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This song was a response to the Rodney King beating by the LAPD that caused the LA Riots back in the early 90's

The best thing about Rage Against the Machine is that after 30 years their music is still relevant. The worst thing about Rage Against the Machine is that after 30 years their music is still relevant 😢

Watching people listen to Rage the first time and go "wait, did he just say what I think he said?" is my favorite hobby.

This rings hella loud in 2026!!

Still makes me laugh that this song was a  Christmas number 1 in the UK.

“Is this about police brutality?”                                    Approximately 50% of Rage lyrics: “Yes. Yes it is.”

"WTF noise is that?"

That's a Tom Morello, sir.

Rocked this in the 90s, watching your reaction from 2020 in 2025 and realizing that we've slipped waaaaaaayyy back to something that should be inconceivable.

The original lyric was “some of those that hold office are the same that burn crosses” but the record label made them change it 👀

Rage was calling out the white supremacists in the police decades ago, and it’s the main reason I still love them.

In an interview back in the 90's they asked Zack and Tom why they don't finish the line "killing in the name of" and they said that they intentionally left it open-ended because people always have a cause they believe in to justify killing other people. There is a live version where the lyrics flip back and forth between "some of those who work forces" and "some of those who hold office".

In their live album, the second verse is “some of those that hold office are the same that burn crosses”

Really nice touch they changed

"Is this about police brutality?" And it's nearly 30 years old, and it's still the same story, and the song still applies.

I love how Zach uses repetition and sloganeering to make his point crystal fucking clear. He has the ability to rail off line after line, but that choice to repeat was intentional and makes the song so timeless

I remember reading a quote that went something like " I wish one day to live in a world where rage against the machine lyrics are no longer relevant"

Remember: This Song was release on october 1992.
This Video gets online 2020.
And it's more actual than ever!

“What’s that noise!?”
Tom Murello: Yes

"some of those that worked forces, are the same that burnt crosses" basically, the reason you don't see police closing down KKK rally's is the same reason you don't see Superman and Clarke Kent in the same room

Any Brits remember when we got this to Christmas number 1 in 2009? 😁😂