Rage Against The Machine - Calm Like a Bomb (from The Battle Of Mexico City)

"Calm Like A Bomb" by Rage Against The Machine from The Battle of Mexico City
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Lyrics:
[Intro]
Feel the funk blast
Feel the funk blast
Feel the funk blast
Feel the funk blast
Feel the funk blast
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, check it out, yo, yo, yo
[Verse 1]
I be walkin' God like a dog, my narrative, fearless
My word war returns to burn like Baldwin home from Paris
Like Steel from a furnace, I was born landless
This is the native son, born of Zapata's guns
Stroll through the shanties and the cities' remains
Same bodies buried hungry but with different last names
These vultures rob everything, leave nothing but chains
Pick a point on the globe, yes, the picture's the same
There's a bank, there's a church, a myth and a hearse
A mall and a loan, a child dead at birth
There's a widow pig parrot, a rebel to tame
A white-hooded judge, a syringe and a vein
And the riot be the rhyme of the unheard
[Pre-Chorus]
What you say, what you say, what you say, what?
What you say, what you say, what you say, what?
What you say, what you say, what you say, what?
What you say, what you say, what you say, what?
[Chorus]
I'm calm like a bomb
(Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite)
I'm calm like a bomb
(Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite)
[Verse 2]
This ain't subliminal, feel the critical mass approach horizon
The pulse of the condemned, sound off America's demise
The anti-myth rhythm rock shocker, yes, I spit fire
Hope lies in the smoldering rubble of empires
Yes, back through the shanties and the cities' remains
Same bodies buried hungry (Uh-huh), but with different last names (Uh-huh)
Them vultures robbin' everyone, leave nothing but chains
Pick a point here at home, yes, the picture's the same
There's a field full of slaves, some corn and some debt
There's a ditch full of bodies, the check for the rent
There's a tap, the phone, the silence of stone
The numb black screen that be feelin' like home
And the riot be the rhyme of the unheard
[Pre-Chorus]
What you say, what you say, what you say, what?
What you say, what you say, what you say, what?
What you say, what you say, what you say, what?
What you say, what you say, what you say, what?
[Chorus]
I'm calm like a bomb
(Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite)
I'm calm like a bomb
(Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite)
I'm calm like a bomb
(Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite)
I'm calm like a bomb
(Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite)
[Guitar solo]
[Chorus]
I'm calm like a bomb
(Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite)
I'm calm like a bomb
(Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite)
I'm calm like a bomb
(Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite)
I'm calm like a bomb
(Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite)
[Outro]
There's a mass without roofs, there's a prison to fill
There's a country's soul that reads post no bills
There's a strike and a line of cops outside of the mill
There's a right to obey and there's a right to kill
There's a mass without roofs, there's a prison to fill
There's a country's soul that reads post no bills
There's a strike and a line of cops outside of the mill
'Cause there's a right to obey and there's the right to kill
#RATM #CalmLikeABomb #TheBattleofMexicoCity

[@johnstoner666]

Probably my favorite Rage song.

[@blucat4]

Someone says that on every RATM song on KZbin! 🙂

[@tingkagol]

Tim Commerford was on a staccato experiment in the entirety of Battle of LA. Great bassist.

[@seankelly4157]

Thank you!!!!! I never hear this from anyone. He is truly amazing.... that intro.... so fuckin dope

[@pyaeger911]

One of the most underrated bassists EVER

[@DavidLightbringer]

Probably my favorite part of the album. The tone is so wonderfully throbby, it complements the playing style perfectly. And at this point in his career he had perfected his homemade distortion / multi-amp / multi-wah setup, and it’s so so good on this tune in particular. I flipped when I first heard it.

[@DavidLightbringer]

I mean that distortion on the chorus is just siiiiick man goddam

[@Violetrn76]

He truly is the PULSE of RATM.

[@whiskyrebel9715]

Don't know what you guys are up to but we're listening.

[@Wwerulez63]

Amen

[@BBBGomes2011]

Same here

[@freemind990]

I hope so, Tom also posted in r/IAmA recently, I asked him if we are going to see RATM back he didn't respond to my question so I guess it's a maybe

[@Goldengirl-fo9ty]

Mo Freemind They need to resurface to make things right. I’m sure they are apprehensive with Trump in power, but I just don’t see Zack shying away from racism. They would get a lot of political support these days. 👍👍

[@shong42]

@@Goldengirl-fo9ty THEY'RE BACK!!!!!

