“When did RATM become so woke???”
– MAGA 2020
RATM, and many other bands sing with terrible diction. I wouldn’t blame anyone for not understanding the message if they’ve never read the lyrics.
What? I have hearing difficulties and have never had issues understanding the lyrics in RATM songs. I feel like they enunciate very clearly.
I eat foods of which I don’t know the ingredients all the time.
I eat foods of which I don’t know the ingredients all the time.
Might want to look at that, likely to catch up with you.
Bruh English is not even my first language and I started really understanding RATM’s lyrics near the end of highschool, without having to ever read them because I was too
lazycool for that. I do have pretty good English comprehension skills but I’m sure the average native speaker does better than meThe the longest way to say “N@#$%r” I’ve ever seen.
It is irrational how much the misquoting angers me, but in my defense my brain keeps trying to sing the line in tune and it’s the lyrics quote equivalent of one of those frustrating videos where someone cuts a cake wrong.
Those that work forces???
Can someone translate that for me?
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
They’re saying that some of the people in powerful positions are racists who burn crosses. Burning crosses is a KKK harassment activity where they erect and burn a cross on the lawn of a black person’s home while wearing masks to hide their true identity. Essentially they’re alluding to systemic racism.
(It is a Rage Against the Machine lyric from ‘Killing in the Name’)
I’ve had their discography on repeat for a couple weeks now, very much recommend
I can’t find a source for this at the moment, but I read somewhere that the original line was “Some of those that hold office/are the same that burn crosses.” It rhymes a lot better.
It does rhyme better, but why would they change that?
Radio stations wouldn’t ever play the first way.
There’s only one type of protest that doesn’t meet the full brunt of the governments monopoly on force -
White supremacists.
They are the wooooooooorst of both worlds
Using excessive force, and then they light up the crossThey only shut down illegal activity.
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Or this person and a spelling bee.
You mean… she IS a spelling bee?!? 😲
Whens the last time anyone even saw a KKK rally?
I just call the neo Nazis KKK because I can’t be bothered to memorise their silly names
If you want to see a Republican suddenly care about political correctness, call them the wrong kind of white supremacist.
I would imagine that KKK rallies aren’t publicly advertised. Furthermore, I’d imagine if you were in the KKK (or close to members), you’d know about the meetings.
I saw a Nazi protest last year.
It was 3 young fat guys in the center of a traffical crossing with signs. I’m surprised they didn’t get beat up or worse.
The surprise of it caught me off guard so I just drove by thinking “WTF”, but I might stop and beat them up or worse if they do it again.
