Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
A confrontational chant urging someone to burn, reflecting intense anger or warning.
In plain terms
The speaker demands that something be burned.
What can you take from it?
Expressions of anger can be incendiary.

Where it applies

  • conflict
  • protest

Putting it to work

  • channel aggression constructively

Questions to consider

  • What does the call to burn symbolize?
  • How can anger be redirected?

Another view

Such language can incite violence.

More from Zack de la Rocha

  1. 'Wake up!'

    Permalink to quote #23
  2. 'Your anger is a gift'

    Permalink to quote #25
  3. 'Fear is your only God.'

    Permalink to quote #22

Related quotes

  1. 'It's not right what you did to my beautiful horse-faced boy! I'm gonna come down there and kick you in your cunt you sick bitch!' (from 'Bright')

    Jerky BoysJerky Boys quote #42
  2. I'm gonna stick your head so far up your ass your gonna have to cut holes in your nipples to see!

    Dwayne (The Rock) JohnsonDwayne (The Rock) Johnson quote #109
  3. Amin didn't treat his enemies as ideological adversaries-only as a physical threat.

    Ryszard KapuscinskiRyszard Kapuscinski quote #1