De La Rocha is the best

People never talk about Rage Against The Machine when debating the best lyricist / rapper / mc. ZDLR is without a doubt the best. The first three RATM albums were flawless. Renegades was meh...but I've talked to more people who name songs from that album then I do with people that have listened to Rage Against The Machine. Evil Empire. The Battle of Los Angeles. I guess that's to be expected with a cover album. Which probably exceeds most bands that do cover albums. I prefer De La Rocha's lyrics though. One Day As A Lion. Great EP. He just released a single for a solo album. I think the track is called Digging for Windows.

*beep* that bright *beep*
the spot or the flashlights
we in la ducking both
in the shadows with lead pipes
the days are all night

see if i pay edison
no medicine
these blues ain’t more better when
my fever rise in the jungle
as quick as the price spikes
the days are all night

my future snapped like a rubber band
off my fold on a hand to hand
he drew from his waist
i put two in his roof
and i can still hear his screams
all night

now they ride their portfolios
like rodeos
rise every time my cherry glows
on the end of my cig as
the smoke blows through the bars
and the co’s laugh fades
as he strolls away
says i gotta pay
off that roll away
or its *beep* your visitation days
and i pop off so in solitaire
i dream of offing these fred astaires
and the skin off my fingers tear
we digging for windows here
where the days are all night

this city’s a trap my partner
under the lights of they choppers
bodies tools for they coffers
not worth the cost of our coffins
i stare at a future so toxic
no trust in the dust of a promise
won’t mark the name on a ballot
so they can be free to devour our options
and just like you I’m a target
ill defined by the guap in my pocket
but the stage make figures
as quick as it off em
what marley and pac get?
i put these caps in capitals
leave minds blazed in they capitols
i step with a fury so actual fact
that my offense could be capital

we digging for windows here


We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known.