Know Your Enemy by Rage Against the Machine (Ft. Maynard James Keenan)
Know Your Enemy by Rage Against the Machine (Ft. Maynard James Keenan)

Know Your Enemy

Rage Against the Machine & Maynard James Keenan * Track #6 On Rage Against the Machine

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Know Your Enemy by Rage Against the Machine (Ft. Maynard James Keenan)

Release Date
Tue Nov 03 1992
Performed by
Rage Against the MachineMaynard James Keenan
Produced by
Rage Against the Machine & Garth Richardson
Writed by
Tom Morello & Brad Wilk & Tim Commerford & Zack de la Rocha
About

Continuing with the album’s general themes, “Know Your Enemy” contains anti-war and anti-authoritarian lyrics. This song finds Rage Against the Machine contrasting notions of the “American Dream”, as portrayed by modern media and officials, against the perceived reality of this dream. Once again, th...

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Know Your Enemy Lyrics

[Intro: Zack De La Rocha]
Huh
Yeah, we're comin' back in with another bombtrack
Think ya know it's all of that, huh
Ayo, so check this out, yeah

[Chorus: Zack De La Rocha]
Know your enemy
Come on

[Verse 1: Zack De La Rocha]
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: Zack De La Rocha]
Know your enemy
Yeah
Ayo, get with this, ugh

[Verse 2: Zack De La Rocha]
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
Now 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: Maynard James Keenan]
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: Zack De La Rocha]
Know your enemy

[Guitar Solo]

[Outro: Zack De La Rocha]
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

Know Your Enemy Q&A

Who wrote Know Your Enemy's ?

Know Your Enemy was written by Tom Morello & Brad Wilk & Tim Commerford & Zack de la Rocha.

Who produced Know Your Enemy's ?

Know Your Enemy was produced by Rage Against the Machine & Garth Richardson.

When did Rage Against the Machine release Know Your Enemy?

Rage Against the Machine released Know Your Enemy on Tue Nov 03 1992.

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