Zach De La Rocha....A Prophet ?

[supercrash]

This man has some deep thoughts, thought I would share lyrics with you, these are from their first release...

"But I lerarned to burn that bridge and delete
those who compete...at a level thats obsolete
instead I warm my hands upon the flames of the flag
As I recall our downfall
And the busiuness that burned us all
See through the news and the views that twist reality"

"So called facts are fraud
They want us to allege and pledge
and bow down to their god
Lost the culture, the culture lost
Spun our minds, and through time
Ignorance has taken over
Yo, we got to take the power back
Bam1 Here is the plan
Mother fuck uncle sam"

"This time the bullet cold rocked ya
A yellow ribbon instead of a swastika
Nothin proper about your propaganda
Fools follow rules when the set commands ya
Said it was blue
When your blood was read
Thats how you got a bullet blasted through your head"

"I give a shout out to the living dead
who stood and watched as the feds cold centralized
So serene on the screen
You was mesmerized
Celluar phone sounding a death tone
Corporation cold
Turn ya to stone before ya realize
They load the clip in omnicolor
And fir it at the primetime
Sleeping gas, every home was like Alcatraz
And motherfuckers lost their minds
Just victims of the in house drive by"

"No escape of the mass mind rape
Play it again Jack, and then rewind the tape
And then play it again and again and again
Till your mind gets locked in
Believing all the lies their tellin ya
Buying all the products they are sellin ya
They say jump and you say how high
Your fuckin braindead
You got a bullet in your head"


So what do you guys think ? ...Is Zach the shit ?

[msturgis524]

1. I thought that back then - still do

[Minstrel Boy]

2. "March of Death"

from Zach, just before the Iraq invasion:


I was born with the voice of a riot, a storm
lightening the function, the form, far from the norm
I won't follow like cattle, I'm more like the catalyst
calm in the midst of battle
who let the cowboy o­n the saddle? He don't know a
missle from a gavel;
para terror troopin flippin loops of death upon innocent flesh
but I'm back in the cipher my foes and friends, witha verse and a pen
against a line I won't toe or defend, instead I curse at murderous men
in suits of professionals who act like animals
this man child, ruthless and wild
who gonna chain this beast back o­n the leash?
this Texas furor, for sure a, compassionless con who
serve a , lethal needle to the poor, the cure for crime is murder?
on the left, left, right, left
but it's just a march of death

I read the news today, oh boy, a snap shot of a midnight ploy
vexed and powerless, devoured my hours I'm motionless with no rest
'cause a scream now holds the sky, under another high-tech driveby
a lie is a lie this God is an eagle or a condor for war nothing more
Islam peace, Islam stare into my eye brother please off our knees
to beef now we feed their disease, interlocked our hands across seas
what is a flag but a shroud out loud, and outside my window is a faceless crowd
'cause a cowering child just took her last breath, o­n snare in the march of death

on the left, left, right, left
but it's just a march of death

here it comes the sound of terror from above
he flex his Texas twisted tongue
the poor lined up to kill in desert slums
for oil that burn beneath the desert sun
now we spit flame to flip this game
we are his targets taking aim
we're the targets taking aim
all his targets are taking aim

[Jack The Tab]

3. Good stuff, but look at Consolidated's "Friendly Fascism" from 1990

http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/soutsi/fasc.htm

[IrateCitizen]

4. Ummm... where have you been the past 12-13 years???

Zack's been around for quite some time. He's one of the finest examples of hip hop as a literary art form that's come around in quite a while. While I certainly like most of the stuff that Rage put out with Zack as their front man, I'm always partial to the first album. The lyrics are incredibly tight (and still fresh), while Tom Morello's guitar play is just unreal.

If you like Zack De La Rocha, may I suggest that you also check out Boots Riley of The Coup. It's hip hop with a similar political/social message, but much more of a traditional hip hop flavor without the punk overtones.

Last verse from "Fat Cats, Bigga Fish" by The Coup

Fresh dressed like a million bucks
i be the flyiest muthafucka in an afro and a tux
my arm is at a right angle up silver tray in my hand
may i interest you in some caviar mam
my eyes shoots round the room there and here
noticing the diamonds in the chandelier
background barry manilow copacobana
and a strong ass scent of stoagies from havana
what no place where a brother might been
snobby ole ladies drinking champagne with rich white men
allrite then lets begin this
nights like this is good for business
five minutes in the mix noticed several diffrent cliques
talking giggling and shit
well one mother fucka gave me twits
and everbody else jacking it throttling
found out later you know coca cola bottling
talking to a black man who he's confused
we looking hella bourgie
ass all tight and seditty
recognzed him as the mayor of my city
who treats young black man like frank nitty
mr coke said to mr mayor "you know we got a process like ice t's hair
we put up the fund for your election campaign
and oh um waiter can you bring the champagne"
a real estate fronts as opportunities arousing
to make some condos out of low income housing
immediately we need some media heat
to say that gangs run the street and then we bring in the police fleet
harrasing me everbody till they look inebriated
when we bought the land motherfuckas will appreciate it
dont worry about the urban league or jesse jackson
my man that owns marlboros
donated a fat sum
thats when i step back some to contemplate what few know
sat down wrestle with my thoughts like a sumo
aint no one player that could beat this lunancy
aint no hustler on the street could do a whole community
this is how deep shit can get
it reads macaroni on my birth certificate
poontang is my middle name but i cant hang
i'm getting hustled
only knowing half the game
shit how the fuck do i get out of this place.