Take The Power Back Lyrics - Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

In the right light, study becomes insight 

But the system that dissed us 

Teaches us to read and right 

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 

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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 causin' 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 that cares about only one culture 

And that is why 

We gotta take the power back 

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Yeah, we gotta take the power back 

Come on, come on! 

We gotta take the power back 

Hey yo check, we're gonna have to break it, break it, 

break it down 

Aw shit! 

Ugh! 

And like this Ugh! 

Come on, yeah! Bring it back the other way! 

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 some of that 

Bullshit that he 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 

To 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! 

We gotta take the power back 

No more lies 

Ugh! 

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! 

Ugh! 

Yeah!