Linkin Park-Wretches and Kings

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Wretches and Kings

This is one of my favorite tracks on Linkin Park's new album A Thousand Suns. Partly because of the use of Mario Savio's speech. The speech is very timeless as it applies today as it did in 1964. It appeals to me because it represents how out of control the people in power can become and how sometimes we must remind them who gave them the power and take that power back. The sound is a little heavier then other Linkin Park songs and is definitely unique. It is a very aggressive song and contrast other songs on the album. It brings good dynamics in itself and in the album as a whole.

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Wretches and Kings Lyrics

To save face / how low can you go
Talk a lot of game but yet you don't know
Static on the way / make us all say whoa
The people up top push the people down low
Get down
And obey every word
Steady getting mine if you haven't yet heard
Wanna take what I got / don't be absurd
Don't fight the power / nobody gets hurt
If you haven't heard yet then I'm letting you know
There ain't shit we don't run when the guns unload
And no one make a move unless my people say so
Got everything outta control
Now everybody go

Steel unload / final blow
We the animals take control
Hear us now / clear and true
Wretches and kings we come for you

So keep pace / how slow can you go
Talk a lot of shit and yet you don't know
Fire on the way / make you all say whoa
The people up top and the people down low
Get down
And I'm running it like that
The front of the attack is exactly where I'm at
Somewhere in between the kick and the hi hat
The pen and the contract
The pitch and the contact
So get with the combat / I'm letting 'em know
There ain't shit you can say to make me back down no
So / push the button let the whole thing blow
Spinning everything outta control
Now everybody go

Steel unload / final blow
We the animals take control
Hear us now / clear and true
Wretches and kings we come for you
Steel unload / fire blow
Filthy animals / beat them low
Skin and bone / black and blue
No more this sun shall beat onto you

From the front to the back and the side to side
If you fear what I feel put 'em up real high

Mario Savio Speech

Sproul Hall Steps, December 2, 1964

"There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all" -Mario Savio
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Breaking the Habit Linkin Park Meteora (Bonus Track Version)
Bleed It Out Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight (Deluxe Version)
What I've Done Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight (Deluxe Version)
New Divide Linkin Park New Divide - Single
In the End Linkin Park Hybrid Theory (Bonus Track Version)
Numb Linkin Park Meteora (Bonus Track Version)
Leave Out All the Rest Linkin Park Twilight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Wretches and Kings Linkin Park A Thousand Suns
The Catalyst Linkin Park A Thousand Suns
Somewhere I Belong Linkin Park Meteora (Bonus Track Version)

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Linkin Park New Vs. Old Albums

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Their older stuff is way better.

Partos says:

I still enjoy their new stuff, but their older music was better

This new stuff is the best yet.

 

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