Zack de la Rocha
People of the Sun (Live, Mexico City, Mexico, October 28, 1999)
[Intro]
Oh shit
Come on
Call that shit up
Pump that shit up
Yeah

[Verse 1]
Since fifteen hundred and sixteen, Mayans attacked and overseen
Crawl amidst the ruins of this empty dream
With their borders and boots on top of us
Pullin' knobs on the floor of their toxic metropolis
How you gonna get what you need to get?
The gut eaters, blood drenched get offensive like Tet
The fifth sun sets get back reclaim
The spirit of Cuauhtémoc, alive and untamed
Face the funk now blastin' out your speaker
On the one, Maya, Mexica
That vulture came to try and steal your name but now you got a gun
Yeah, this is for the people of the sun

[Chorus]
It's comin' back around again
This is for the people of the sun
It's comin' back around again
It's comin' back around again
This is for the people of the sun
It's comin' back around again
[Verse 2]
Don't ever forget that the whip snapped ya back
Your spine cracked for tobacc-oh, I'm the Marlboro Man
Our past blastin' on through the verses
Brigades of taxi cabs rollin' Broadway like hearses
Troops strippin' zoots, shots of red mist
Sailors' blood on the deck, come sister, resist
The era of terror, check this photo lens
Now the City of Angels does the ethnic cleanse
Heads bobbin' to the funk out your speaker
On the one, Maya, Mexica
That vulture came to try and steal your name but now you found a gun
You're history
This is for the people of the sun

[Chorus]
It's comin' back around again
This is for the people of the sun
It's comin' back around again, why, why
It's comin' back around again
This is for the people of the sun
It's comin' back around again
It's comin' back around again
This is for the people of the sun
It's comin' back around again, rise up, rise up
It's comin' back around again
This is for the people of the sun
It's comin' back around, yeah
Of the sun