Rage Against the Machine — Down Rodeo

[Intro] Yeah, I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun These people ain't seen a brown-skinned man Since their grandparents bought one So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun These people ain't seen a brown-skinned man Since their grandparents bought one So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun [Verse 1] Bangin' this bolo tight, on this solo flight, can't fight alone Funk the track, my verbs sly like the Family Stone Them pen devils set the stage for the war at home Locked without a wage, you're standing in the drop zone The clockers born, starin' at an empty plate Mama's torn hands cover her sunken face We hungry but them belly full The structure is set, ya never change it with a ballot pull In the ruins there's a network for the toxic rock Schoolyard to precinct, suburb to project block Bosses rode south for new flesh and a factory floor The remains left chained to the powder war [Chorus] Can't waste a day when the night brings a hearse So make a move and plead the fifth 'cause ya can't plead the first Can't waste a day when the night brings a hearse So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun These people ain't seen a brown-skinned man Since their grandparents bought one Yes, I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun These people ain't seen a brown-skinned man Since their grandparents bought one So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun [Verse 2] Yeah Bear witness to the sickest shot while suckers get romantic They ain't gonna send us campin' like they did my man Fred Hampton Still we lampin', still clockin' dirt for our sweat A ballot's dead, so a bullet's what I get A thousand years they had the tools, we should be takin' 'em Fuck the G-ride, I want the machines that are makin' 'em Our target straight with a room full of armed pawns To off the Kings on the west side at dawn [Chorus] Can't waste a day when the night brings a hearse Make a move and plead the fifth 'cause ya can't plead the first Can't waste a day, when the night brings a hearse So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun These people ain't seen a brown-skinned man Since their grandparents bought one Yeah, I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun These people ain't seen a brown-skinned man Since their grandparents bought one Yeah, I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun [Outro] (The rungs torn from the ladder, can't reach the tumor) (One god, one market, one truth, one consumer) Just a quiet, peaceful dance Just a quiet, peaceful dance Yeaah Just a quiet, peaceful dance Just a quiet, peaceful dance Just a quiet, peaceful dance For the things we'll never have Just a quiet, peaceful dance For the things we don't have