Lyric discussion by diggledog 

Cover art for Bombtrack lyrics by Rage Against the Machine

this song isn't about Zapatistas (indians in mexico dealing with the mexican land divisions)... its about Native Americans in the US... this song was written before the movement even was known...

Landlords and power whores (the feds) On my people they took turns (opression) Dispute the suits I ignite (treaties, lawsuits, rebellion, etc.) And then watch 'em burn (burn as in deny them...)

now he says he is gonna fight back

they are gonna burn... as in its their turn.. so the one guy is right... but its about US Native Americans.. hence the manifest destiny.. oh and he was using that to explain their justification for their opression

oh.. and forget the stars... stupideest guy ever.. listening to rage=dumb? name one more band of the 90s that reached out politically to as many ppl? you can't... you were to busy listening to the ""underground"" ""beats"" of Limp Bizkit and Korn? wren't ya? u pansy

thanks to bands like korn, deftones, and others from the same era that were on the mainstream (back then) I became more interested in learnig what came before them in music, like ratm, cyppress hil, rhcp, pantera, helmet, metallica, sabbath, and all kinds of bands from different genres, cause the so called "nu metal" movement was always about opening your mind and embracing new types of music, so they kinda opened the door for me to discover so much shit that I'm into now. I think there's no point in putting down any band, music is about coming together.. I´m...