The Black Panther Party was founded in 1966 🙂

Always with Lyrics. Real Talk Civil rights act passed in congress (64) Malcolm X (65) Black panthers founded (66) Want more info on King and Vietnam? Look up his "3 evils of society" speech (67) Almost like he and the Panthers thought the CRA was barely more than a band-aid....his shot came in 68 Spoken verse is a direct excerpt of a memo from the desk of hoover, founder of fbi. (Also 68) Fred Hampton and Mark Clark (69) The 70s was the so called "post civil rights movement" which saw the supreme court uphold integration. (Much the ssame way they upheld abortion rights in Roe v Wade, so not permanently) and the executive branch created "black history week". (Which reminds me of getting promoted to a new title without a raise). Which Carter woodson made it into a whole month (the short one when everbody is hungry for spring) 70s also saw Nixon start the "War on Drugs" The 80s saw the dissolution of the BPP. Reagan cut funding to EOC, and tried to eliminate the civil rights commission and affirmative action. As well as trickle down economics and doubling down on the drug war. (Or how to destroy, exploit, and profit off the slums in 5 easy steps) 90s saw rodney king and the battle of LA 2020 saw george Floyd 2021!!! 2 "protests" happened in 2021. One was the BLM rally in response to George Floyd, which got a police response similar to the LA "riots". The other was a bunch of rednecks storming the Capitol building with confederate flags, which got a police response similar to an underage party. Frank E. Tyson died 11 days ago(April 18, 2024) in ohio, saying i can't breathe, with a cop on his neck......just like Floyd The fight never ended. The weapons got harder to see, and the allies harder to rouse.

@Belly_Beane

3 ай бұрын

Amazing summary

@Glaaki13

Ай бұрын

damn good job putting it all down

Been getting the chills listening to these guys for the last 33 years!

Zack is still screaming! Here’s a clip of Wake Up in 2022, he’s still got it, even while sitting down. He tore his Achilles on the second night of the tour, and kept playing until doctors ordered him to stay off of it. kzread.info/dash/bejne/naON2s2pcczIlrw.htmlsi=xKercpxI3moesgBc

Closing song in The Matrix.

"I came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

RATM, first they shake your ass & then they shake your mind! I’ve seen these brothers live 4 times across two countries…every time it was absolutely insane!!! Be well ♥️✊🏿

This song is more relevant than ever before.

@ponfed

2 ай бұрын

The tragedy is that it still is as relevant.

@nickgappmayer5939

16 күн бұрын

Absolutely, another song exactly like this. Is rich man’s world. Immortal technique. They took it off KZread so many times over the years. Look it up though 💯

100% that debut album is perfect from front to back. It's still my favorite album by them. Pouring through the lyrics, finding things I didn't understand, and then looking them up for historical context is one of my favorite things to do with music. The lyrics for this album provided a ton of homework and opened my mind as a kid. Once you start digging, your perspective changes. The FBI has never been our friend. Look no further than Fred Hampton.

Really liked your “They Live” and football analogies. That’s right, it toughens you up. I had an ex-girlfriend who listened to RATM before class in school. She said after she and her friends played their album, “Nobody could fuck with us.”

Nice reference with "They Live" :)

I heard this album when it came out in my first year of University, studying political science. I still haven’t sold out.

Facts!! They teach through their music. It’s like a history lesson, with so much power and beauty of the sound. This track is my absolute favourite cuz there’s just so many layers. It’s sonically perfect, and then you add Zach’s lyrics and meaning and your mind is totally blown.

"They Live" is a must watch. Probably more factual than fictional. Roddy Piper (Nada) trying to get Kieth David (Frank) to wear the sunglasses and the VERY lengthy fight that followed represents how hard it is to get somebody to "Wake Up".

@404productionsent

3 ай бұрын

Real talk. My favorite scene

They Live reference too!!

Whether black or white, we've been united in the battle against the system for generations!

I'm really glad this was highly requested here!! One of my favorite rage songs!! Ending credits of the matrix, on the soundtrack for it, one of many great movies soundtracks, if not one of the best!! But... Damn do I love this song!!!! Tom goes off on this!!!

Let's go 404!! There is a lot to unpack with Rage.

RATM 30 years on lyrics hit as true now as they did then 🤘🏼 ✊🏼 ✊ ✊🏿 ✊🏽 ✊🏾 ❤️

YUP 👍, - THE MATRIX 🎥 ENDING 😂 !

This song is based on a true story🔥

They live 😎😎

Some of the beats reminds me of Led Zep's Kashmir. This is an awesome song. Love RATM!!!

@Aaron-og2wx

2 ай бұрын

I always thought that! The progressive riff at the start sounds heap's like Kashmir

@Cvillain626

2 ай бұрын

the intro is definitely inspired by Zep, pretty much exactly the same

They bit that riff off of Zeppelin

He says "Hoover he was a body remover". He was talking about j Edgar Hoover who was the head of the FBI and who was pretty overtly trying to snuff out the black population in america. Angela Davis was affiliated with the Black Panthers and is famously one of the people that he tried but failed and she became a voice of generations.

Zack drops real knowledge!✊🏼

I’m an old man been around….Zach is maybe the the most underrated rapper. I believe he’s top 3 all time including hip hop just me. Listen to the man. Was going harder than any rapper and this in the 90s

This band is more relevant than ever.

The intro kinda reminds me of a trance coming out of a dream before waking up.

Always reminds me of the matrix or terminator

Matrix theme song.

the fastestlike in history. respect

Rage against the Machine woke this white danish guy up back in 93 as a 13y/o

I like any genre of music (except country) from any era and RATM's debut album is one of the best.

ALWAYS have the lyrics✌️

Kick to the face 😂❤

Tom Morello is sick on the guitar as always, crazy MF

Zack is the real deal, brother.

Maria!❤

Definitely inspired by Kashmir by Led Zeppelin

Eric Cantona was born in '66.

"Wake uuuppppp" oh yeah real good lyrics

@toowarmtoohot

3 ай бұрын

Like and subscribe, peace

Both times you paused on "he turned the power to the have-nots / and then came the shot" He said it once after Martin, and once after Malcom Wish you coulda heard it, but I get it, Zach has a lot to say and you gotta pause somewhere, you're inevitably gonna step on something.

It’s on The Matrix

i was like #420 lol

J edgar

The two guys they framed for killing X just got acquitted a couple years ago

Martin l king

That riff is Kashmir by Led Zeppelin

it was on the godzilla soundtrack

England win the world cup in 66. 😊

Zombies out here fr

"Because people are so damn sleep out here" and a lots of them claim to be WOKE, the irony.

He [King] could be a real contender for this position [ of ‘black messiah’] should he abandon his supposed ‘obedience’ to ‘white liberal doctrines’ (non-violence) and embrace black nationalism. … Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to pinpoint potential trouble-makers and neutralize them… FBI - COINTELPRO March 1968 MLK Assassination - April 4th 1968 I'm not saying they did it... but they definitely read his obituary with great enthusiasm. /They did it.

zach and tom and the boys tried pretty fucking hard though, no? not totally shameful that he's not the force he once was. time waits for no man and we all get torn down sadly.

Hey dum dum, read the lyrics. Rage is purpose built. You miss a line, you miss the song.

1992 - the most Woke music you'll ever hear.

Rage doesn't miss....they all bangers

@carriepybus8929

3 ай бұрын

Yes. 100% success rate at being incredible. Even the covers they do.

You gotta do another reaction with lyrics!