Down Rodeo

Artist: Rage Against the Machine

Album: Evil Empire (1996)

Why Its Great: The amount of thought that was put into every blistering lyric – each one is full of references that add to the central message of the song.

Best Listened To: When you want to hear some ass-kicking guitar and learn some Black history.

Key Lyric: So now I’m rollin’ down Rodeo wit a shotgun/ These people ain’t seen a brown skin man/ Since their grandparents bought one