[@ALLVJAG]

Zack points to himself when he spits... " i was born landless, this is the native son, born of Zapata's... Puro Mexican... Puro Mexican flow, alv.

[@Goldengirl-fo9ty]

I just think we need him to give us a voice. God knows if we try to speak up or talk about the injustices going on these days, we have to worry about being shot, locked up, or harassed. For some of us, to even admit that you are of Mexican decent is dangerous here in the states. A female of Mexican decent can get yourself beaten and raped. Serious business thanks to the hate of some politicians. It’s a war out there against brown skinned girls. Very ugly.🥺😞🙈Yikes.

[@ALLVJAG]

@@Goldengirl-fo9ty where are you from?

[@Goldengirl-fo9ty]

Im about 15 minutes from Baltimore. Here the police run the show. No love for the M word either.

[@ErrolCe]

Zack is the Tupac for Latinos

[@Grizzly-og5bs]

@@ErrolCe Zack is half Mexican.

[@papi_roisterous]

Blown....the weight of the message, it’s relevance to the injustices at that time, along with it’s intention of exposure, that song became the broadcast for many of us! I’m just Blown that this message is now prophetic. I’m stunned that it’s message 21 years later is more relevant than ever. 21 years later.... You could write this song for the first time today. Wouldn’t have missed a single breath.

[@stanuprightglobalindustrie7812]

This isn't a like, it's an agree.

[@christopheranka7694]

This guy has electricity running throughout his entire body........pure electricity!!!!!!

[@historyoflol5611]

I love how he raps and screams at the same time, nice subtle delivery. And Tom's guitar effects are amazing.

[@the2ndcoming135]

Yeah, because they don’t want them problems🤣

[@Te_a_Renthlei]

we need a band like them this days

[@brockshrubb4357]

We have prophets of rage now

[@argeleo]

Best RATM song for me along with Born of a Broken Man

[@MrNgakakguling2]

that drum engineer deserve a raise

[@Ben-kg5ei]

i feel like this riff is trying to melt my brain and i love it

[@littlewing90]

Saw Muse a few years back, they did at least 4 outro jams off the back of their songs, all of them were RATM riffs, including this one!! 👌👌Mr Morello knows how to write a banging riff.

[@MayurPatilishere]

And the riot be tha rhyme of tha unheard ✊ zach please come back. The world needs ratm now.

[@Goldengirl-fo9ty]

Mayur Patil More than ever.

[@mosesonamotorbike]

He’s back!

[@TisTheDamnStickSeason]

That was well timed. Apparently he heard you.

[@MayurPatilishere]

Now please hear me for a new album too!

[@docholliday7827]

vegas

[@liveChef]

That bassist is tearing it up

[@carstenh8907]

I open KZbin and see a new upload. The day can't start better :)

[@sungmoonkim9217]

the best band in the world 🔥👊

[@andrewhassell9891]

Just finished matrix reloaded and was reminded about this song.

[@AccuCat]

I remember sitting in the cinema with my mouth open (and probably looking like a fool 😸) while this was playing for a while during the long credits. Haha. And waiting all the way to the end for the Revolutions preview - "Everything that has a beginning has an end!" kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYbEgZd6Yqd3Z9E 😸 Good times. Will relive the whole thing at home again, just before Matrix 4.

[@_realone915]

@@AccuCat hopefully ratm releases a track for matrix4 (crossing my fingers)

[@jaretsalvat-rivera248]

I’m here for the same reason 🤣

[@BorchiLethal84]

R.A.T.M. Tiene que volver esta banda. Carajo. Saluditos desde Resistencia, Argentina! ✊

[@Wernershnitzl]

Feeling the funk blast, thanks Tim!

[@CraigTrevorWeichmann]

Relevant this week

[@cristobalignaciomariangelv2953]

Chile are calm like a bomb 🇨🇱🇨🇱

[@j_white1305]

We need Rage in 2021 - please come back.

[@BoomSkwad47]

They burned up NY last night

[@user-gg2dy3tt5u]

this aged well

[@graffitiwomen]

I'm curious how many people in the audience actually knew what RATM was actually saying? I know when I was 16 in 1993 and saw them at Lollapalooza, I didn't really understand. But now, at 43, I'm very aware and more supportive than ever of their messages. It makes me kinda sad that some of those kids grew up to hate, and to actively be against what RATM stood for. I know a few of them. Sorry, random comment but it's been on my mind. Thanks!

