People of the Sun

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People of the Sun by Rage Against The Machine

About People of the Sun

"People of the Sun" is a song by American rock band Rage Against the Machine. It was released on August 26, 1996, as the second single from their second studio album, Evil Empire (1996). Written in 1992, the song is about the Zapatista revolution. Lead vocalist Zack de la Rocha wrote the song after a visit to Chiapas in southern Mexico. "People of the Sun" also has a music video. It was nominated for a Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy in 1998, but it lost to The Smashing Pumpkins' "The End Is the Beginning Is the End". .

People of the Sun Lyrics

[00:07.52] Yeah, people come up
[00:13.13] Yeah
[00:16.34] We better turn the bass up on this one
[00:18.74] Check it, since 1516, minds attacked and overseen
[00:23.41] Now crawl amidst the ruins of this empty dream
[00:25.76] With their borders and boots, on top of us
[00:28.38] Pullin' knobs on the floor, of their toxic metropolis
[00:31.06] But how you gonna get what you need to get?
[00:33.39] The gut eaters, blood drenched get offensive like Tet
[00:36.28] The fifth sun sets get back reclaim
[00:38.75] The spirit of Cuauhtémoc, alive and untamed
[00:41.38] Now face the funk now blastin' out your speaker
[00:44.24] On the one - Maya, Mexica
[00:46.42] That vulture came to try and steal your name but now you got a gun
[00:49.92] Yeah, this is for the people of the sun!
[00:52.18] It's comin' back around again!
[00:55.57] This is for the people of the sun! - It's comin' back around again! Uh
[01:02.54] It's comin' back around again!
[01:05.56] This is for the people of the sun! - It's comin' back around again! Uh
[01:10.55] Yeah, never forget that the whip snapped ya back
[01:13.54] Your spine cracked for tobacc-oh, I'm the Marlboro Man, uh
[01:17.41] Our past blastin' on through the verses
[01:19.47] Brigades of taxi cabs rollin' Broadway like hearses
[01:22.31] Troops strippin' zoots, shots of red mist
[01:24.67] Sailors blood on the deck, come sister resist
[01:27.03] From the era of terror, check this photo lens
[01:29.48] Now the City of Angels does the ethnic cleanse, uh
[01:32.51] Heads bobbin' to the funk out your speaker
[01:34.94] On the one - Maya, Mexica
[01:37.02] That vulture came to try and steal your name but now you found a gun
[01:40.01] You're history! This is for the people of the sun
[01:42.66] It's comin' back around again!
[01:45.96] This is for the people of the sun! - It's comin' back around again! Yeah
[01:52.75] It's comin' back around again!
[01:56.01] This is for the people of the sun! - It's comin' back around again!
[02:08.07] It's comin' back around again!
[02:11.32] This is for the people of the sun! - It's comin' back around again!
[02:18.20] It's comin' back around again!
[02:21.53] This is for the people of the sun! - It's comin' back around
[02:26.62] Of the sun
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From the album: Evil Empire