March of Death
a song by Zack de la Rocha and DJ Shadow
Message
"Without just cause or reason, without legal or moral justification, and without a thread of proof that Iraq directly threatens the security of the United States, the Bush administration has headed to war. As I am writing this, bombs are raining upon the defenseless civilians of Baghdad in a continuation of a policy that has already claimed the lives of over 1 million innocent Iraqi people. People just like us who want democracy but find themselves cornered by a dictator on one side, naked U.S. aggression on another, and the oil beneath their country; for which it appears they are to be massacred.
Lies, sanctions, and cruise missiles have never created a free and just society. Only everyday people can do that. Which is why I'm joining the millions world wide who have stood up to oppose the Bush administration's attempt to expand the U.S. empire at the expense of human rights at home and abroad. In this spirit I'm releasing this song for anyone who is willing to listen. I hope it not only makes us think, but also inspires us to act and raise our voices."
"Artists, be they painters, actors, writers or musicians, have a responsibility to reflect and interpret the world around them. Our current administration's foreign policy strikes me as being reckless, inhumane, and hopelessly out of step with the so-called "values" it claims to defend. We, the world's only superpower, have immense capacity to ease human suffering throughout the world, yet we instead choose to inflict it upon those we deem a threat to our agenda of empire.
As an American, my government's actions give me cause for great concern. I'm proud to support Zack de la Rocha in giving a musical voice to that concern." LyricsI was born with the voice of a riot, a storm |
MediaCommentslucy from killadelphia wrote: Mr. De la Rocha: goddamn, RATM changed my life in 1992. Now--there is so much wrong with our involvement in Iraq; but i'm lookin around me here at home and it hurts so much i can't stand up straight. i work with youth in this city; everyday they are the victims of the worst of all of us. the activists here are sexist. racial justice is homophobic. i do want the kids to care about change; they want to make it to 18 without getting beat, raped, pregnant or shot. i still appreciate the calls to action, the messages in your poetry--but what the fuck can we do? where's the instruction manual? The Patriot from Minnesota wrote: These people are right Zack, the country needs you. As "gen-xers" we had you to shine a liberal voice into our culture. My younger siblings don't have that voice in their pop culture and it's a dangerous thing. There are less of them questioning things. The fight against American evil is not won by violent spectacles of frustrated protest. It's won in the seconds and minutes of mundane life. Won with repetitive, intelligent rhetoric that infiltrates young minds as often as american idol does. We all hope you find what you're looking for & look forward to the return of a well-seasoned ZDLR ready to fight. This time with a beautiful old-school latino twist. Luis from Los Angeles, CA wrote: I just wanted to say that it is good to see you back with RATM. The only thing that I'm disappointed is that while you and the rest of "RAGE" was gone. "King" George W. was running the show for the last 8 years. I would have liked that you could have comeback and rally everyone here against the Republican machine against the war, the merging of corporations, and speaking against secret survaillance on Americans. In short everything has turned upside down. I wish you comeback to raise hell on the Republican convention this year to give a send off to the man who ran who abused power making it Nixon look tame. Give us a voice against the police state that Bush created. Nefeli from Greece wrote: hey, i just wanted to thank you for making me feel that i am not lonely in this fucking world.Raise your fist and resist my baby!this is the only way to cut the ashes of the bustards...come to greece to wake us!!!!!!!!!! islam from chechenya russia wrote: zack i hope u'll come to chechenya and will be sing for us. chechenya loves u Gibbo from England wrote: The music is just him speaking like an idiot, he basiclaly did this to get more fans and make more money. He doesn't care about the Iraq war just the money he can make from it, you're no better than the fat businessman getting rich off the war. Admin Response Zack and DJ Shadow released this song free to the public in order to inform the ignorant (that would be you). They have not made a dime from this rhyme! Not a schilling; far from a killing!Ant G from Florida wrote: Been there done that! Z keep hitting them hard with knowledge...maybe someday the masses will awake and demand PEACE LOVE AND HAPPINESS for All!! mmm wrote: Wow, somebody tried to tell Zack to "wake up". There's no mindless endorsement of Islam here. "Islam peace, Islam stare into my eyes brother please off our knees". He's addressing a metaphorical Muslim and then immediately