Take the Power Back - Rage Against the Machine

In the right light, study becomes insight
But the system that dissed us
Teaches us to read and write
So called facts are fraud. They want us to allege and pledge
And bow down to their God. Lost the culture, the culture lost
Spun our minds and through time. Ignorance has taken over
Yo, we gotta take the power back!

Bam! Here's the plan************* Uncle Sam.
Step back, I know who I am
Raise up your ear, I'll drop the style and clear. It's the beats and the lyrics they fear
The rage is relentless. We need a movement with a quickness
You are the witness of change. And to counteract
We gotta take the power back

The present curriculum. I put my fist in 'em
Eurocentric every last one of 'em. See right through the red, white and blue disguise
With lecture I puncture the structure of lies. Installed in our minds and attempting
To hold us back. We've got to take it back

Holes in our spirit causin' tears and fears. One-sided stories for years and years and years
I'm inferior? Who's inferior? Yeah, we need to check the interior
Of the system that cares about only one culture. And that is why
We gotta take the power back

The teacher stands in front of the class. But the lesson plan he can't recall
The student's eyes don't perceive the lies. Bouncing off every ************** wall
His composure is well kept. I guess he fears playing the fool
The complacent students sit and listen to some of that**************** that he learned in school
Europe ain't my rope to swing on. Can't learn a thing from it
Yet we hang from it. Gotta get it, gotta get it together then
Like the ***************** weathermen. To expose and close the doors on those who try
To strangle and mangle the truth. 'Cause the circle of hatred continues unless we react
We gotta take the power back