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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tim Commerford
Bass
Zack de la Rocha
Vocals
Tom Morello
Electric Guitar
Brad Wilk
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Zack de la Rocha
Songwriter
Tom Morello
Composer
Brad Wilk
Songwriter
Tim Commerford
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Rage Against the Machine
Co-Producer
Brendan O'Brien
Producer
Nick DiDia
Recording Engineer
Russ Fowler
Additional Engineer
Sugar D
Additional Engineer
Andrew Garver
Editing Engineer
Stephen Marcussen
Mastering Engineer
Kevin Lively
Assistant Engineer
Atom
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Every official that comes in cripples us
Leaves us maimed
Silent and tamed
And with our flesh and bones he builds his homes
[Verse 2]
Southern fist, rise through tha jungle mist
Clenched to smash power so cancerous
A black flag and a red star
A rising sun loomin' over Los Angeles
Yes for Raza livin' in La La
Like Gaza on to tha dawn of Intifada
Reach for tha lessons tha masked pass on
Seize tha metropolis, it's you it's built on
[Verse 3]
Everything can change on a new year's day
Everything can change on a new year's day
Everything can change on a new year's day
And everything changed on a new year's day
[Verse 4]
War within a breath
It's land or death
War within a breath
It's land or death
War within a breath
It's land or death
War within a breath
It's land
[Verse 5]
Their existence is a crime
Their seat, their robe, their tie
Their land deeds, their hired guns
They're tha crime
[Verse 6]
Shots heard underground round tha rapture
World's eye captured at last in a Mexican pasture
Tha masked screaming land or death
Within a breath, a war from tha depth of time
Who shot four puppet governors in a line?
Who shook all tha world bankers? Who think they can rhyme?
Shot tha landlords who knew it was mine
Yes, it's a war from tha depth of time
[Verse 7]
And everything can change on a new year's day
Everything can change on a new year's day
Everything can change on a new year's day
And everything can change on a new year's day
[Verse 8]
War within a breath
It's land or death
War within a breath
It's land or death
War within a breath
It's land or death
War within a breath
It's land or death
[Verse 9]
It's land or death
[Verse 10]
It's war within a breath
It's land or death
War within a breath
It's land or death
War within a breath
It's land or death
War within a breath
It's land or death
Written by: Brad Wilk, Tim Commerford, Tom Morello, Zack de la Rocha