Rage Against the Machine
Take the Power Back (Demo)
Oh, bring that shit in
Ugh!
Yes!
Check it out

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 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

Yeah, take the power back
Come on, come on
We gotta take the power back

The present curriculum, I [?] 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 causing 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 who cares about only one culture
And that, is why we gotta take the power back
We gotta take the power back
Come on, come on
We gotta take the power back

Aw yeah, we're gonna break this shit down
[???], aw shit

Ugh!

Don't stop, and ya don't stop, and ya don't stop, and ya don't stop, ya don't stop, and ya don't stop, ya don't stop, ya don't stop, ugh!

Like this!
Come on, ugh!
Yeah, pump the beat, y'all!
Hey!
Ugh!

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 that bullshit that he'd learned in school
What about that system is [?] wack
In the classroom, lost and [?] back
I can't see what they're coming from
No respect [???]
Go back and seek [???]
Back [???] are rearranging
[???] attack
Come on, we gotta take the power back
We gotta take the power back
Come on, come on
We gotta take the power back

No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
No more lies
Ugh, come on!
Ugh, check it!

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!
Yes!