The song begins with a sample of the "put your bodies upon the gears" speech address given by Mario Savio, a key figure in the Berkeley Free Speech Movement (a massive, long-lasting student protest), which bear some traces of a commentary on the abuses of the powerful.
The song begins with a sample of the "put your bodies upon the gears" speech address given by Mario Savio, a key figure in the Berkeley Free Speech Movement (a massive, long-lasting student protest), which bear some traces of a commentary on the abuses of the powerful.