War Within a Breath lyrics

[Verse 1]

Every official that comes in, cripples us, leaves us maimed

Silent and tamed

And with our flesh and bones, he builds his homes

Southern fist, rise through the jungle mist

Clenched to smash power so cancerous

A black flag and a red star

A rising sun loomin' over Los Angeles

Yes, for Raza livin' in La La

Like Gaza on to the dawn of Intifada

Reach for the lessons the masked pass on

And seize the metropolis, it's you it's built on

[Pre-Chorus]

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 changed on a new year's day

Come on

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

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

The world's eye captured at last in a Mexican pasture

The masked screaming land or death

Within a breath, a war from the depth of time

Who shot four puppet governors in a line

Who 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

[Pre-Chorus]

Ugh, hear the masked scream

[Chorus]

[Post-Chorus]

It's land or death

Yeah, uh

Come on

Come on

Yes, yes

Yes

[Chorus]

• Artist:Rage Against the Machine
• Album:The Battle of Los Angeles (1999)