Know Your Enemy
Rage Against the Machine Lyrics
Huh!
Yeah, we're comin' back then with another bombtrack
Think ya know what it's all about
Huh!
Hey yo, so check this out
Yeah!
Know your enemy!
Come on!
Born with insight and a raised fist
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 amplify
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
Know your enemy...Know your enemy!
Yeah!
Hey yo, and dick with this uggh!
Word is born
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Now I got no patience
So sick of complacence
With the D the E the F the I the A the N the see the E
Mind of a revolutionary
So clear the lane
The finger to the land of the chains
What? The land of the free?
Whoever told you that is your enemy?
Now 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
So sick of complacence now
I've got no patience now
So sick of complacence now
Sick of sick of sick of sick of you
Time has come to pay
Know your enemy!
Come on!
Yes I know my enemies
They're the teachers who taught me to fight me
Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission
Ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite
All of which are American dreams
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Written by: TIMOTHY COMMERFORD, THOMAS B. MORELLO, ZACK M. DE LA ROCHA, BRAD J. WILK
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"Know Your Enemy" is a song by the American rock band Rage Against the Machine. It features Maynard James Keenan on vocals during the bridge section. It also features Jane's Addition drummer Stephen Perkins on trashcan percussion.
The song is one of many off the album which contain anti-war and anti-authoritarian lyrics. The song's main message is that the American government touts itself as the land of the free, but lies and takes freedom away.
The song is one of many off the album which contain anti-war and anti-authoritarian lyrics. The song's main message is that the American government touts itself as the land of the free, but lies and takes freedom away.
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Aaron Villasenor
Yes I know my enemies
They’re the teachers who taught me to fight me
Compromise
Conformity
Assimilation
Submission
Ignorance
Hypocrisy
Brutality
The elite
All in which are American dreams all in which are American dreams all in which are American dreams all in which….. American dreams
Arguably the most powerful lyric I have ever listen to
belial
Lyrics:
Huh!
Yeah, we're comin' back in with another "Bombtrack"
Think ya know it's all of that, HUH!
Hey yo, so check this out...
Yeah...
Know your enemy!
Come on!
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 amplify
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 mic, 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...
Know your enemy!
Know your enemy!
Yeah!
Hey yo, and get with this... ugh!
Word, is, born!
Fight the war, FUCK the norm!
Now I got no patience
So sick of complacence
With the D, the E, the F, the I, the A, the N, the C, the E
Mind of a revolutionary, so clear the lane
The finger to the land of the chains
WHAT?! The "land of the free?"
Whoever told you that is your enemy!
Now something must be done
About vengeance, a badge and a gun
Cause I'll rip the mic, 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...
So sick of complacence, now...
I've got no patience, now...
So sick of complacence now..
Sick of, sick of, sick of, sick of...you..
Time...has...come...to...PAY!!!
Know your enemy!
Come on!
Yes, I know my enemies!
They're the teachers who taught me to fight me!
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!
All of which are American dreams!
All of which are American dreams!
All of which are American dreams!
All of which are American dreams!
Onlooker of things
"Land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy!"
One of the best lines in any song, ever.
ConcernedCitizen
correct
Carlos Neto
"they hate our freedom"
JR Y
@Louie Louie When confronted with the dilemma of Robinson Crusoe's island ('coconut island' to the Vaush fans on the interwebs), your individualist dogma completely falls apart. If it were human nature for everyone to buy their own parcel(s) of land (from who btw?) then we wouldn't be seeing hunter gatherers living in communes working for the benefit of not profit but the community.
Louie Louie
@JR Y Sugar free of course!
Aaron Villasenor
Yes I know my enemies
They’re the teachers who taught me to fight me
Compromise
Conformity
Assimilation
Submission
Ignorance
Hypocrisy
Brutality
The elite
All in which are American dreams all in which are American dreams all in which are American dreams all in which….. American dreams
Arguably the most powerful lyric I have ever listen to
TheLifeLaVita
all of* which are american dreams!
neowolf09
Only argument I have with this part of the lyrics is that the real American dream, as it was when America was first created, was FREEDOM.
D Hill
@Alex Krasmo 👈 I know. What the hell happened?
Alex Krasmo
@D Hill Unfortunately it is true