“Take The Power Back” by Rage Against the Machine Live at the Vic Theatre Chicago, IL - April 1993

“Take The Power Back” by Rage Against the Machine Live at the Vic Theatre Listen to RATM: Watch more videos by Rage Against the Machine: Subscribe to the official RATM YouTube channel: Follow RATM: Facebook: Instagram: Website: Spotify: Lyrics: [Intro] Crank the music up Bring that shit in, uh Yeah, the movement’s in motion with massive militant poetry Now check this out, uh [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] Yeah, we gotta take the power back Come on, come on We gotta take the power back [Verse 2] 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 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 [Chorus] Yeah, we gotta take the power back Come on, come on We gotta take the power back Ayo check, we’re gonna have to break it Break it, break it down, aw shit [Guitar Solo] [Interlude] And like this Uh! Come on Yeah, bring it back the other way Uh [Verse 3] 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 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) 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] Yeah, we gotta take the power back Come on, come on We gotta take the power back [Bridge] No more lies No more lies No more lies No more lies No more lies No more lies No more lies No more lies Uh! [Outro] Yeah, 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, uh, yeah‌ ‌ #TakeThePowerBack #RATM #RageAgainstTheMachine #VicTheatre