wake up
Submitted by Toasty on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 20:32.
Rage against the machine rocks 
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listen close to the lyrics and of course enjoy the end of a great movie.
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Wake Up lyrics by Rage Against the Machine
Come on!
Uggh!
Come on, although 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 Im mad
Still knee-deep in the systems shit
Hoover, he was a body remover
Ill 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
Yeah!
Yeah, back in this...
Wit poetry, my mind I flex
Flip like wilson, vocals never lackin dat finesse
Whadda I got to, whadda I got to do to wake ya up
To shake ya up, to break the structure up
Cause blood still flows in the gutter
Im like takin photos
Mad boy kicks open the shutter
Set the groove
Then stick and move like I was cassius
Rep the stutter step
Then bomb a left upon the fascists
Yea, the several federal men
Who pulled schemes on the dream
And put it to an end
Ya better beware
Of retribution with mind war
20/20 visions and murals with metaphors
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
Uggh!
What was the price on his head?
What was the price on his head!
I think I heard a shot (5 times)
I think I heard, I think I heard a shot
Background: black nationalism
He may be a real contender for this position should he
Abandon his supposed obediance to white liberal doctrine
Of non-violence...and embrace black nationalism
Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to
Pinpoint potential trouble-makers...
And neutralise them
Wake up! wake up! wake up! wake up!
Wake up! wake up! wake up! wake up!
Spoken: how long? not long, cause
What you reap is what you sow.
This goes along pretty well with the discussion we're having about The Logical Song in this thread
The deeper meaning of The Matrix
I was just thinking about watching The Matrix again last night. It's been a while. I absolutely love that movie. Here are some quotes from Morpheus that are fairly good matches for what I was saying in the other thread. To understand the connection, realize that The Matrix is a metaphor for the great lie that our society (and our ego) perpetuates to keep us under control: that we are mortal, non-magical beings. The truth is that this life is one in an infinite number of lives. We are eternal. Everything we do matters forever. We create our own eternal heaven and hell through our own choices. We are living it right now, and at the same time, we are completely free to change in any way at any moment. We are the ones who control our own destiny.
Morpheus: The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work... when you go to church... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind.
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Morpheus: I'm trying to free your mind, Neo. But I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it.
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Morpheus: Free your mind.
Great song, and nice Matrix montage! Thanks for reminding me of the lessons of that movie. It's good to remember that there is more to reality than meets the eye.
Very cool!
I guess a majority of people just don't catch the deeper meaning of the Matrix movies, I've heard way too many people say they were just action movies that they "didn't get", haha. I know I did, I loved and felt all 3 of the movies, and I'm definitely no rocket surgeon. *snicker*
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