Riots and Protests Around the World 

- Greece, Egypt, England and Italy - Revolution!  

"Yo, we gotta take the power back"

 

Crank the music up 
Bring that shit in, uhh
 
Yeah, the movement's in motion 
With massive militant poetry 
Now check this out, uhh
 
In the right light, study becomes insight  
But the system that dissed us 
Teaches us to read and right
 
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  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 present curriculum, 
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 
Holes in our spirit causin' 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

Yeah, we gotta take the power back  
Come on, come on  
We gotta take the power back
 
Hey yo check, we're gonna have to break it 
Break it, break it down, aww shit
 
Uhh, and like this, uhh  
Come on, yeah, put it back the other way, 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  
Complacent students sit and listen to that 
Bullshit that he'd learned in school
 
Europe ain't my rope to swing on  
Can't learn a thing from it yet we hang from it  
Gotta get it, gotta get it together then 
Like the motherfuckin' 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
 
Yeah, we gotta take the power back  
Come on, come on  
Yeah, 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, uhh
Yeah, take it back y'all, take it back  

Uh, take it back, uh, take it back y'all, come on 
Take it back y'all, take it back, uh, take it back 
Uh, take it back y'all, come on, uhh, yeah

Rage Against The Machine