testify

the battle of los angeles albümünden bir rage against the machine parçası.
grubun diğer parçaları gibi insanı harekete geçiren * bir etkisi vardır.

sözleri:

the movie ran through me
the glamour subdue me
the tabloid untie me
i´m empty please fill me
mister anchor assure me
that baghdad is burning
your voice it is so soothing
that cunning mantra of killing
i need you my witness
to dress this up so bloodless
to numb me and purge me now
of thoughts of blaming you
yes the car is our wheelchair
my witness you coughing
oily silence mocks the legless
now traveling in coffins
but on the corner
the jury´s sleepless
we found your weakness
and it´s right outside our door

now testify

with precision you feed me
my witness i´m hungry
your temple it calms me
so i can carry on
my slaving sweating the skin right off my bones
on a bed of fire i´m chocking
on the smoke that fills my home
the wrecking ball rushing
my witness your blushing
the pipeline is gushing
while here we lie in tombs
while on the corner
the jury´s sleepless
we found your weakness
and it´s outside your door.

now testify.

mass graves for the pump and the price is set

who controls the past now controls the future
who controls the present now controls the past
who controls the past now controls the future
who controls the present now?

now testify.

ing.tanıklık etmek

klibinde george bush ve al gore un uzaylilar tarafindan dunyanin ebesini sikmek icin gonderilen bir mutant oldugunu on goren sarki. mutant dunyaya gelince ikiye ayrilir, biri bush digeri gore olmak uzere, farkli seyleri savunuyormus gibi yaparak aslinda birbirlerini tekrar ederler. klipte aclikttan olen cocuklarla amerikadaki benzin fiyatlari arasindaki ince cizgi gosterilir. gecmisi yoneten guc, simdiyi yoneten guc ve gelecegi yoneten gucun ayni bokun soyu oldugu soylenir.
(bkz: MASS GRAVES FOR THE PUMP AND THE PRICE IS SET)

ratm nin en iyi şarkılarından biri..

who controls the past now controls the future
who controls the present now control the future

kısmı direk 1984 e atıfta bulunan ratm parçası.

Bir amy studt şarkısı:

I've been cheating myself for too long.
Living as if i was going nowhere,
And I know it's wrong,
I've been fighting myself for too long,
I try, really try to keep my head up high,
And I know it's wrong,
And I should really know better,
But it's been so long;

I know how I feel,
But I'm afraid to show it,
Inside it's so real,
But no one else would know it,
The whole truth and no lies,
Cutting deeper, I can hear my soul cry,
Come on Testify, Come on Testify

I've been lying to myself for too long,
Silence.... was my only comfort

And I know it's wrong,
But I can't change the weather,
It's been too long

To the friends that I've lost on the way,
To the friends I've been pushing away,
You could say that I've made it,
But I'm jaded
And inside I'm falling;

I've been fighting,
Myself for too long,
And Ive been hating,
Myself for too long.

ratm' in en baba şarkılarından birisidir kanımca.

ingilizce "tanıklık etme", Antik Roma'da cinsel organı tutarak yemin etmek demekti. Etimolojik olarak kelime akrabalığı kanıtlansa da linguistik açıdan tartışmalıdır.
*

(bkz: (vid #23156)&feature=mh_lolz&list=LLoTelUWh5dsE)

go ram!

süper şarkı.

telecaster tonlarının en şa'şalısını içeren aşırı gaz bir riffe sahip rage against the machine parçasıdır. konser versiyonunda elektro gitarda dip ses + wah pedalı ile scratch yapılır ayrıca *.

mevzubahis kısım için ;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8hJQ7iv60Y

(05:57'de başlayan kısım)

rage against the machine'den duygulara düşüncelere tercuman olan bir parçadır.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JSBhI_0at0