Wake Up Lyrics - Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

Come on! 

Ugh! 

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 shit 

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 

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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 

Photos 

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 

Ugh! 

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 obedience 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