then came the shot
3:30Uggh
3:34What was the price on his head
3:40What was the price on his head
3:46I think I heard a shot
3:51I think I heard a shot
3:57I think I heard a shot
4:02I think I heard a shot
4:14I think I heard a shot
4:24I think I heard I think I heard a shot
4:38'He may be a real contender for this position should he
4:40Abandon his supposed obediance to white liberal doctrine
4:44Of non-violence and embrace black nationalism'
4:45'Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to
4:50Pinpoint potential trouble-makers And neutralize them
4:52Neutralize them neutralize them'
5:06Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up
5:17Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up
5:52How long Not long cause what you reap is what you sow
WAKE UP 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 s**t 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 obediance 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
Translation
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