Huh Yeah, we're comin' back then with another bombtrack Think ya know what it's all about, huh Hey yo, so check this out Yeah Know your enemy Come on Born with insight and a raised fist A witness to the slit wrist As we move into '92 Still in a room without a view Ya got to know, ya got to know That when I say go, go, go 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 mic, 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 Yeah Hey yo, get with this, uh Word is born Fight the war, f** the norm Now I got no patience So sick of complacence With the D the E the F the I the A the N the C the E The 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 mic, 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 I've got no patience now So sick of complacence now Sick of, sick of, sick of, sick of you Time has come to pay Know your enemy Come on Yes I know my enemies They're the teachers who taught me to fight me Compromise Conformity Assimilation Submission Ignorance 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 All of which are American dreams All of which are American dreams All of which are American dreams