* Bombtrack * Killing in the Name * Take the Power Back * Settle for Nothing * Bullet in the Head * Know Your Enemy * Wake Up * Fistfull of Steel * Township Rebellion * Freedom BOMBTRACK --------- IT'S JUST ANOTHER BOMBTRACK AND SUCKAS BE THINKIN' THEY CAN FADE THIS BUT I'M GONNA DROP IT AT A HIGHER LEVEL 'CAUSE I'M INCLINED TO STOOP DOWN HAND OUT SOME BEAT DOWNS COLD RUNNA TRAIN ON PUNK HO'S THAT THINK THEY RUN THE GAME BUT I LEARNED TO BURN THAT BRIDGE AND DELETE THOSE WHO COMPETE AT A LEVEL THAT'S OBSOLETE INSTEAD I WARM MY HANDS ON THE FLAMES OF THE FLAG AS I RECALL OUR DOWNFALL AND THE BUSINESS' THAT BURNED US ALL SEE THROUGH THE NEWS AND VIEWS THAT TWIST REALITY ENOUGH I CALL THE BLUFF MANIFEST DESTINY LANDLORDS AND POWER WHORES OH MY PEOPLE THEY TOOK TURNS DISPUTE THE SUITS I IGNITE AND WATCH 'EM BURN THE THOUGHTS OF A MILITANT MIND HARD-LINE HARD-LINE AFTER HARD-LINE LANDLORDS AND POWER WHORES OH MY PEOPLE THEY TOOK TURNS DISPUTE THE SUITS I IGNITE AND WATCH 'EM BURN BURN BURN YES YA GONNA BURN BURN BURN YES YA GONNA BURN BURN BURN YES YA GONNA BURN BURN BURN YES YA GONNA BURN ANOTHER FUNKY RADICAL BOMBTRACK STARTED AS A SKETCH IN MY NOTEBOOK BUT NOW DOPE HOOKS MAKE PUNKS TAKE ANOTHER LOOK MY THOUGHTS YA BEGIN TO HEAR AND YA BEGIN TO FEAR THAT YA CARD WILL GET PULLED IF YA INTERFERE WITH THE THOUGHTS OF A MILITANT MIND HARD-LINE HARD-LINE AFTER HARD-LINE LANDLORDS AND POWER WHORES OH MY PEOPLE THEY TOOK TURNS DISPUTE THE SUITS I IGNITE AND WATCH 'EM BURN BURN BURN YES YA GONNA BURN BURN BURN YES YA GONNA BURN BURN BURN YES YA GONNA BURN BURN BURN YES YA GONNA BURN KILLING IN THE NAME OF ---------------------- KILLING IN THE NAME OF SOME OF THOSE WERE ENFORCERS ARE THE SAME THAT BURN CROSSES SOME OF THOSE WERE ENFORCERS ARE THE SAME THAT BURN CROSSES KILLING IN THE NAME OF KILLING IN THE NAME OF NOW YOU DO WHAT THEY TOLD YA NOW YOU DO WHAT THEY TOLD YA NOW YOU DO WHAT THEY TOLD YA NOW YOU DO WHAT THEY TOLD YA BORN TO DIE UNJUSTIFIED YOU WEARIN' THE BADGE AND YOUR CHOSEN WHITE YOU JUSTIFIED THOSE THAT DIED FOR WEARIN' THE BADGE AND THEIR CHOSEN WHITE THOSE WHO DIE UNJUSTIFIED FOR WEARIN' THE BADGE AND YOUR CHOSEN WHITE YOU JUSTIFIED THOSE THAT DIED FOR WEARIN' THE BADGE AND THEIR CHOSEN WHITE SOME OF THOSE WERE ENFORCERS ARE THE SAME THAT BURN CROSSES SOME OF THOSE WERE ENFORCERS ARE THE SAME THAT BURN CROSSES NOW YOU DO WHAT THEY TOLD YA NOW YOUR UNDER CONTROL NOW YOU DO WHAT THEY TOLD YA NOW YOUR UNDER CONTROL, NOW YOU DO WHAT THEY TOLD YA NOW YOUR UNDER CONTROL BORN TO DIE UNJUSTIFIED YOU WEARIN' THE BADGE AND YOUR CHOSEN WHITE YOU JUSTIFIED THOSE THAT DIED FOR WEARIN' THE BADGE AND THEIR CHOSEN WHITE THOSE WHO DIE UNJUSTIFIED FOR WEARIN' THE BADGE AND YOUR CHOSEN WHITE YOU JUSTIFIED THOSE THAT DIED FOR WEARIN' THE BADGE AND THEIR CHOSEN WHITE COME ON FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME MOTHER FUCKER TAKE THE POWER BACK ------------------- IN THE RIGHT LIGHT STUDY BECOMES INSIGHT BUT THE SYSTEM THAT DISSED US TEACHES US TO READ AND WRITE 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 THROUGH TIME IGNORANCE HAS TAKEN OVER WE GOTTA TAKE THE POWER BACK BAM HERE'S THE PLAN MOTHER FUCK 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 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 WE GOTTA TAKE THE POWER BACK WE GOTTA TAKE THE POWER BACK THE PRESENT CURRICULUMS 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 'CAUSE HOLES IN OUR SPIRITS ARE CAUSIN' TEARS AND FEARS ONE SIDED STORIES FOR YEARS AND YEARS I'M INFERIOR WHO'S INFERIOR YEA WE NEED TO CHECK THE INTERIOR OF A SYSTEM WHO CARES ABOUT ONLY ONE CULTURE AND THAT IS WHY WE GOTTA TAKE THE POWER BACK WE GOTTA TAKE THE POWER BACK WE GOTTA TAKE THE POWER BACK THE TEACHER STANDS IN FRONT OF THE CLASS BUT THE LESSON PLANS HE CAN'T RECALL THE STUDENTS EYES DON'T PERCEIVE THE LIES BOUNCING OF EVERY FUCKING WALL HIS COMPOSURE IS WELL KEPT I GUESS HE FEARS PLAYING THE FOOL THE COMPLACENT STUDENTS SIT AND LISTEN TO THE BULLSHIT THAT HE LEARNED IN SCHOOL EUROPE AIN'T MY ROPE TO SWING ON CAN'T LEARN A THING FROM IT GOTTA GET IT GOTTA GET IT TOGETHER THEN LIKE THE MOTHER FUCKIN' 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 SETTLE FOR NOTHING ------------------ A JAIL CALL IS FREEDOM FROM THE PAIN IN MY HOME HATRED PASSED ON PASSED ON AND PASSED ON A WORLD OF VIOLENT RAGE BUT IT'S ONE THAT I CAN RECOGNIZE HAVING NEVER SEEN THE COLOR OF MY FATHER'S EYES YES I DWELL IN HELL BUT IT'S A HELL THAT I CAN GRIP I TRIED TO GRIP MY FAMILY BUT I SLIPPED TO ESCAPE FROM THE PAIN AND AN EXISTENCE MUNDANE I GOTTA 9 A SIGN A SET AND NOW I GOTTA NAME READ MY WRITING IN THE WALL NO ONE HERE TO CATCH ME WHEN I FALL BUT DEATH IS IN MY SIDE SUICIDE A JAIL CALL IS FREEDOM FROM THE PAIN IN MY HOME HATRED PASSED ON PASSED ON AND PASSED ON A WORLD OF VIOLENT RAGE BUT IT'S ONE THAT I CAN RECOGNIZE HAVING NEVER SEEN THE COLOR OF MY FATHER'S EYES YES I DWELL IN HELL BUT IT'S A HELL THAT I CAN GRIP I TRIED TO GRIP MY FAMILY BUT I SLIPPED TO ESCAPE FROM THE PAIN AND AN EXISTENCE MUNDANE I GOTTA 9 A SIGN A SET AND NOW I GOTTA NAME READ MY WRITING IN THE WALL NO ONE HERE TO CATCH ME WHEN I FALL CAUGHT BETWEEN MY CULTURE AND THE SYSTEM GENOCIDE READ MY WRITING ON THE WALL NO ONE HERE TO CATCH ME WHEN I FALL IF IGNORANCE IS BLISS THEN KNOCK THE SMILE OF MY FACE IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION NOW WE SETTLE FOR NOTHING LATER WE'LL SETTLE FOR NOTHING NOW AND WE'LL SETTLE FOR NOTHING LATER BULLET IN THE HEAD ------------------ THIS TIME THE BULLET COLD ROCKED YA A YELLOW RIBBON INSTEAD OF A SWASTIKA NOTHIN' PROPER ABOUT YA PROPAGANDA FOOLS FOLLOW