Lyric discussion by azkm 

Cover art for Wake Up lyrics by Rage Against the Machine

The last line:

<i>"How long? Not long. 'Cause what you reap is what you sow."</i>

is paraphrased from a speech by Martin Luther King on 25th March, 1965, in Montgomery, Alabama, after the march from Selma. King said, "How long? Not long, because "you shall reap what you sow."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifVdcc4UYHg

<i>He</i> was quoting from Paul's Epistle to the Galatians, chapter six: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

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