Rage Against the Machine | Lyrics | War Within a Breath

Every official that come in
Cripples us, leaves us maimed
Silent and tame, and with our flesh and bones
He builds his homes

Southern fist, rise through the jungle mist
Clenched to smash power so cancerous
Black flag and a red star
A risin' sun loomin' over Los Angeles

Yes, for Raza livin' in La La
Like Gaza on to the dawn Intifada
Reach for the lessons the masked pass on
Seize the metropolis it's you its built on

Everything can change on New Year's Day
Everything can change on a New Year's Day
Everything can change on a New Year's Day
And everything changed on a New Year's Day

C'mon
War within a breath, it's land or death
War within a breath, it's land or death
War within a breath, it's land or death
War within a breath, it's land

Their existence is a crime
Their seat, their robe, their tie
Their land deeds, their hired guns
They're the crime

Shots heard underground round the rapture
World's eye captured, at last is a Mexican pasture
The masked screaming, land or death within a breath
A war from the depth of time

Shot four puppet governors in a line
Shook all the world bankers, who think they can rhyme
Shot the landlords who knew it was mine
Yes, it's a war from the depth of time

And everything can change on a New Year's Day
Everything can change on a New Year's Day
Everything can change on a New Year's Day
And everything can change on a New Year's Day

C'mon, uh
Wearin' the masked scream

War within a breath, it's land or death
War within a breath, it's land or death
War within a breath, it's land or death
War within a breath, it's land or death

It's land or death

Yeah, aah, c'mon, c'mon, yes, yes, yes
Its war within a breath, it's land or death
War within a breath, it's land or death
War within a breath, it's land or death
War within a breath, it's land or death