i've been analysing the lyrics of the song and so far i love the lyrics. but does anyone know what he means at the last part of the song? : ,, you say fortify, reaction, you divide, and you say, fortify, reaction, reaction " ...
@smoke12316 Reference to reactionary Americans, I believe. They tell white people to fortify against immigration, but the just end up dividing society even worse.
"It seems as soon as the wall in Germany fell, that the US Government was busy building another one on the border between the US and Mexico. Since 1986, as a result of a lot of the hate talk and hysteria that the Government of the United States has been speaking, 1500 bodies have been found on the border. We wrote this song in response to it. It's called Without A Face."
I'm a fanatic for a lot of music, but this song just has such deep meaning, this is deffinately my favorite out of hundreds of other songs. I love ratm. And it will always remain my favorite band. There less known songs always kick ass atop of the more mainstream songs they have. I wish i could thumbs up more than once.
@Mabuza14 I thinnnnnk it's a chemical the US gov't spread over mexican farms to help prevent malaria, but it destroyed mexican farms, and RATM being the anti-US they are, included it.
But thats a random lyric interpertation i got from idk where, so take it for what its worth
you don't need to listen to the lyrics to recognise the quality of this music. but when you do listen to lyrics, you realise how much depth the songs actually have.
hands down their best song along with down rodeo. But this has my favorite groove. I wished all the drums were produced like that on this album. Brad Wilk really sounds like some old soul shit on that one.
The verse "I tried to look back to my past long lost" hits me especially hard because no matter how attached I am to the culture of my ancestors, I can't help but feel assimilated. I can't speak their language, I don't know their traditions and history. I feel I've lost something I can't get back.
actually (yeah i know u posted this 2 months ago) but he means he steals and works to support his family. similac is baby formula. so he's doing it for his children.
It's basically about how mexican-americans have been crapped on generally for years in the U.S. All the trials that an illegal alien has to go through to feed a family.
yeh its wicked, if you listen to live and rare, they tell you what it's all about and songs are rage songs are always better when you know what they're trying to say.
gotta love this bass
SpaceShuttleG 1 week ago
this is the only way to rap
PaNnHeAd5 1 week ago
i'm glad that they started in 1991, if not for that they would be lumped in the Nu metal genre.
aa428507 1 month ago
thats an audioslave picture...
RicardoBatistaPassos 1 month ago
these guys and MUSE r the best live.
promathia1 2 months ago
I can't help but fuckin' headbang every time 2:53 comes around
MuzicLyricVideoz 3 months ago
When Lefists say 'reaction' they basically mean short-sighted prejudice.
imnotgivingmynametou 5 months ago
i looked up the lyrics and it said there was a spoken part at the beggining before the guitar started?
Lyriks64 5 months ago
THIS SONG GOES SO FUCKING HARD at 2:53
phester061594452 5 months ago
L.A. motherfucking Rising next week!!
Chingasos210 6 months ago
@Chingasos210 I was there! Would've been perfect if they played this.
MuzicLyricVideoz 3 months ago
Such an ill song, one of my favorites by RATM. Evil Empire was the best album
greaseskull13 6 months ago
i've been analysing the lyrics of the song and so far i love the lyrics. but does anyone know what he means at the last part of the song? : ,, you say fortify, reaction, you divide, and you say, fortify, reaction, reaction " ...
smoke12316 6 months ago
@smoke12316 to me this means, the constant fear of americans of immigrants crossing the boarder.
rn3rodriguez 5 months ago
@smoke12316 Reference to reactionary Americans, I believe. They tell white people to fortify against immigration, but the just end up dividing society even worse.
imnotgivingmynametou 5 months ago
3 people were born without a face.....
yozturk0810 6 months ago
fucking mint song!
dougiscool100 7 months ago
this song live is a force to be reckoned with.
