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“Wake Up” is a song by American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine. It is the seventh track from their self-titled debut album. While never released as a single, it remains a staple of their live shows and is usually played as the last song before the encore.

The opening riff of the song is reminiscent of the opening chords of the Led Zeppelin song “Kashmir”.

The lyrics discuss racism within the American government and the counter-intelligence programs of the FBI; a spoken portion of the song is taken from an actual FBI memo in which J. Edgar Hoover suggests targets for the suppression of the black nationalist movement. The song also makes references to prominent black figures targeted by the government such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., and goes as far as saying that the government arranged their assassinations.

The song was also used in the closing credits of the Matrix movie franchise.
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  • tomtom1967

    wake up

    33 minutes ago

  • metalprincess6

    such a great song

    last week

  • BIG-D313

    20/20 visions and murals with metaphors....

    last week

  • thekills1985

    Pretty great ... I wanna see Rage live or I won't be satisfied! :D So much energy

    10 days ago

  • Abkinxoc

    Rage. Where were you when we needed you most?

    18 days ago

  • xEbayx

    Sounds a bit like Kashmir in the beginning [7] when I was like 12 or 13 hearing it for the first time at the end of the Matrix thought it was for a second. First song I ever heard by them and still my favorite.

    24 days ago

  • doFeligs

    Sounds a bit like Kashmir in the beginning [6]

    last month

  • TheBoatWeBuilt

    If that isn't Kashmir I don't know what is.

    last month

  • BossBattleMusic

    COME ON!

    last month

  • Kibil_Nala

    TEMAZO!

    last month

  • jenne04

    really great song, great album, i LOVE it .......

    March 2012

  • gmusicmaker

    love it!

    March 2012

  • CabroOones

    The main riff in the opening of the song is adapted from Led Zeppelin's single 'Kashmir'

    March 2012

  • WoozieGTA

    Sounds a bit like Kashmir in the beginning [6]

    March 2012

  • PurplePostRock

    yES!~

    March 2012

  • Zamorano102

    Sounds a bit like Kashmir in the beginning [5]

    March 2012

  • henri399

    MATRIXXXXXXX

    March 2012

  • DIABOLICALDEITY

    The New World Order is Here!¸.•*¨*•♫♪•<❤>♪♫ॐ•namaste•ॐ♫♪<❤>•♪♫•*¨*•.¸

    March 2012

  • IlanDatabase

    their best.

    February 2012

  • SamanthaTMB

    reminds me so bad of the matrix ending so badly. epicness!

    February 2012
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