[@mateolopez1048]

Traduction

[@voteyourconscience5080]

Things are different when we were kids in the 90's. When you grow up if you don't become somewhat conservative then there is something very wrong with you. The world is shitty

[@emmaclawthrone9502]

@@voteyourconscience5080 More like there is something wrong with you. Conservatism and traditionalism is the outdated past. Good bye grandpa, to you, your old ass beliefs, and your old ways

[@piping1172]

Grey le believes lamb grows on trees lol

[@piping1172]

Grey le wishes they had a job to quit lolll

[@chipollino]

Our world need RATM!

[@timkjazz]

July 31st, Pittsburgh, cannot wait for this show!!!

[@ulid1ck]

Puros mexas volando sobre mexas, que belleza de concierto

[@washingtonlm8068]

We need a new álbum! Come Back, please!

[@mikhailbaunto4324]

Calm like a bomb

[@shilohivy4590]

This is my dogs theme song. My crazy Pit Bull that I love more than anything. She’s a firecracker in the best and weirdest way. ❤️

[@cantaria99]

Come back to Chile we need y'all

[@Violetrn76]

The first time I heard ratm it was in the movie theatre… I was watching the crow ❤- and was like WTF is this soundtrack!?! I need it!!! Ran out to buy it and then soon after, fell in love with them, especially after learning good ol’ Tommy was from my area!! (Lake co) I am fascinated with his mother and her activist work, one of my twin club moms graduated with him from Libertyville high school!! I told her she couldn’t bring her husband as her date to her next reunion because I was going to be her date so I could shake his hand. (And fangirl) I would love to pick his brain and his mother’s brain!!!!

[@Bootes_Void]

Most people don’t even know who Zapata and his guns were.

[@ALLVJAG]

Hope it's true about the tour dates of RATM... I will be there!!! Please do the concerts woodstock style or similar to the DNC in LA. The world has to see.

[@belladr0wned172]

#bringZackback

[@Jericho8131]

Spring 2020, the Rage returns!

[@OneTwo-qn1vi]

He back

[@seanhauth1683]

@@OneTwo-qn1vi It's time for america to rage once more and it couldn't have come at a better time!

[@rulerofomicronpersei8]

@@seanhauth1683 NO. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!! How do you support these assholes whining about crap, all while they sit on their millions of dollars bitching about how bad “white man is” & capitalism is? HOW ARE YOU NOT SEEING THEIR HYPOCRISY? You know how much these pieces of shits charge for their lousy sounding concerts? Yet,THEY CRY AND WHINE ABOUT MEAN OL CAPITALISM!!! You people are a fucking joke, you have ZERO CLUE AND SENSE ABOUT EVERYTHING!!!🤮🤮🤮🤮 You people are a literal joke! You don’t even know it. LMMFAO

[@omkaran3984]

What ya say, what ya say, what ya say, what!

[@matrixswayze]

Raging against every machine except the giant corporation that they signed with. And Tom Morello going all Hollywood on a small business coffee shop in Seattle and then getting absolutely schooled by the owner is hilarious. All that being said, most underrated rhythm section. Love the music, but cant take them seriously when it costs $150 or more for for a lawn seat to see them in concert. Viacom against the machine!

[@nongmainingthouwaikhom5236]

All the rock roll lover listener fan we want feedback from KZbin

[@peruorgullodeespana5766]

Perfect band and perfect song.

[@VanHalenDrummer]

They’re BAAAACK!

[@BongoBizarre]

Come back the world needs you

[@Somnifer]

Now that's a proper birthday gift :D

[@user-mq3uj3jr6e]

RATM foi minha lição de vida,tive uma banda cover deles, coleção completa de todos os álbuns,hasta Victoria siempre😮😊

[@blackcloud1990]

2024 and still calm like a bomb !

[@bradydyson65]

That fucking chorus is some of the stankiest grooviest shit I've ever heard my life.

[@rileybowman5988]

I feel the funk blast alright...I can really feel it😆

[@CinemaGulp]

The world is just simply missing bands like these guys nowadays. Its just a soft, delicate, yet overly judging time. We need RATM now more than ever to speak for us all.