198d891 7 months ago
Zack one of the most unrated rappers no respect
andersoncorey523 7 months ago
This bass riff creeps my shit out
chailizard 7 months ago
2:50 ... JIZZ IN MY FUCKING PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANTS!
bigredjew 8 months ago
"It seems as soon as the wall in Germany fell, that the US Government was busy building another one on the border between the US and Mexico. Since 1986, as a result of a lot of the hate talk and hysteria that the Government of the United States has been speaking, 1500 bodies have been found on the border. We wrote this song in response to it. It's called Without A Face."
PetrSilie 8 months ago
Zacharias Manuel De La Rocha, I salute you
BlackAssassinBlade 8 months ago 4
bass is so good in this song...
ANTE2205 9 months ago 6
Thats the fuckin nastiest song Ive ever heard in my life.....Revolucion Comrade!!!!
BiGGraff100 9 months ago
Get the FUCK UP!
BiGGraff100 9 months ago
YEA SON!!!! DAZ HOW YOU DO DAT DERE.
silverzsplizash 9 months ago
I think Zach can out rap anybody on their own track!! probly be killin Drake on his own shit haha!
crazymuthafucka14 10 months ago
@crazymuthafucka14
You Goddamn right he can. If he ever released that solo album that he was suppose to put out. That shit would of been Classic....
BenjiPistone 9 months ago
@BenjiPistone ONE DAY AS A LION, pretty fresh
takt5 8 months ago
128kbps mofos !! Fuck your huge bullshit audio files !! YEH !!
mistamontiel 10 months ago
I was Reading a bio and Zach said they are back together and are gonna release another album this year...thumbs up for top of page
xDoPEboY69 11 months ago 17
@xDoPEboY69 What bio were you reading or, what was the name of the video you were watching?
jelert6 11 months ago
@xDoPEboY69 shut up idiot
VinceLA91 2 weeks ago
Zach De La Rocha is a crazy fucker when it comes to music
pinkbitches93 11 months ago
I love the bass!!!!!!
mihaidestroyer 1 year ago 4
Thanks uploader!!
cullen3373 1 year ago
YOU SAY FORTIFY ; REACTION ; YOU DIVIDE !!!!!
TheJacques2a 1 year ago 3
this bassline blew up my house
Jmen3425 1 year ago 22
Zack is lyrical genius. insanity
Kwaadvlieg 1 year ago
omg such a insane song. Unfortunately, Discovered it too late!
Kwaadvlieg 1 year ago
"Fuck a cadillac!"
Bassline is sick......What a sweet groove
BENJITOXIC 1 year ago
one motive no hope.......hell yeah
madsweeney1980 1 year ago
tom morello is FUCKIN G!!! zack de la rocha lyrical GENIUS!!! long live RATM! fight the Machine!
TheDsd2010 1 year ago 3
3 people work for the government
Chonandabarbarian 1 year ago 4
BASS
ephramtherabbit 1 year ago
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this song sucks
007spikeymikey 1 year ago
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kasper47 1 year ago
I'm a fanatic for a lot of music, but this song just has such deep meaning, this is deffinately my favorite out of hundreds of other songs. I love ratm. And it will always remain my favorite band. There less known songs always kick ass atop of the more mainstream songs they have. I wish i could thumbs up more than once.
solipsisticicity95 1 year ago 3
UUUUnnnggghhhhh!!!! take that!
mrwobbleheaddeluxe 1 year ago
arguably tthe best opening lyrics, ever-
"i got not card, so i got no soul"
proper powerdul shit man!
danathor99 1 year ago
2:54 until the end should have been its own song, it wud be called "pure rage" and i would fap
esr0na4u 1 year ago 3
Excuse my ignorance but what is DDT?
Mabuza14 1 year ago
@Mabuza14 I thinnnnnk it's a chemical the US gov't spread over mexican farms to help prevent malaria, but it destroyed mexican farms, and RATM being the anti-US they are, included it.
But thats a random lyric interpertation i got from idk where, so take it for what its worth
PrivateRyan798 1 year ago
@Mabuza14 evil pesticide
fashklash 1 year ago
rage is just a beast
AWSOMO4K 1 year ago
omg the bass is just...
jizz
Lawldudz 1 year ago 3
mtooooooo feraa
monikamirelle 1 year ago
You down with DDT?