RULES WHEN THE SET COMMANDS YA THEY SAID IT WAS BLUE WHEN THE BLOOD WAS RED THAT'S HOW YOU GOT A BULLET BLASTED THROUGH YA HEAD BLASTED THROUGH YA HEAD BLASTED THROUGH YA HEAD I GIVE A SHOUT TO THE LIVING DEAD WHO STOOD AND WATCHED AS THE FEDS COLD CENTRALIZED SO SERENE ON THE SCREEN YOU WAS MESMERIZED CELLULAR PHONES SOUNDIN' A DEATH TONE CORPORATIONS COLD TURN YA TO STONE BEFORE YA REALIZE THEY LOAD THE CLIP IN OMNICOLOR THEY PACK THE 9 THEY FIRE IT AT PRIME TIME SLEEPING GAS EVERY HOME IS LIKE ALCATRAZ AND MUTHA FUCKAS LOST THEIR MINDS JUST VICTIMS OF THE IN HOUSE DRIVE BY THEY SAY JUMP YOU SAY HOW HIGH THEY LOAD THE CLIP IN OMNICOLOR THEY PACK THE 9 THEY FIRE IT AT PRIME TIME SLEEPING GAS EVERY HOME IS LIKE ALCATRAZ AND MUTHA FUCKAS LOST THEIR MINDS NO ESCAPE FROM THE MASS MIND RAPE PLAY IT AGAIN JACK AND THEN REWIND THE TAPE PLAY IT AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL YA MIND IS LOCKED IN BELIEVIN' ALL THE LIES THAT THEY'RE TELLIN' YA BUYING ALL PRODUCTS THAT THEY'RE SELLIN' YA THEY SAY JUMP YA SAY HOW HIGH YA BRAIN DEAD YA GOTTA FUCKIN' BULLET IN YA HEAD JUST VICTIMS OF THE IN HOUSE DRIVE BY THEY SAY JUMP YOU SAY HOW HIGH YA STANDIN' IN LINE BELIEVIN' THE LIES YA BOWIN' DOWN TO THE FLAG YA GOTTA BULLET IN YA HEAD KNOW YOUR ENEMY -------------- 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 MIKE 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 KNOW YOUR ENEMY WORD IS BORN FIGHT THE WAR FUCK THE NORM NOW I GOT NO PATIENCE SO SICK OF COMPLACENCE WITH THE D-E-F-I-A-N-C-E THE MIND OF A REVOLUTIONARY SO CLEAR THE LANE THE FINGER TO THE LAND OF CHAINS WHAT THE LAND OF THE FREE WHOEVER TOLD YOU THAT IS YOUR ENEMY SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT VENGEANCE A BADGE AND A GUN 'CAUSE I'LL RIP THE MIKE 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 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 SICK OF YOU TIME HAS COME TO PAY 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 WAKE UP ------- 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 MOVEMENTS COME AND MOVEMENTS GO LEADERS SPEAK MOVEMENTS CEASE WHEN THEIR HEADS ARE FLOWN 'CAUSE OF 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 WIT' POETRY MY MIND I FLEX FLIP LIKE WILSON VOCALS NEVER LACKIN' DAT FINESSE WHADDA I HAVE TO DO TO WAKE YA UP TO SHAKE YA UP TO BREAK THE STRUCTURE UP 'CAUSE THIS BLOOD STILL FLOWS IN THE GUTTER I'M LIKE TAKIN' PHOTOS MAD BOY KICKS OPEN THE SHUTTER SET THE GROVE THEN I 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 BETTA BEWARE OF RETRIBUTION WITH MIND WAR 20/20 VISIONS AND MURALS WITH METAPHORS THE 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 WHAT WAS THE PRICE ON HIS HEAD FISTFUL OF STEEL ---------------- SILENCE SOMETHING ABOUT SILENCE MAKES ME SICK 'CAUSE SILENCE CAN BE VIOLENCE SORTA LIKE A