Down Rodeo

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Down Rodeo by Rage Against The Machine

About Down Rodeo

“Down Rodeo” was a promotional single by American rock band Rage Against the Machine. The song was intended as the third single from their Evil Empire album, although a domestic single was never released. The song addresses social inequality between the rich and poor of America, and the simmering class warfare that existed in the band’s home city of Los Angeles following the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. “Down Rodeo” was written just three years after six days of riots were sparked by police violence against minorities in the city. .

Down Rodeo Lyrics

[00:30.84] Yeah I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun
[00:33.20] These people ain't seen a brown-skinned man since their grandparents bought one
[00:41.98] So, now I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun
[00:44.37] These people ain't seen a brown-skinned man since their grandparents bought one
[00:52.92] So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun
[00:57.43] Bangin' this bolo tight, on this solo flight, can't fight alone
[01:00.62] Funk the track, my verbs sly like the Family Stone
[01:03.71] Them pen devils set the stage for the war at home
[01:06.49] Locked without a wage, you're standing in the drop zone
[01:09.42] The clockers born, starin' at an empty plate
[01:12.33] Mama's torn hands, cover her sunken face
[01:15.27] We hungry but them belly full
[01:17.65] The structure is set, ya never change it with a ballot pull
[01:20.93] In the ruins there's a network for the toxic rock
[01:23.72] Schoolyard to precinct, suburb to project block
[01:26.58] Bosses rode south for new flesh and a factory floor
[01:29.49] The remains left chained to the powder war
[01:40.50] Can't waste a day when the night brings a hearse
[01:45.83] So make a move and plead the fifth 'cause ya can't plead the first!
[01:51.66] Can't waste a day when the night brings a hearse
[01:56.96] So, now I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun
[01:59.59] These people ain't seen a, brown-skinned man since their grandparents bought one
[02:08.12] Yes, I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun
[02:10.89] These people ain't seen a brown-skinned man since their grandparents bought one
[02:19.69] So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun
[02:43.76] Yeah
[02:46.53] Bare witness to the sickest shot while suckers get romantic
[02:49.53] They ain't gonna send us campin' like they did my man Fred Hampton
[02:52.34] Still we lampin', still clockin' dirt for our sweat
[02:55.37] A ballot's dead, so a bullet's what I get
[02:57.75] A thousand years they had the tools, we should be takin' 'em
[03:00.69] Fuck the G-ride, I want the machines that are makin' em
[03:04.28] Our target straight with a room full of armed pawns
[03:07.13] To off the Kings on the WestSide at dawn
[03:18.16] Can't waste a day when the night brings a hearse
[03:23.50] Make a move and plead the fifth 'cause ya can't plead the first
[03:29.17] Can't waste a day when the night brings a hearse
[03:34.58] So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun
[03:37.01] These people ain't seen a brown-skinned man since their grandparents bought one
[03:45.57] Yeah I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun
[03:48.20] These people ain't seen a brown-skinned man since their grandparents bought one
[03:56.75] Yeah I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun
[04:02.24] The rungs torn from the ladder, can't reach the tumor
[04:05.45] One god, one market, one truth, one consumer
[04:12.87] Just a quiet, peaceful dance!
[04:24.17] Just a quiet, peaceful dance! Yeaaah!
[04:35.44] Just a quiet, peaceful dance!
[04:46.97] Just a quiet, peaceful dance!
[04:52.67] Just a quiet, peaceful dance
[04:58.18] For the things we'll never have
[05:03.73] Just a quiet, peaceful dance
[05:09.53] For the things we don't have
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From the album: Evil Empire