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Settle for Nothing by Rage Against The Machine

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Rage Against The Machine

Settle for Nothing

From Rage Against the MachineTrack 44:49
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Lyrics

Settle for Nothing

A jail cell is freedom from the pain in my home
Hatred passed on, passed on and passed on
A world of violent rage but it's one that I can recognize
Having never seen the color of my father's eyes
Yes, I dwell in hell but it's a hell that I can grip
I tried to grip my family but I slipped
To escape from the pain in an existence mundane
I got a nine, a sign, a set, and now I got a name!

Read my writing on the wall!
No one's here to catch me when I fall!
Death is on my side!
Suicide!

A jail cell is freedom from the pain in my home
Hatred passed on, passed on and passed on
A world of violent rage but it's one that I can recognize
Having never seen the color of my father's eyes
Yes, I dwell in hell but it's a hell that I can grip
I tried to grip my family but I slipped
To escape from the pain in an existence mundane
I got a nine, a sign, a set, and now I got a name!

Read my writing on the wall!
No one's here to catch me when I fall!
Caught between my culture and the system
Genocide!

Read my writing on the wall!
No one's here to catch me when I fall!
If ignorance is bliss
Then knock the smile off my face! Yeah!

If we don't take the action now
We settle for nothing later
Settle for nothing now
And we'll settle for nothing later
If we don't take action now
We settle for nothing later
We'll settle for nothing now
And we'll settle for nothing later

If we don't take action now
We settle for nothing later
Settle for nothing now
And we'll settle for nothing later
If we don't take action now
We settle for nothing later
We'll settle for nothing now
And we'll settle for nothing later

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From Rage Against the Machine

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Track number
4
  1. 1Bombtrack
    4:04
  2. 2Killing In the Name
    5:14
  3. 3Take the Power Back
    5:37
  4. 4Settle for Nothing
    4:49
  5. 5Bullet In the Head
    5:09
  6. 6Know Your Enemy
    4:55
  7. 7Wake Up
    6:04
  8. 8Fistful of Steel
    5:31
  9. 9Township Rebellion
    5:24
  10. 10Freedom
    6:06

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