Rage Against the Machine - Township Rebellion
Rebel, rebel and yell
'Cause our people still dwell in hell
Locked in a cell, yes, the structure's a cell
Mad is the story I tell
How long can we wait?
Come on, seein' what's at stake
Action for reaction
If your mind's in a somewhat complacent state, get a check up
This is a stick up
Our freedom, or your life
Lord, I wish I could be peaceful
But there can be no sequel
Now freedom must be fundamental
In Johannesburg, or South Central
On the mic 'cause someone should tell 'em
To kick in the township rebellion
Yeah, what about that, sucka?
★ Verse 2 ★
Yeah, so you thought you could get with the hardlines
That fill your mind
Thoughts, battles fought, and lessons taught
Yes, I'll display the fitness, and flip like a gymnast
Raise my fist and resist!
Asleep though we stand in the midst of the war
Gotta get mine, gotta get more
Keepin' the mic warm against the norm
'Cause what does it offer me?
I think often it's nothin' but a coffin
Gotta get wreck 'til our necks never swing on a rope
From here to the cape of no hope
Now freedom must be fundamental
In Johannesburg, or South Central
On the mic 'cause someone should tell 'em
To kick in the township rebellion
★ Chorus ★
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
★ Guitar solo ★
★ Chorus ★
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
★ Post-Chorus ★
What's it gonna take?
★ Bridge ★
Shackle their minds when they're bent on the cross
When ignorance reigns, life is lost
Shackle their minds when they're left on the cross
When ignorance reigns, life is lost
Shackled our minds when we're bent on the cross
When ignorance reigns, life is lost
Shackled our minds when we're left on the cross
When ignorance reigns, life is lost
Lost
Lost
Shackle your minds and you're left on the cross
When ignorance reigns, life is lost
Just shackle your minds when you're bent on the cross
When ignorance reigns, life is lost
Lost
★ Chorus ★
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Why stand on a silent platform?
Fight the war, fuck the norm
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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.