Killing In The Name

Artist: Rage Against the Machine

Released: 1992

GENRES:

Rock • Metal • Rap/Hip Hop

LISTENING LINKS

Spotify | Apple Music | Deezer | YouTube

ISSUES HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS SONG ARE...

Racism • Police brutality

KEY LYRICS

"Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses"

"Those who died, are justified / by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites"

Genius lyric analysis

FURTHER INFORMATION

• Rodney King

• LA Riots

• When LA erupted in anger: A Look Back at the Rodney King riots

• Machine Gun Kelly cover 'Killing In The Name' in response to the murder of George Floyd

• Black Lives Matter

THE RR COMMUNITY

Here's what users who submitted 'Killing In The Name' had to say about it!

"As a young teenager it was a quick, brutal eye-opener to just how integrated into society racism actually is and highlighted for me how those in power are not always those with your best interests at heart. It’s a song that I think can explain these things to anybody and can always inspire us to constantly question the systems that bind us."

Anon