Rage Against the Machine

"Landlords and power whores On my people they took turns Dispute the suits I ignite And then watch 'em burn"

"No escape from the mass mind rape Play it again jack and then rewind the tape And then play it again and again and again Until ya mind is locked in Believin' all the lies that they're tellin' ya Buyin' all the products that they're sellin' ya They say jump and ya say how high Ya brain-dead Ya gotta fuckin' bullet in ya head."

"Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses."

"Those who died are justified by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites."

"Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!"

"A jail cell 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 recognise Having never seen the colour 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."

"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, we gotta take the power back Come on, come on! We gotta take the power back"

"The fact that music I helped create was used in crimes against humanity sickens me."

"Every generation gets the rap-metal it deserves but in 1992, Rage Against the Machine gave us the rap-metal we needed. Hearing their revolutionary ruckus on the same rock radio assembly line as the Black Crowes and Guns N’ Roses felt like discovering a Molotov cocktail in a crate of milk bottles."

"The social and politically toned hard rock from Rage Against The Machine is a quintessential part of ‘90s pop-culture and the hard-rock genre."