Born with insight and a raised fist   A witness to the slit wrist, that's with   As we move into '92   Still in a room without a view      You got to know, you got to know that when I   Amp up and amplify defy I'm a brother with a furious mind   Action must be taken   We don't need the key, we'll break in      Something must be done   About vengeance, a badge and a gun   'Cause I'll rip the mike, rip the stage, rip the system   I was born to rage against 'em      Fist in ya face, in the place   And I'll drop the style clearly   Know your enemy, know your enemy   Come on      Word is born fight the war   Now I've got no patience   So sick of complacence   D the E F the I A the N and C the E      Mind of a revolutionary so clear the lane   The finger to the land of the chains   What, the land of the free?   Whoever told you that is your enemy?      Now something must be done about vengeance, a badge and a gun   'Cause I'll rip the mike, rip the stage, rip the system   I was born to rage against 'em   Now action must be taken   We don't need the key we'll break in      I've got no patience now   So sick of complacence now   And I've got no patience now   So sick of complacence now      I'm sick of, sick of, sick of you   Time has come to pay   Come on      Come on   Yes I know my enemies   They're the teachers who taught me to fight me   Yeah compromise, conformity, assimilation   Submission, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite      All of which are American dreams   All of which are American dreams   All of which are American dreams   All of which are American dreams   All of which are American dreams