1197 - Rage against the Machine - Know your Enemy 1992

The song is in 4/4. In the opening of the song, Tom Morello uses his guitar's toggle switch to switch between a pickup that is turned off, and one that is on, to create a tremolo effect. Morello's effect is to imitate classic rock synthesizer sounds.

The song's main message is that the American government touts itself as the land of the free, but lies and takes freedom away. That message is evident in lines such as, "What? The land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy!", "As we move into '92, still in a room without a view!" and "Yes I know my enemies! They're the teachers that taught me to fight me!" The song ends with the following lines:

Compromise

Conformity

Assimilation

Submission

Ignorance

Hypocrisy

Brutality

The Elite

All of which are American dreams!

918 - Rage Against the Machine Killing in the Name 1992

"Rage Against the Machine" is the debut album by rap metal band Rage Against the Machine, released June 11, 1992. The songs on "Rage Against the Machine" tend to feature political mantras with the vocals rapped.
"Killing in the Name" is the first single released by Rage Against the Machine from their self-titled album, and is arguably the band's signature song.
The single's cover pictured Thích Quảng Đức, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, burning himself to death in Saigon in 1963 in protest of the murder of Buddhists by Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm's regime.