Raise Your Fist

Revolt Against the System: Rancid's Call to Defy Power
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Lyrics

Raise your fist (raise your fist)

Raise your fist in a gesture of defiance or protest

Against the power (raise your fist)

Direct the raised fist against those in positions of authority

Oppress the power that exists

Challenge and resist the oppressive forces that currently hold power

Raise your fist (raise your fist)

Reiteration of the call to raise one's fist against power

Against the power (raise your fist)

Continuation of the call to oppose authority through a raised fist

Oh the power that exists

Emphasize the existence of the oppressive power being confronted


In the land of freedom, I will make a clean

Expressing a commitment to making a clean break in the land of freedom

Forth rack on production (?) this is all insane

Comment on the absurdity or irrationality of the production process

Heart of the heartland or they stream the blood

Referencing the heartland and the flow of blood symbolically

Where invisibly, for one thousand and third

Highlighting an invisible struggle lasting for a significant period


Raise your fist (raise your fist)

Repeat of the call to raise one's fist against authority

Against the power (raise your fist)

Reiterate the need to oppose and resist those in power

Oppress the power that exists

Reinforce the idea of confronting and challenging existing power structures

Raise your fist (raise your fist)

Repetition of the call to use a raised fist in protest

Against the power (raise your fist)

Continue to emphasize opposition to authority through raised fists

Oh the power that exists

Reiterate the acknowledgment of the oppressive power being resisted


No alliance, sure no cross to bear

Reject the idea of forming alliances or bearing unnecessary burdens

No crack to follow, no police to share

Deny following a predetermined path or submitting to law enforcement

Apathetic revolution, people go put to sleep

Describe a revolutionary stance marked by apathy or indifference

As the people are wake up they'll be rioting the streets

Anticipate a shift in public consciousness leading to street protests


Raise your fist (raise your fist)

Repetition of the call to use a raised fist to oppose authority

Against the power (raise your fist)

Reiterate the need to direct the raised fist against those in power

Oppress the power that exists

Emphasize the necessity to challenge and resist existing power structures

Raise your fist (raise your fist)

Repeat of the call to raise one's fist against authority

Against the power (raise your fist)

Continue to stress the opposition to authority through raised fists

Oh the power that exists

Reiterate the acknowledgment of the oppressive power being resisted

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