Lyrics for Know Your Enemy as interpreted by piesupreme

Know Your Enemy Lyrics
Huh!
Yeah, we're comin' back then with another bombtrack
Think ya know what it's all about
Huh!
Hey yo, so check this out
Yeah!
Know your enemy!

Come on!

Born with insight and a raised fist
A witness to the slit wrist, that's with
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 mike, 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...Know your enemy!

Yeah!

Hey yo, and dick with this...uggh!
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 mike, 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

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...
Know your enemy!

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 (8 times)

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nayr
04-09-2002

Rated +2 
this song seems to be about the 'system' in general and fighting against it. it talks about defiance, and the mind of a revolutionary which will change the system and
"Now action must be taken
We don't need the key
We'll break in"
is talking about breaking into the system to start revolution and ditch the capitalist system which has given the few the power to control the many. 'know your enemy' is obviously the main point in the song - to know as much, if not more, about your enemy than you do yourself because only then can you fight against them. the end is saying the enemy is the people who taught you to fit into the system and not be to yourself and who you should be, the people who made society the way it is. then there is the list of the characteristics of the system as it is - the capitalist system which makes an 'elite' section in society at everyone elses expense.

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hell_i_call_my_head
04-10-2002

Rated 0 
fuck off capitalism and beauracraity hypocrisy of "american dreams"

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metboy111
04-17-2002

Rated 0 
damn good song, no two ways about it, just hardcore and speakin your mind about things you don't believe in. Rock on RAGE!

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nakedapes02
05-10-2002

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i think this is rages best song, i think it's awsome how they speak there mind and get there message right fucking out there, and i think we should all start voicing our opinions!!! RAGE ROCK!!!

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Michael
05-31-2002

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It's just too bad they had to break up.

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sean7711
06-08-2002

Rated 0 
hey how bout that solo hah so sick

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invitalis
07-07-2002

Rated +1 
This song kicks ass! Maynards contribution to the song rocks

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ARMTHEARMLESS
07-09-2002

Rated +1 
Maynard gave me an erection ;)

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TakeOnSnake
07-22-2002

Rated +2 
Rage's idea with the first album was to make music that got normal people into politics. This song uses not hard to get lyrics to lure people into the political meaning. The only time when it gets a little foggy is at the end, but that is Zach's message that our own teachers and parents pound patriotism into us...........Basically we need to fuck the norm.

And the only reason we have an American Dream is because too many of us are sleeping.

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emojonbob
08-29-2002

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I'm really glad to see that Tool (Maynard) and Rage did something together on a Rage album. They did stuff on Tool albums, but this is classic Rage. By far my favorite song. Yes, we all need to know our enemies!!!!!

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skazapunk
09-16-2002

Rated 0 
this song is kool


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toolpac
09-29-2002

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right on!


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Kid_Handsome
03-06-2003

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I get a real feel that he hates the public education system from this song, and the comprimises school districts have to make in order to keep rich, taxpayers happy who, ironically, have children in private schools.

The mental enslavment of children to make the grade, to pass meaningless tests. As a public school student, I think this song is spot on about the grave mismanagment of america's youth.

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tomman
03-13-2003

Rated 0 
"I came to America and was told that the streets of America were paved with gold. Well, when I got here, 1. The roads weren't paved with gold, 2. The roads weren't paved at all, and 3. I had to pave them!"
-Italian proverb
This song really reminds me of that quote

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tomman
03-13-2003

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"I came to America and was told that the streets of America were paved with gold. Well, when I got here, 1. The roads weren't paved with gold, 2. The roads weren't paved at all, and 3. I had to pave them!"
-Italian proverb
This song really reminds me of that quote

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Bort_The_Great
03-30-2003

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lol america sucks cock thank god for rage against the machine -this is RAGES best song

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Bort_The_Great
03-30-2003

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p.s maynard is in this song... how can u NOT like it ;)

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Bort_The_Great
03-30-2003

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p.s maynard is in this song... how can u NOT like it ;)

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evil_killer_phone
04-08-2003

Rated 0 
What you mean is "all people who agree with me should voice their opinions - the rest of you should shut the fuck up"

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malachite
04-15-2003

Rated 0 
TakeOnSnake -- good call on the american dream.

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Bort_The_Great
04-19-2003

Rated 0 
rofl im only kidding man take a chill pill

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Bort_The_Great
04-19-2003

Rated 0 
lol although i do think this is rages best song

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tpod4
04-28-2003

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whats the deal with rage? i feel like they contradict themsleves between songs. Some opinions have been that this ones about anti-capitalism, while others say its against public schooling? What does rage want? less government? but capitalism is for less government... are they just anarchist or what? I just dont get it, someone help me out.

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RedElephant
06-26-2003

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I think the issue with public schools is because they push a bunch of bullshit into your head, and you can't form your own damn opinion. And when you do, if it's different than the norm, then you get labeled. I've always hated the square pegs through a round hole approach. It's like this is the way it is, you have to CONFORM. Keep in mind Pink Floyd's superb "Another Brick in the Wall." Take the lines "We dont need no thought control." That's what public schooling is pretty much about...

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metro_cjp
05-07-2004

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This song is fantastic, echoing Pink Floyd's "The Happiest Days of our Lives" and "Another Brick in the Wall." The music is fantastic in the superposition of different rhythms. The fast guitar riffs with the slower, syncopated drums and slap bass over the top, and then of course the funky tempo changes are typical of Rage. Of course the vocal style really mirrors the content of the song and the unique style of Rage goes against the norm which is what the song is all about.

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