Lyric discussion by draven66 

Cover art for Wake Up lyrics by Rage Against the Machine

this song is about the cointelpro (counter intelligence program) and the fact that such a government program exist(ed) should have you pissing your pants or wanting to kick some serious ass. Fortunetly thats what this song is for, to get people to wake up and consider not accepting the agenda in store. Sacrifice. Jefferson and Weishaupt spoke of enlightening the people to dispell tyranny and darkness yet any of the "have-nots" that speak out nowadays to mobilize the bewildered herd against fascist elites usually have a bullet coming their way in one form or another. Kinda makes you think twice before building your life around sedated materialism. Was the vision of the founding fathers undermined? By who? It's time to take a long look around you and consider that nothing is what it seems anymore. The technocratic New World Order that is being slipped through below your peripheral vision that undermines everything this country was supposed to stand for is happening NOW every day you press every day you fill up your tank for the lives it takes. Our way of life is about dancing on the backs of the bruised, and as the song prophesizes in the last two lines, we the people that outnumber these elite Rothschild bankers, we the people that pull the weight for the decadent that create war for profit are very pissed off and will trample them under foot when the floodgates break. Don't let them buy you out, your children's freedom depends on it. We gotta take the power back.