Wake up

(thing) by slappyjack (4.3 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Mon May 29 2000 at 3:12:54

In basic training, we counted down to the last day as "xx days and a wake up". The wake up being the day you got outta bed and went the hell away from basic training.

As far as I know, this was stolen from the soldiers in Vietnam counting down the time they'd get to go back stateside.

We did it so we could make ourselves think we were tough, being that B.T. pretty much scared the fuck out of a lot of us.

(thing) by DrWoody (2.9 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Fri May 03 2002 at 7:04:06

In reference to Rage Against the Machine's version of this song...

At about 4:28 in the song, a voice in the background begins to read some cryptic, official-sounding phrases. These are quoted from a COINTELPRO (the FBI's Counterintelligence Program) document made public under the Freedom of Information Act. It is difficult to make out what he is saying, so here it is:

"Prevent the rise of a messiah who could unify and electrify the militant black nationalist movement. Malcolm X might have been such a 'messiah;' he is the martyr of the movement today. Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael, and Elijah Muhammed all aspire to this position... King could be a real contender for this position should he abandon his supposed 'obedience' to 'white liberal doctrines' of nonviolence and embrace black nationalism..." "Prevent violence on the part of the black nationalist groups. This is primary importance, and is, of course, a goal of the Counterintelligence Program. Through counterintelligence it should be possible to pinpoint potential troublemakers and neutralize them before they exercise their potential for violence..."

A slightly modified version of this song plays during the final seconds and ending credits of the movie The Matrix.

Sources: http://www.accidentprone.com/ragefaq/

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Wake up!	This weather makes for crappy sex	Rage Against The Machine	Malcolm X
vacant	Bystander Effect	Can we all just get along?	wake up in a dumpster
basic training	Cassius Clay	Needless to say, it is my favorite dream	COINTELPRO
I'm sorry, I don't think we've been properly introduced	Testify	A Spring, with gentle unfurling and sly days of sunshine	sleep
Weapon-X	shower	I'm tone-deaf, but it's okay	Her innocence fell. She kicked at it some, frowned, and left it there because it was beautiful.
The room is full of smoke and dialogue I know by heart	that distance between two heads	I'm Only Sleeping	October 17, 2001

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