SLIT WRIST IF THE VIBE WAS SUICIDE THEN YOU WOULD PUSH DA BUTTON BUT IF YA BOWIN' DOWN THEN LET ME DO THE CUTTIN' SOME SPEAK THE SOUNDS BUT SPEAK IN SILENT VOICES LIKE RADIO IS SILENT THOUGH IT FILLS THE AIR WITH NOISES ITS TRANSMISSIONS BRING SUBMISSIONS AS YA MOLD TO THE UNREAL MAD BOY GRIPS THE MICROPHONE WIT' A FISTFUL OF STEEL FISTFUL OF STEEL FISTFUL OF STEEL FISTFUL OF STEEL FISTFUL OF STEEL YES IT'S TIME TO FLOW LIKE THE FLUID IN YA VEINS IF YA WILL IT I WILL SPILL IT AND YA OUT JUST AS QUICK AS YA CAME NOT A SILENT ONE BUT A DEFIANT ONE NEVER A NORMAL ONE 'CAUSE I'M THE BASTARD SON WITH THE VISIONS OF THE MOVE VOCALS NOT TO SOOTHE BUT TO IGNITE AND PUT IN FLIGHT MY SENSE OF MILITANCE GROOVIN' PLAYIN' THIS GAME CALLED SURVIVAL STATUS THE ELITE THE ENEMY THE RIVAL THE SILENT SHEEP SLIPPIN' RIFFIN' TRIPPIN' GIVE YA A GLIMPSE OF THE REALITY I'M GRIPPIN' STEPPIN' INTO THE JAM AND I'M SLAMMIN' LIKE SHAQUILLE MAD BOY GRIPS THE MICROPHONE WITH A FISTFUL OF STEEL FISTFUL OF STEEL FISTFUL OF STEEL FISTFUL OF STEEL FISTFUL OF STEEL A 44 FULL OF BULLETS FACE FULL OF PALE EYES FULL OF EMPTY A STARE FULL OF NAILS THE ROULETTE BALL ROLLS ALONE ON THE WHEEL A MIND FULL OF FIRE AND A FISTFUL OF STEEL IF THE VIBE WAS SUICIDE THEN YOU WOULD PUSH THE BUTTON BUT IF YA BOWIN' DOWN THEN LET ME DO THE CUTTIN' 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 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 YEA SO YOU THOUGH YOU COULD GET WITH THE HARDLINES THAT FILL YOUR MIND THE THOUGHTS BATTLES FOUGHT AND LESSONS TAUGHT AND 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 WHY STAND ON A SILENT PLATFORM FIGHT THE WAR FUCK THE NORM FREEDOM ------- SOLO I'M A SOLOIST ON A SOLO LIST ALL LIVE NEVER ON A FLOPPY DISK INKA INKA BOTTLE OF INK PAINTINGS OF REBELLION DRAWN UP BY THE THOUGHTS I THINK IT'S SET UP LIKE A DECK OF CARDS THEY'RE SENDING US TO EARLY GRAVES FOR ALL THE DIAMONDS THEY'LL USE A PAIR OF CLUBS TO BEAT THE SPADES WITH POETRY I PAINT THE PICTURES THAT HIT MORE LIKE THE MURALS THAT FIT DON'T TURN AWAY GET IN FRONT OF IT BROTHA DID YA FORGET YOUR NAME DID YOU LOSE IT ON THE WALL PLAYIN' TIC TAC TOE YO CHECK THE DIAGONAL THREE BROTHERS GONE COME ON DOESN'T THAT MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW ANGER IS A GIFT BROTHA DID YA FORGET YOUR NAME DID YOU LOSE IT ON THE WALL PLAYIN' TIC TAC TOE YO CHECK THE DIAGONAL THREE MILLION GONE COME ON 'CAUSE YA KNOW THEY'RE COUNTING BACKWARDS TO ZERO ENVIRONMENT THE ENVIRONMENT EXCEEDING ON THE LEVEL OF OUR UNCONSCIOUSNESS FOR EXAMPLE WHAT DOES THE BILLBOARD SAY COME AND PLAY COME AND PLAY FORGET ABOUT THE MOVEMENT ANGER IS A GIFT FREEDOM FREEDOM YEA RIGHT --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyrics transcribed by Pig Slave bvanderv@vt.edu 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