including him in the exhortation to get "off our knees". We're all in the same fight, against anyone trying to lead us into the march of death. Anyone who knows Zack's politics knows that would include loony-conservative imams. p.s. I'm from Texas too, and like the Dixie Chicks I wish the "damn Yankee" would stop giving Texas a bad name. Uriel from Brazil wrote: hey zack ... come to brazil there are a lot of fans waiting for u independent with or without rage against ! we have to hear ur lirycs and we need FREEDOM ! this place sux Jeon from Korea wrote: Sorry for a typo. Junsoo, Jeon from A kind of American Colony, Fucking South Korea. wrote: Keep on taking a left. And, when will you show up, Jack? Rafael Gimenes from Brazil wrote: Hi Rumors of RATM play tour in Brazil in September. MARIA wrote: VIVA EL MOVIMIENTO ZAPATISTA !!!!!!! AUPA KANTABRIA LIBRRE RESPETEMOS LOS INDÍGENAS Y SUS DERECHOS, PUTO PETRÓLEO!!! Terrón from Houston wrote: Straight from Wikipedia: "Born in New Haven, Connecticut on July 6, 1946, Bush was the first child of George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush." So even though a Governor - there's some of us free thinking Texans who don't consider him part of this state. Just a note .. .but the song kicks ass completely! Shaq from toronto wrote: amazing song....we should really stand up for any one suffering anywhere in the world...and i think thats all Zach really wants ppl to understand...the fact is that the war in iraq was illigal and regardless of saddam and his regime ...it was not the right thing to invade a country and destroy its infastructure and slaughter its ppl (e.g Fluja) for economic reasons (e.g oil). we dont appose the war because it was Iraq or because we hate the soilders or because we hate the american ppl ...we appose the war because it stand for carnage and massicare in a country that was no threat to United states... and i think thats the point so SHUTUP to who ever hates on the anti-war movement. and Hail to Zach and ppl like him who stand up for the little guy ANYWHERE on this planet wheather its South America, South Africa, Iraq or Mexico... kim kachik from pa wrote: Wake up Zack.I did alot of reseach on the Islam religion. You seem to embrace this and the women are treated like dogs. I thought you were womens rights? VAult from Russia wrote: Rage Against The Mahine the best!i say no to Audioslave and Zack with Dj!!! GlassDj from Behind you with a gun wrote: This song is nothing but an anti-government piece of crap. Kieler Sprotte from Nothern Germany - Kiel wrote: At First: "Moin" ! (local way to say hello) A great song, a sad theme, an ill beat, that´s the stuff we like ! Unless the sadness of what the lyrica are talkin about, i´m very impressed of the harmony of ayou two. See one of you @ Rock am Ring ! :) Check the campingside, there will be a cold beer for you ! ;) jove from USA wrote: great tune guys. how about the veto against the ban on torture. if you keep up the political songs you could have business for quite some time. i had a dream some time ago that hilary was giving a pro war on iran speech and when i went to rebuke her fire came pouring out of my mouth. Right now i am caught in the system in a supervized apartment with my dignity being shredded away, anybody wanna come rescue me, i could be of some help. i would veto the damned pills that kill with a mighty chill Roberto from cleveland, OH.. wrote: Good tune. The world could use you music now and so could Ohio. Don't be like axel Rose. De paskal wrote: he suba,suba gut,benediktum benedactum in America laufe d Fraue nacktrum ,in Deutschland trage se Kleider ..leider chris from england wrote: Just wanted to say that I'm a huge fan of both you guys. This song should inspire the weak and rouse the indifferent. Fuck US foreign policy and those who support it. rabiesman wrote: nice song audio slave sucks wen i say this i mean the lead singer does im glad ratm is back together now i hope u guys make a new album Mike from Kentucky wrote: Man. It's a good thing you two met each other. That beat was awesome. Props to DJ Shadow. The lrics are moving. Props to Zack. Cisco from Jersey City, NY wrote: I love this fucking song, Zack and Shadow are two of the most talented artist of our day. I love Rage but I hate audioslave. March of death is ths shit, politically right up there with Mr. Lif, Billy Bragg, KRS-One, Public Enemy and RATM Ari from Finland wrote: Not knowing who DJ Shadow is quite laughable. Great collaboration, and hopefully Zack's debut album will at least reach equal standards of quality. T from 253 from WA State, USA wrote: Who the fuck is DJ Shadow and why give him credit? Zach is a badass and needs to get his shit out there, but DJs just sit behind a fuckin' computer...... Admin Response Zack wrote the rhyme, Shadow made the beat. You can't have one without the other if you want to make an impact on this entertainment-driven culture.Egalite from USA wrote: Thanks for speaking for those that cannot. Know your enemies. James wrote: yo, you guys do know that this isn't the whole