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Brass Against - Wake Up at Java Jazz Festival
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Brass Against
Brass Against
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tim Commerford
Tim Commerford
Songwriter
Brad Wilk
Brad Wilk
Composer
Zack de la Rocha
Zack de la Rocha
Songwriter
Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman
Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman
Composer

Lyrics

COME ON!! 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 "I'm Mad", still knee deep in the system's shit Hoover, he was a body remover I'll give you 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, (WHAT?!) the judges (WHAT?!), the feds Networks at work, keeping 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! With poetry my mind I flex "Flip" like Wilson, vocals never lackin' that finesse Who I got to, who I got to do to wake you up? To shake you up, to break the structure up Cause blood still flows in the gutter I'm like taking 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 YEAH! Several federal men Who pulled schemes on the dream and put it to an end You better beware of retribution with mind war 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! What was the price on his head? What was the PRICE ON HIS HEAD?! I think I heard a shot I think I heard a shot I think I heard a shot I THINK I HEARD A SHOT! I THINK I HEARD A SHOT! I think I heard, I think I heard a shot Black Nationalism May be a brave contender for this position But should he abandon his supposed 'obedience' To the 'White liberal doctrine' of non-violence And embrace Black Nationalism Through counter-intelligence, it should be possible To pinpoint potential troublemakers and neutralize them And neutralize them And neutralize them WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! HOW LONG?! NOT LONG! CAUSE WHAT YOU REAP IS WHAT YOU SOW!!
Writer(s): Larry Kusik, Ritchie Adams Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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