Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine & Chuck D
Rage Against the Machine & Chuck D
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
Before RATM reworked and re-recorded the song for The Crow Soundtrack, “Darkness” appeared on their 1991 demo tape as “Darkness of Greed”. That original demo also appeared as a non-album b-side on some releases of the band’s debut single “Killing In The Name”.
Originally, the track was more uptemp...
[Verse 1]
Greed
Causing innocent blood to flow
Entire culture, lost in the overthrow
They came to seize and take whatever they please
Then all they gave back was death and disease
My people were left with no choice but to decide
To conform to a system, responsible for genocide
Responsible for genocide
Responsible for genocide
Responsible for genocie
[Verse 2]
AIDS is killing the entire African nation
And a vaccine is still supposedly under preparation
But these governments, they don't mind their procrastination
They say they'll kill them off, take their land and go there for vacation
[Verse 3]
My people's culture was strong, it was pure
And if not for that white greed, it would've endured
My people were left with no choice but to decide
To conform to a system
Souls encaged, their minds enslaved, I feel the rage
Brutality can never be undone
But the sun is not yet set
Bass and drums and microphones a threat
That's when ya investigate the crimes from the inside
And see they're responsible for genocide
Responsible for genocide
Responsible for genocide
[Verse 4]
Ya cram ya culture down my throat
Say I'm inferior when I find it I choke
You fill my mind with a false sense of history
And then you wonder why I have no identity?
Well, I'll strike a match and it'll catch and spread the insight we need
A tiny fire, burning bright
Shedding light on the darkness of greed
[Outro]
A yes, yes, y'all
And ya don't stop
Shedding light on the darkness of greed
A yes, yes, y'all
And ya don't stop
Shedding light on the darkness of greed
Darkness (Demo 1991) was written by Zack de la Rocha & Rage Against the Machine.
Darkness (Demo 1991) was produced by Rage Against the Machine.
Rage Against the Machine released Darkness (Demo 1991) on Tue Jun 30 1998.