Rage Against the Machine — Lyric Analysis

LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 36 songs across 4 albums by Rage Against the Machine. They use 2,018 unique words out of 6,489 (lexical richness MATTR 0.65), with an average of 180 content words per song. Emotional tone: 33% of songs positive, 0% neutral, 67% negative.

Most used words by Rage Against the Machine

1. ignite (95)
2. burn (87)
3. say (65)
4. one (54)
5. man (54)
6. back (53)
7. fuck (50)
8. yes (49)
9. tha (48)
10. hadda (44)
11. come (41)
12. wit (40)
13. take (35)
14. sucker (35)
15. know (34)
16. interested (33)
17. grip (32)
18. people (31)
19. head (31)
20. work (31)

Signature phrases

• “burn yes burn” (28)
• “grip pump lap” (26)
• “pistol grip pump” (26)
• “pump lap times” (25)
• “burn burn yes” (24)
• “yes burn burn” (22)
• “street fighting man” (21)
• “smooth operator operating” (19)
• “operator operating correctly” (19)
• “fighting man street” (18)

Colors in the lyrics

• white (7)
• brown (6)
• red (4)
• black (2)
• blue (2)
• gold (1)
• yellow (1)

Albums analyzed

• Rage Against the Machine (1992)
• Evil Empire (1996)
• The Battle of Los Angeles (1999)
• Renegades (2000)