of rage yeah? as much as rage are fucking awesome (seeing them this year, soo stoked!) it's just zack and dj shadow. so give shadow some credit for this song as well yeah?! leo from Russia wrote: Much respect to you guys, we have big problems in Russia with freedom, all the main channels belong to statement,allmost all newspapers, people are often afraid to criticize authorities.Thats shit. If someone asks you, whats happeninng in Russia, tell them we have big big problems... Zac from New Zealand wrote: Zacks a fucken legend man, Awsome performance by the whole crew at Auckland bdo, seeing rage reform was somthing i never thought id see. was amazing. u guys probably wont read this but if you do that performance changed my life and some of my mates. so cheers. Fore:20 from Cloud 9 wrote: I cant belive I missed out on this for so long. Just found it on Wikipedia. RATM are some visionaries yall. Listen to what they speak. Go get the first Rage album and listen to it. WAKE UP mihau from earth wrote: did my previous message come through? anyway, another mirror up: http://not-in-our.name/marchofdeath/ Diego from Chile wrote: Hace falta más gente que cambie las cosas que estan mal y que no solo las mencione. Zach de la Rocha,un gran artista y sin duda una gran persona. Dj Shadow tampoco se queda atras tampoco, saludos desde Chile. Esperando verlos algun dia por aca Colombian people wrote: Soy colombiano, y deseo comentarle sobre la dificil situación de muerte y desolación que nos ha traído las Farc. pues lo que algún día fue un grupo gerrillero, es ahora el horror y la tragedia para nuestra gente Colombiana. por favor, pedimos que no crean en las pretenciones revolucionarias de este grupo criminal, que en nada representan nuestros derechos. Dt. wrote: Is zdlr.net his homepage? I thought it's only funsite... The/End from past present and futur wrote: Passion. Zach De La Rocha just needs proper promotion in order for something to be moved. Sébastien from France wrote: rid of these wars building our own decay discovering nothing except our soul's excerpt: emptiness... Thank you to continue the real fight against infamy, best, Sébastien. Barton Bodrian from Tacoma, Washington, USA wrote: Poetic justice but not literally. The soldier's voice of question lost beneath the powerful wheels of militancy...but it's just a march of death. Reference to the coercive and exploitative globalization of cow much appreciated. I wish it was just for oil; the USAmerican people can stomach that sour pill. The other half of the truth is the military-industry. This is the poisonous pill that the people will choak on, right, left and center alike if they only knew. Very good master Rocha. Arif from Indonesia wrote: It's a very cool song. But still... I want my RATM back... I'm planning to have a band named RATS (Rage Against The Slaves). peter rupprecht wrote: when are you going to come back to us zack, we're waiting, ratm was cool, but it took the rest of them to make it with chris, you have so much talent you can do it solo, even better with some fresh talent, anyways, I hope you feel are strength, we'er waiting for another explosion!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PR Ring Harton from Portland,Oregon,USA wrote: Cheers to Zack & Shadow for this. The lyrics, the denoument! Much appreciated. I like that de la rocha has moved beyond ratm. I like Zach when he was with Inside Out and everyone who says, "ratm was better"need to wake upand look around themselves. Peace y'all. Nancy y Emory from Guatemala wrote: Esperamos que cuando saques tu nuevo disco vengas a Guatemala, aqui hay mucha gente que le gusta tu musica....Ademas aqui el gobierno y su politica tambien es una basura. Ivo from Germany wrote: HI, it s a cool song, but i am awaiting the RatM Conzert in Germany at Rock am Ring in 2008. I am looking forward to this^^... but this song has a very impressive lyric... Mike Jones from North Carolina wrote: Rage against the Machine was so much better J from California wrote: Getting tired of waiting for your album to come out. Did you fade? Hurry up already. Eric from San Francisco, California wrote: Another amazing song from Zach. He is a genious lyricist and poet. I can't say how glad I am for the opportunity to see Rage(hopefully not for the last time) at Rock the Bells. Without a doubt in my mind that was the best concert I ever will see. Conor D from Derry, Ireland wrote: Zach is a true visionary and i have neverheard him say less true words! He should be an inspiration to our generation that has an inability to see the truth and facts and Zach brings us to them in form where you can choose to listen or not! he is a great man and this could not be done without DJ shadow thank you ben from UK Wales & iverpool wrote: thank you for all your music. it has helped me throughout my teens to now to become politically active. i am now a political illustrator doing work with many UK based musicians, running youth workshops and making hot food when i can afford it to feed my local homeless friends thankyou ben UK Post a Comment |