Yeah you know me!
iStretchified 1 year ago
true Ninjafruit123 true
AWSOMO4K 1 year ago 2
every human needs to be treated like a person, no matter where they were born
urasmore 1 year ago
The less popular Rage songs are always the better ones.
Ninjafruit123 1 year ago 6
@Ninjafruit123 You're right sir! They're also less metaphorical and more literal with the government message.
LSUsuperBuick 1 year ago
Near the end where tom simulates police sirens with the guitar is orgasmic.
FoxMikeHawk 1 year ago
definately one of the most underrated songs, this is fucking brilliant!!!
allesinmetaal 1 year ago
what kinda bass is used? i love the bassline
cheseeproductions 1 year ago
@cheseeproductions a fender jazz bass is used in this song and yes the bass line is sexy
uclafan20 1 year ago
@cheseeproductions a fender jazz bass is used i this song and yes the bass line is sexy
uclafan20 1 year ago
nice vid dude i would like to see rage vs korn or rage vs metallica that wold be the shit
nathan96weber 1 year ago
so raw.
comakid4000 1 year ago
3:00
Best part of the song.
spicyMcHAGGIS9green 1 year ago
i love this bassline dude. my favorite rage song at the moment.
GodlySkunk 1 year ago
you don't need to listen to the lyrics to recognise the quality of this music. but when you do listen to lyrics, you realise how much depth the songs actually have.
its perfect.
MrMunchies64 2 years ago 87
Ratm is soo good.... Would really love it if they'll come to Holland again!
arthurkuiper 2 years ago
when zach raps he doesnt rap for no reason he raps a story he raps a message to get the fuck off ur ass and help this fucked up world
quisqueyamami 2 years ago 7
Brings back memories of getting stoned in tunnels
thorspity 2 years ago
awesome song
stigno89 2 years ago
hello i am from argentina so i dont understand the song at all
what does the "white wall" mean?? i think is about the inmigrants but i dont understand that at all
amaerachi3 2 years ago
Oh, I'm part Argentine myself, when he says white wall, he does mean immigrants crossing the border.
BeastlyGerman 2 years ago
well no shit the whole song is about immigration and the sacrifices they make to get thee freedom...long live america
imseeingred1221 2 years ago
We'll, if you fucking knew I was talking too, the guy asked what it ment, you fucking arrogant American.
BeastlyGerman 2 years ago
zack de la rocha does not fuck around when it comes to lyrics
skateNappreciate 2 years ago 110
@skateNappreciate fuckin right haha thats what you call a true lyriacist
Metalchris36 1 year ago
hands down their best song along with down rodeo. But this has my favorite groove. I wished all the drums were produced like that on this album. Brad Wilk really sounds like some old soul shit on that one.
SlikkTim 2 years ago
love this song- takes me back to '96 but still relevant today
TBaggCheli0s 2 years ago
I love the 'Free Trade' Line
Tfr3sh17 2 years ago 2
The verse "I tried to look back to my past long lost" hits me especially hard because no matter how attached I am to the culture of my ancestors, I can't help but feel assimilated. I can't speak their language, I don't know their traditions and history. I feel I've lost something I can't get back.
ramberghini 2 years ago 3
@ramberghini
who are your ancestors?
mryuck206 1 year ago
mongol tatars
ramberghini 1 year ago
I like the part where they play their instruments.
mlacerd2 2 years ago 3
@Flameexterior) hes jackin to feed the baby (similac is a liquid baby food) not to floss in a caddy
dudefahq 2 years ago
great song
antxonio7 2 years ago 2
What does he mean when he says "Cause i jack for similac, fuck a cadillac" ??
Flameexterior 2 years ago
He doesn't do it for money.
0Propagandapanda 2 years ago
actually (yeah i know u posted this 2 months ago) but he means he steals and works to support his family. similac is baby formula. so he's doing it for his children.
myuzickmajik 2 years ago
RATM forever Liberty Forever. R3v0lu7i0n 09
WorthWatchingVv 2 years ago
2:20 sick guitar solo
FinalAirsoft 2 years ago
Mexicans have every right to be here. The south west US was taken from them. Its like telling somebody they are not allowed in their own house.
