Rage Against the Machine - Know Your Enemy
Huh
Yeah, we're comin' back in with another bombtrack
Think ya know it's all of that, huh
Ayo, so check this out, yeah
★ Chorus ★
Know your enemy
Come on
★ Verse 1 ★
Born with insight and a raised fist
A witness to the slit wrist
As we move into '92
Still in a room without a view
Ya got to know, ya got to know
That when I say go, go, go
Amp up and amplify, defy
I'm a brother with a furious mind
Action must be taken
We don't need the key, we'll break in
Something must be done
About vengeance, a badge and a gun
'Cause I'll rip the mic, rip the stage, rip the system
I was born to rage against 'em
Fist in ya face in the place and I'll drop the style clearly
★ Chorus ★
Know your enemy
Know your enemy
Yeah
Ayo, get with this, ugh
★ Verse 2 ★
Word is born
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Now I got no patience
So sick of complacence
With the D, the E, the F, the I, the A, the N, the C, the E
Mind of a revolutionary, so clear the lane
The finger to the land of the chains
What? The "land of the free"?
Whoever told you that is your enemy
Now something must be done
About vengeance, a badge, and a gun
'Cause I'll rip the mic, rip the stage, rip the system
I was born to rage against 'em
Now action must be taken
We don't need the key, we'll break in
★ Bridge ★
I've got no patience now
So sick of complacence now
I've got no patience now
So sick of complacence now
Sick of, sick of, sick of, sick of you
Time has come to pay
★ Chorus ★
Know your enemy
★ Guitar Solo ★
★ Outro ★
Come on
Yes, I know my enemies
They're the teachers who taught me to fight me
Compromise, conformity
Assimilation, submission
Ignorance, hypocrisy
Brutality, the elite
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
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Biography
Accompanying a musical fusion of punk, hip-hop and metal, the lyricism of frontman Zack de la Rocha provides a fiery critique of corporate America, government oppression, and cultural imperialism. Both de la Rocha and guitarist Tom Morello were born into activist families, influential to shaping the band’s political views and activism. De la Rocha’s father devoted his artistic work to Chicano causes, and Morello was raised by a civil rights activist mother and a Kenyan rebel-turned-diplomat father.
Rage Against the Machine view their music as a vehicle for social activism, and de la Rocha has explained this by saying:
I’m interested in spreading those ideas through art, because music has the power to cross borders, to break military sieges and to establish real dialogue.
Over their career, Rage Against the Machine have championed numerous causes, including death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal’s fight for a new trial, the Zapatista freedom fighters in Mexico, and the treatment of sweatshop workers. The band’s leftist and revolutionary political views are further represented in almost all of their songs, and this politically fuelled commentary is key to their identity. Notable examples of these beliefs are discussed in “Killing in the Name” (addressing racism and police corruption), “Wake Up” (addressing racism in the American government), and “Freedom” (supporting imprisoned American-Indian activist Leonard Peltier).
Rage Against the Machine split up in 2000, with three of the band members joining Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell to form rock supergroup Audioslave. They reunited in 2007, and since then have sporadically performed major live events, but are yet to record any new material. In May 2016, it was revealed that Tom Morello, Brad Wilk and Tim Commerford had united with Chuck D of Public Enemy and B-Real of Cypress Hill to form the supergroup, Prophets of Rage.