Lyrics Index 1) Bombtrack 2) Killing in the Name 3) Take the Power Back 4) Settle For Nothing 5) Bullet In Your Head 6) Know Your Enemy 7) Wake Up 8) Fistful Of Steel 9) Township Rebellion 10) Freedom Bombtrack It's just another bombtrack And suckas be thinkin' that 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 complete 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 On my people they took turns Dispute the suits I ignite And then watch 'em burn The thoughts of a militant mind Hardline, hardline, after hardline Landlords and power whores On my people they took turns Dispute the suits I ignite And then watch 'em burn Chorus: 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 hear and ya begin to fear That ya card will get pulled if you interfere With the thoughts of a militant mind Hardline, hardline after hardline Landlords and power whores On my people they took turns Dispute the suits I ignite And then watch 'em burn 2. Killing In The Name Killing in the name of! Some of those that were forces are the same that bore crosses Some of those that were forces are the same that bore crosses Some of those that were forces are the same that bore crosses Some of those that were forces are the same that bore crosses Huh! Killing in the name of! Killing in the name of And now you do what they told ya (11 times) But now you do what they told ya Well now you do what they told ya Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites Some of those that were forces are the same that bore crosses Some of those that were forces are the same that bore crosses Some of those that were forces are the same that bore crosses Some of those that were forces are the same that bore crosses Uggh! Killing in the name of! Killing in the name of! And now you do what they told ya (4 times) And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control (7 times) And now you do what they told ya! Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites Come on! Yeah! Come on! Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me (8 times spoken becoming a shout by the 8th time) Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me! (8 times, shouted) Motherfucker! Uggh!        8 w ¶ õ 4 : < U m o œ ¾ á ã 3 € Ð qq  ¸q#Ð   ^  Ü  " $ = V X „ Ê í ï ? 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Who's inferior? Yea, We needa check the interior Of the system who cares about only one culture And that is why we gotta take the power back Chorus 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 the Bullshit that he learned in school Europe ain't my rope to swing on Can't learn a thing from it Yet we hand from it Gotta get it, gotta get it together then Like the mother fuckin' weatherman 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 Chorus Settle For Nothing A jail cell is freedom from the pain in my home Hatred passed on, passed on and passed on A world of violence rage But it's one that I can recognise 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 An existence mudane I gotta 9, a sign, a set and now I gotta name Read my writing on the wall No one's here to catch me when I fall But death is on my side Suicide A jail cell is freedom from the pain in my home Hatred passed on, passed on and passed on A world of violence rage But it's one that I can recognise 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 An existence mudane I gotta 9, a sign, a set and now gotta name Read my writing On the wall No one's here to catch me When I fall Caught between my culture and the system Genocide Read my writing on the wall No one's here to catch me when ifall If ignorance is bliss Then knock the smile off my face If we don't take action now We'll settle for nothing later If we settle for nothing now We'll settle for nothing later Bullet In Your Head This time the bullet cold rocket 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 out to the living dead Who stood and watched as the feds cold centralized So serene on the screen You was mesmerized Cellular phone 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 was 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 was like Alcatraz And mutha fuckas lost their mind No escape from the mass mind rape Play it again Jack and then rewind the tape Play it again and again and again Until ya mind is locked in Beleivin' all the lies that they're tellin' ya Buying all the products that they're selling ya They say jump and 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 amplity 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 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 Sick of complacence now I've got no patience now Sick of complacence now 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 Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite All of which are American dreams All of which are American dreams All of which are American dreams All of which are American dreams Wake Up Althought 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 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 groove Then I stick and move like I was Cassius Rep the stutter step Then bomb a left upon the facists 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 violent 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 submission, As ya mold to the unreal Mad boy grips the microphone With a fistful of steel Chorus: 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 silence 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 shaquile Mad boy grips the microphone Wit' a fistful of steel Chorus A 44 full of bullets Face full 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 da 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 Out freedom of your life I wish I could be peaceful But there can be no sequel Chorus: Now freedom must be fundamental In Johannesburg or South Central On the mic, 'cause someone should tell 'em To kick in the township rebellion Yes, so you thought ya 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 Chorus 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 sendin' 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 Chorus: Brotha did ya forget ya name Did ya, 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 Chorus Yo, check the diagonal Three million gone Come on Cause ya know they're counting backwards to zero Enviroment The enviroment 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