6Ott7 2 years ago 8
not only that but they are indigenous to this continent yet we STOLE it from them and say its our ours. well i don't say that though...
WorthWatchingVv 2 years ago 2
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Omg what a shit.. Manowar 4 ever. Death to false metal \,,/
Blackhorn13 2 years ago
It's about the trials that mexicans have faced for years trying to get into the U.S. It's basically about the need to feed your family.
BPimpin510 2 years ago
Walk unseen past tha graves an tha gates, born without a face
yeah rAtM 4EvR !!
araceli3250 2 years ago 3
This shit is bannans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Norg1 2 years ago
Best song on the album!
skizmsucks23 2 years ago
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lol i play all the rage against the machine songs while i play world of warcraft.
lorrineg 2 years ago
Dude no joke, I am playing right now and listening to this.
JGMusicFactory 2 years ago
My English is not so good,
I love this song, but i'm very curious about what RATM wanted to tell with this lyrics.
I've read the lyrics, but i still don't understand it. help me pleaze..
sjoerdaeh 2 years ago
basically immigration, illegals, crossing the boarder, etc
eloisax 2 years ago
they are basically singing about how when wars start the governments make it so that they arent the ones to blame
and so if no one is to blame it becomes a war without a face
and when he says who could see past the graves in a ditch,
war without a face
he is saying that the governments dont take the heat for unjust actions as "they are not the ones to blame"
eatingjif 2 years ago 2
thank you for your help:)
sjoerdaeh 2 years ago
"Born Without A Face", he actually is saying that one who struggles is not recognized as a person. He has no face.
6Ott7 2 years ago
ha so true
my bad
the lyrics make a lot more sense now
eatingjif 2 years ago
i always interpreted it as the illegal immigrants were those without a face, "our golden skin burns"
and like when i tried to cross the white wall
so hes like just cause im mexican i have no face
i got no card so i got no soul, no immigration card
Grensinlos 2 years ago
Yeah, I thought it was pretty obvious this was about the life of an illegal immigrant.
Rotinaj37 2 years ago
He has Treacher Collins but no face.
mikeshinoda943 2 years ago
It's basically about how mexican-americans have been crapped on generally for years in the U.S. All the trials that an illegal alien has to go through to feed a family.
BPimpin510 2 years ago
lol Tom Morello... originally from RATM but is known very well for his contribution to Audioslave..
my favorite guitarist...
MekuroGearSolid 2 years ago
cool pic
spastic017 2 years ago
isnt it a audioslave picture
if you notice on the horn it says power.. as in soul power as in the guitar he played for audio slave
but all that aside cool pic
Grensinlos 2 years ago
probably, but he sertainly used it in ratm too.
but the looks of morello himself are indeed more audioslave.
spastic017 2 years ago
one of my favourite's
sjoerdaeh 2 years ago
This totaly one of my favourite rage songs ever!
+The bass in the vers is soo nice. Its a bit hardcore, imean you will get agressive!
+THE DRUMS IN THE ENDING PART!!! THATS AWESOME!!!
Rageratmpaw 2 years ago
fuck man i love listenin to this song high it so badass its probably one of the most kickass RATM songs ever
WickdMofo 2 years ago
Yeh, it is wkd, but ma fave is still bulls on parade
chazisdaspaz 2 years ago
Theres a live version of this on Live and Rare, too bad its a japanese import, get it off amazon.
1dotonly 2 years ago
one of best songs in my opinion too underated
thecounselor13 2 years ago 2
great song. really underrated too.
bradyisbeast12 2 years ago 5
is it really against the white wall or without a face cuz der da same shit
BUbbaBIscut 2 years ago 4
yeh its wicked, if you listen to live and rare, they tell you what it's all about and songs are rage songs are always better when you know what they're trying to say.
huey77huez 2 years ago 3
awesome song
potatosizzle 2 years ago 5
ARM THE HOMELESS!!!!!!!!
