Know Your Enemy - Rage Against the Machine: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Rage Against the Machine

Know Your Enemy

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Hard Rock

Know Your Enemy was released on November 6, 1992 by Epic as a part of the album Rage Against the Machine

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Tom Morello

Guitar

Zack de la Rocha

Zack de la Rocha

Vocals

Stephen Perkins

Stephen Perkins

Percussion

Brad Wilk

Drums

Maynard James Keenan

Maynard James Keenan

Background Vocals

C Timmy

Bass

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Zack de la Rocha

Zack de la Rocha

Songwriter

Brad Wilk

Songwriter

Thomas B Morello

Thomas B Morello

Songwriter

Tim Commerford

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine

Producer

GGGarth Richardson

GGGarth Richardson

Producer

Stan Katayama

Recording Engineer

Jeff Sheehan

Assistant Engineer

Craig Doubet

Assistant Engineer

Andy Wallace

Mixing Engineer

Bob Ludwig

Mastering Engineer

Vlado Meller

Mastering Engineer

Mark Santangelo

Mark Santangelo

Assistant Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]

Huh

Yeah, we're comin' back in with another bombtrack

Think ya know it's all of that, huh

Aye, yo, so check this out, yeah

[Chorus]

Know your enemy

Come on

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

Know your enemy

Yeah

Aye, yo, get with this, huh

[Verse 2]

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

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

[Bridge]

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

[Chorus]

Know your enemy

[Outro]

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

Written by: Zack de la Rocha

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