“Take the Power Back” by Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine’s punk/rap/metal/hip-hop music and Zack de la Rocha’s anti-establishment lyrics have been censored extensively. Besides Clear Channel’s outright prohibition after 9/11, SNL permanently banned the group in 1996 for draping upside-down flags on their amps while performing “Bulls on Parade” live. BBC Radio 5 Live faded “Killing in the Name”’s last refrain in 2009. De la Rocha sang, “F*** you, I won’t do what you tell me!” live despite their request. Publicly financed BBC apologized. The 2015 Tucson Unified School District censored “Take the Power Back” from 1992. Local high school teachers received a violation warning for using the song in a Mexican-American history class. The violation? Arizona law prohibits “ethnic solidarity.”
Ake The Power Back By Rage Against The Machine