[@joelnall5882]

He could have come up with a revolution song on the insurrection and bring in kid bookie!!! He can rap like like hell

[@upgradedfirenation1465]

You’re right about music now being soft and it’s not pleasant as it was back in the 90s most songs now r just about weird shit, drugs, being high and stupid, sex all that nonsense that shouldn’t be an influence on kids today.

[@johnsonmonkeman5766]

this video is part of a playlist of songs censored because of 9/11. If you think I'm kidding, here is the playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLDsqX9qMo7IOGcR74a1alnJsX9V56OLfF and here is the Wikipedia page, with sources on it en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_Channel_memorandum

[@johnsonmonkeman5766]

@@upgradedfirenation1465 IC3PEAK- sad bitch Sybyr- Rats Meshuggah- demiurge lots of music with passion exists

[@upgradedfirenation1465]

@@johnsonmonkeman5766 Ah I’ll check those out

[@wilmarcortes5449]

Zack can't do no wrong RATM can't do no wrong ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@the2ndcoming135]

I remember explaining to my mom that Zack isn’t Black after we watched a vid. Turned into a back and forth for a minute. I’m all like mom that’s not how that works in LA, especially. He’s mixed. But, considers himself Chicano first😂

[@dennisvergara3292]

Nome cansare de decirlo : tom morello en otra vida pasada ..... tiee que haber estado , entrado , viajado o caer atraves dentro d un agujero negro !!!! Para inspirarse en este solo !!!! por favor !!!! Digan lo que quieran ALTAMENTE INNOVADOR !!! GENIO !!! LARGA VIDA A TOM Y RAGE .... SALON D LA FAMA YA !!!

[@wayneletson343]

I remember hearing them for the first time when i was like 13, at my cousins birthday party back in Orlando FL in like 92...i was from a small country town and had never experienced music like this...needless to say, everything changed after that

[@trina001]

Blessings Everyday!!!!!

[@josegoicochea6528]

Great bass lines

[@jonathanwitt7849]

"A riot is the language of the unheard" MLK 1967

[@misstembo2000]

Bombastic RAtM !

[@CpkKennemer]

2020 reunion who's fukin pumped

[@karaokericomadejarecords5506]

Oh my god RATM

[@vantst3552]

Como no viví ese conciertazo 😭

[@zozohoney79]

Seeing this link instantly reminded me that I hadn't heard this in a long time, and this live version is perfect. Now, they need to reunite, and drop an album. Or at least a Trump track.

[@TheAcidjoe]

More actually than ever...................

[@houseofshadow6380]

Let a riot a rhyme of the unheard.

[@escape_025]

レイジ聴くmiletさんマジ好きっすわ

[@Naturalisto9]

Feel the funk blast Feel the funk blast Feel the funk blast Feel the funk blast Feel the funk blast Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, check it out, yo, yo, yo I be walkin' god like a dog My narrative fearless My word war returns to burn Like Baldwin home from Paris Like Steel from a furnace I was born landless This is tha native son Born of Zapata's guns Stroll through tha shanties And tha cities remains Same bodies buried hungry But with different last names These vultures rob everything Leave nothing but chains Pick a point on tha globe Yes tha pictures tha same There's a bank There's a church a myth and a hearse A mall and a loan a child dead at birth There's a widow pig parrot A rebel to tame A whitehooded judge A syringe and a vein And tha riot be tha rhyme of tha unheard What ya say, what ya say, what ya say, what? What ya say, what ya say, what ya say, what? What ya say, what ya say, what ya say, what? What ya say, what ya say, what ya say, what? Calm like a bomb Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite Calm like a bomb Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite This ain't subliminal Feel tha critical mass approach horizon Tha pulse of tha condemned Sound off America's demise Tha anti-myth rhythm rock shocker Yes I spit fire Hope lies in tha smoldering rubble of empires Yes back through tha shanties and tha cities remains Tha same bodies buried hungry But with different last names These vultures rob everyone Leave nothing but chains Pick a point here at home Yes tha picture's tha same There's a field full of slaves Some corn and some debt There's a ditch full of bodies Tha check for tha rent There's a tap, tha phone, tha silence of stone Tha numb black screen That be feelin' like home And tha riot be tha rhyme of tha unheard What ya say, what ya say, what ya say, what? What ya say, what ya say, what ya say, what? What ya say, what ya say, what ya say, what? What ya say, what ya say, what ya say, what? Calm like a bomb Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite Calm like a bomb Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite Calm like a bomb Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite Calm like a bomb Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite Calm like a bomb Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite Calm like a bomb Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite Calm like a bomb Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite Calm like a bomb Ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite, ignite Calm Like a bomb There's a mass without roofs There's a prison to fill There's a country's soul that reads post no bills There's a strike and a line of cops outside of tha mill There's a right to obey And there's a right to kill There's a mass without roofs There's a prison to fill There's a country's soul that reads post no bills There's a strike and a line of cops outside of tha mill There's a right to obey And there's a right to kill

