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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Zack de la Rocha
Zack de la Rocha
Vocals
Tom Morello
Tom Morello
Guitar
Brad Wilk
Brad Wilk
Drums
Tim Commerford
Tim Commerford
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Zack de la Rocha
Zack de la Rocha
Songwriter
Brad Wilk
Brad Wilk
Songwriter
Tim Commerford
Tim Commerford
Songwriter
Tom Morello
Tom Morello
Songwriter
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
Co-Producer
Brendan O'Brien
Brendan O'Brien
Producer
Andy Wallace
Andy Wallace
Mixing Engineer
Nick DiDia
Nick DiDia
Recording Engineer
Caram Costanzo
Caram Costanzo
Assistant Recording Engineer
Clay Harper
Clay Harper
Assistant Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Tha sistas are in so check tha front line
It seems I spent the '80s in a Haiti state of mind
Cast me into classes for electro shock
Straight incarcerated, the curriculum's a cell block
I'm swimmin' in half truths and it makes me wanna spit
Instructor come separate the healthy from tha sick
Ya weigh me on a scale I'm smellin' burnt skin
It's dark now in Dachau and I'm screamin' from within
'Cause I'm cell locked in tha doctrines of tha right
Enslaved by dogma, ya talk about my birthrights
Yet at every turn I'm runnin' into hell's gates
So I grip tha cannon like Fanon and pass tha shells to my classmates
[Verse 2]
Power to the people
'Cause tha boss's right ta live is mine ta die
So I'm goin' out heavy sorta like Mount Tai
Wit tha five centuries of penitentiary so let tha guilty hang
In tha year of tha boomerang
[Verse 3]
I got no property but yo I'm a piece of it
So let tha guilty hang
I got no property but yo I'm a piece of it
In tha year of tha boomerang
I got no property but yo I'm a piece of it
So let tha guilty hang
I got no property but yo I'm a piece of it
In tha year of tha boomerang
[Verse 4]
Now it's upon you
Now it's upon you
[Verse 5]
Tha sistas are in so check tha front line
It seems I spent the '80s in a Haiti state of mind
Cast me into classes for electro shock
Straight incarcerated, the curriculum's a cell block
I'm swimmin' in half truths and it makes me wanna spit
Instructor come separate the healthy from tha sick
Ya weigh me on a scale I'm smellin' burnt skin
It's dark now in Dachau and I'm screamin' from within
'Cause I'm cell locked in tha doctrines of tha right
Enslaved by dogma, ya talk about my birthrights
Yet at every turn I'm runnin' into hell's gates
So I grip tha cannon like Fanon and pass tha shells to my classmates
[Verse 6]
Power to the people
Yeah tha boss's right ta live is mine ta die
I'm goin' out heavy sorta like Mount Tai
Wit tha five centuries of penitentiary so let tha guilty hang
In tha year of tha boomerang
[Verse 7]
I got no property but yo I'm a piece of it
So let tha guilty hang
I got no property but yo I'm a piece of it
In tha year of tha boomerang
I got no property but yo I'm a piece of it
So let tha guilty hang
I got no property but yo I'm a piece of it
In tha year of tha boomerang
[Verse 8]
Now it's upon you
Now it's upon you
You
You
You
You
You
You
You
You
[Verse 9]
You
Written by: Zack de la Rocha

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