Rage Against the Machine: Killing in the Name Meaning

Song Released: 1992

Killing in the Name Lyrics

Killing in the name of!
Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses (x4)
Huh!

Killing in the name of!
Killing in the name of

And now you do what they told ya (x11)
But now you do what they told ya
Well now you do what...

1. YourFan

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   Oct 3rd 2007 !⃝

   I agree with most of you about the KKK, and not with that "watto" idiot. Listening to this song makes me angry, or almost any RATM song.

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2. anonymous

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   Feb 15th 2007 !⃝

   It's about the KKK in police and government. This is really simple.
3. imsweetasallheezy

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   Jan 22nd 2007 !⃝

   People in the US for the most part just follow along with the norm and don't worry about the fronts that the system and all of the people in it put on.
4. anonymous

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   Dec 11th 2006 !⃝

   ya yall said it .....its a very easy song to understand like people of the sun both speak for themselves

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5. anonymous

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   Dec 10th 2006 !⃝

   ok yeah everybody basically said what I was going to say except that idiot at the top

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6. anonymous

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   Nov 15th 2006 !⃝

   I'm with the 'poo & wee' guy.

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7. anonymous

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   Aug 22nd 2006 !⃝

   Firecracker in the arse? That's nasty. When I listen to this, I want to throw things. Anyway, this song is cool and delivers a message about cops being members of the kkk, especially during the 60's when the cops were well-known for beating the s*** out of protestors that supported martin luther king and malcolm x.
8. anonymous

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   May 4th 2006 !⃝

   Love the ending, the climax of the motherfucking bit is like a firecracker went of in my arse.
9. anonymous

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   Jan 26th 2006 !⃝

   Simple, racist Ku Klux Klan member police.

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10. anonymous

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    Jan 14th 2006 !⃝

    I used to think this song said "some of those who WEAR forces" ...like the shoe air force ones.

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11. watto

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    Aug 22nd 2005 !⃝

    Great song. Poo and wee is what this song is really about, yes poo and wee trust me! It is clearly stated in the 4th verse.

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