[@Twobarpsi]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Hell YEEEEEEAAAAAAH !!

[@anonimo7062]

#TheBestOfTheBest

[@nothingnowhere99]

bass line is too good

[@sandiea.9660]

i miss rage so much. when the band broke up, ev'rything, in the world, started going fuckin wrong. don't know why, but i'm sure there's a connection

[@abegomez4347]

I agree

[@MMaRsu]

They are touring again!

[@myyuza7]

Please give us another surprise!!! 🤯🤯🤯

[@alungcugil]

I know this song from the credit title of The Matrix Reloaded

[@tonyd3752]

1:08 fuck yes!!!

[@Twobarpsi]

CALM LIKA.............

[@Eye1Kemet]

Another hit, that hits.

[@LucaVincent]

*FEEL THE FUNK BLAST*

[@agogo8861]

CALM LIKE A BOMB~!

[@alexisdumo1374]

What u say...what u say what......calm like a bomb

[@AhmadAhmad-wr8us]

Greatest song ever...who cares what you have to say.

[@tonyd3752]

It truly is, and best live version ever

[@muzh83]

Крутые чуваки! йееееееееееееееееее

[@drgonzo4329]

We need another live version of haddad be playing on the Juke box come on brothers raise your fist and resist

[@necrophillusapestosus1989]

1999... Cómo si hubiera sido ayer ...

[@edlima3675]

Não tem como não dar like, energia do caralho dessas. Um dos grandes sonhos de minha vida é ir ao show do rage against. 🤘

[@Gabriiel90]

Meu sonho tb 😭

[@edlima3675]

Eh Gabriel, talvez em um próximo SWU, pq se for depender desse festival de verão do Rio de janeiro que tornou-se o rock in Rio, não vamos ver nunca. Mas a esperança é a última que morrer, e se é pra sonhar, quem sabe uma turnê pelo Brasil. Uhuuuuuu

[@LoucurasdoLordPitta]

DEZEMBRÃO em SP eles tão ai

[@armandodiaz6374]

Released on this day in 1989 #calmlikeabomb #todayinmusichistory #musichistory #classicsingle #rageagainstthemachinehistory

[@spooglemoon8]

Banging

[@ashtonturner2862]

Zach rocking my college station shirt - KXLU baby! Loyola Marymount University.

[@opijcd8203]

✊✊✊✊✊

[@cristianandres1406]

Mi tema favorito

[@ill1811]

*GOOD MUSIC*

[@user-yh4sk6ci7j]

tiene 2 momentos con mas reproducciones, unos maestros de la música contemporánea

[@hollysorensen1711]

Beautiful 😍😍

[@Goldengirl-fo9ty]

Love him. Calm like a bomb. 🤩😍🥰😘

[@ALLVJAG]

I know right

[@ChristianVilaseca]

Wachoski Wachoski Wachoski bros!

[@gilmarvilela7567]

Wwoooww breaking the rules

[@carlosvalladares9594]

Fantástico 🤘🏻😤

[@juanitaroxy5032]

Saw RATM at BDO 2008 in Sydney

[@caturmuharjab5947]

zach de la rocha rain dancin on the stage since year of two thousand

[@Luke-ofStoke-Factor]

I can never understand the lyrics just like ac/dc. But i Can understand EVERY WORD IN ALL TOOL SONGS????!😅

[@moths842]

I like tim's hat

[@danilofonsecaofficial3426]

Viva Zapata

[@karine74]

trop bon !!!!!!

[@tifalockhart6323]

最高すぎる💛🧡💚

[@greedydodo3741]

#bringZachback

[@TheKingBrewer]

Be calm like a bomb if Zach came Back !!!

[@user-fv8pw7xh3t]

Wow.... I was just thinking the same thing