without  a  face  -  rage  against  the  machine

  it  seems  as  soon  as  the  wall  in  germany  fell,

    that  the  us  government  was  busy  building  another  one

  on  the  border  between  the  us  and  mexico.

    since  1986,

  as  a  result  of  a  lot  of  the  hate  talk

  and  hysteria  that  the  government  of

  the  united  states  has  been  speaking,

    1500  bodies  have  been  found  on  the  border.

    we  wrote  this  song  in  response  to  it.

  it's  called  without  a  face.

    uh!  i  got  no  card  so  i  got  no  soul

    life  in  prison  no  parole  no  control

  jura  got  my  number  on  a  wire  tap'

  cause  i  jack  for  similac'  fuck  a  cadillac  survive

    one  motive  no  hope

  cause  every  sidewalk  i  walk  is  like  a  tight  rope

  yes  i  know  my  deadline  sire-  when  my  life  expires

  i'm  sendin'  paper  south  under  the  barb  wire

  the  mother  of  my  child'll  loose  her  mind  at  my  grave

  it's  my  life  for  their  life

  so  call  it  a  free  trade

  "por  vida"  and  my  name  upon  a  stall

  i  took  a  death  trip

  when  i  tried  to  cross  the  white  wall

    walk  unseen  past  the  graves  and  the  gates

    born  without  a  face

    born  without  a  face

  walk  unseen  past  the  graves  and  the  gates

    born  without  a  face

    one  motive  with  no  hope,  uhh

    born  without  a  face

    tried  to  look  back  to  the  past  long  lost

  a  blood  donor  to  the  landowner  holocaust

  pops  heart  stopped

  in  came  the  airdrop

  flooded  the  trench  he  couldn't  shake  the  toxic  shock

  maize  was  all  we  needed  to  sustain

  golden  skin  burns,  insecticide  rain

  ya  down  wit  ddt,  yea  you  know  me

  i'm  great  for  the  grapes

  profit  for  the  bourgeoisie

  war  tape  boomin'

  path  is  luminoso

  i'm  headed  north  like  my  name  was  kid  cisco

  ta  survive

  one  motive  no  hope

  uhh,  it's  hard  ta  breathe  with  wilson's  hand  around  my  throat

  uhh,  strangled  and  mangled  another  ss  curtain  call...

    when  i  tried  ta  cross  the  white  wall

    when  i  tried  ta  cross  the  white  walls

    walk  unseen  past  the  graves  and  the  gates

    born  without  a  face

    one  motive  no  hope,  uhh

    without  a  face

  walk  unseen  past  the  graves  and  the  gates

    born  without  a  face

    one  motive  no  hope,  uhh

    without  a  face

    you  say  fortify  reaction

    you  divide

  and  you  say

  fortify  reaction

    you  say  fortify  reaction

    you  divide

  you  say  fortify

    reaction  reaction  reaction  reaction