123tensionx 2 years ago 5
AND ANIMALS!!!
FNO108 2 years ago
jeah fuckin awsome
deeolf 2 years ago 4
tight pic of morello
lol this song is so dope.
crazzychrisp 2 years ago 6
Great Song
Thepheo6 2 years ago 4
one of my favorite songs, if you got a good subwoofer, it's a whole different song!
ManWhoH 2 years ago 2
fuck yes bro u raise a valid point.
guruj790 2 years ago 3
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what album is this off of
sandabs 2 years ago
Evil Empire
ManWhoH 2 years ago 2
thanks
sandabs 2 years ago
maybe two ballz sweet and simple zack is the hillest the bass line the hook everything was good
speakz141 2 years ago
I would cut off one of my balls to be in this band!
6Ott7 2 years ago 2
one? haha lol you still want to be in buisness!! looooool
lolXDimcool 2 years ago
love this song! awsome. awsome bass line. simple but fucking sweet!! lol
randomtxt159 2 years ago 2
Zack VIVA MEXICO!!!
01manarmy87 3 years ago
hell yea, i gotta say zack has a way better flow than any raper and its not even rap, (its funk/metal) thats badass
SixFeetUnder420 3 years ago
the bassline makes me sick! timmy c is a monster!
kingregencia 3 years ago 4
that is one of the best guitar solos of all time for sure ! \m/
Ninforadio 3 years ago
rage makes me wanna play the bass so bad
hibachii 3 years ago 4
then play it!
i play the bass and trust me sometimes its awesome.
Alguhh 2 years ago
still sick song no matter how much u hear it
metalmarten 3 years ago 6
Lmfao at reelnub I was just thinking that. "Fuck a cadillac"
SasukeJR 3 years ago 3
one of my fav ratm songs its amazin diserves more veiws and to be more rated the lyrics are amazin
jaybwen 3 years ago
yes i know my deadline siiirree...
"its my life for there life so call it a free trade"
Armistace 3 years ago
You down wit OPP?
ToolAlmighty 3 years ago
fuck the Ontario provincial police
reelnub 3 years ago 6
up the fuckin ass
psychoschizophrenic 3 years ago
theres not like police for each county or how does it work up there in canada im from florida so idk
shredderman4 3 years ago
2 fiffernt types,police(local)rcmp everywhere else
lawnyard 3 years ago
yea you know me
angelo1405 3 years ago
Yeah seriously the ontario cops can get fucked.
sexyme93 3 years ago
"one motive no hope, cause every sidewalk i walk is like tightrope"
Awesome.
jubyrocks 3 years ago
"one motive no hope"
JadeWolf2118 3 years ago
sick!!!!
foxdiemercuryvaccine 3 years ago
Fcking ace !!
metalmarten 3 years ago
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arzoojan 3 years ago
ALL WICH IS A RAGE FAN COPY AND PASTE THIS!
Zach De La Rocha for President!
Tom Morello for Second president!
Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk for Anarchists!
tristanrockz 3 years ago 2
DE LA ROCHA FOR PRESIDENT
ricardo1925 3 years ago 2
If he did become one...he would put America into Anarchy :DDDD
Which is a good thing...
ARMEDSh0t 3 years ago
Rockon Zach!
tristanrockz 3 years ago
Hellz yeah...
XxSconeManxX 3 years ago
go RATM!
dirpdedirpdedirp 3 years ago
awesome song
sk8inrulez 3 years ago
ya down wit DDT?
duhduhduhda 3 years ago
yea you know me
alonso1050 3 years ago
the solo is fucking sick. such a classic morello solo
CallumJ 3 years ago 2
fucking amazing. Will forever remind me of Reading.
romanisbetter 3 years ago
rage is great and this song is one of their greatest!
fertiger89 3 years ago
agree, best rage song
texasboyndc 3 years ago 3
no doubt
GoodTimesWade 3 years ago
rages best song right here
psychobox84 3 years ago 2