▁was ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁notes ▁that ▁Core y ▁had ▁s ung ▁– ▁my ▁attempt ▁to ▁repeat ▁that ▁[ on ▁guitar ]. ▁I ▁already ▁had ▁the ▁lyr ics , ▁but ▁with ▁the ▁music ▁in ▁place ▁it ▁very ▁quickly ▁took ▁on ▁a ▁life ▁of ▁its ▁own ." ▁ ▁Political ▁figures ▁named ▁" C ult ▁of ▁Person ality " ▁prom in ently ▁includes ▁several ▁audio ▁samples ▁of ▁speech es ▁from ▁ 2 0 th - century ▁political ▁leaders . ▁ ▁The ▁song ▁begins ▁with ▁an ▁edited ▁quote ▁from ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁" Message ▁to ▁the ▁Gr ass ▁Ro ots ", ▁a ▁speech ▁by ▁Mal col m ▁X : ▁"... ▁And ▁during ▁the ▁few ▁moments ▁that ▁we ▁have ▁left , ▁... ▁We ▁want ▁to ▁talk ▁right ▁down ▁to ▁earth ▁in ▁a ▁language ▁that ▁everybody ▁here ▁can ▁easily ▁understand ." ▁ ▁During ▁a ▁rest ▁in ▁the ▁music ▁at ▁ 4 : 3 5 , ▁John ▁F . ▁Kennedy ' s ▁inaug ural ▁address ▁is ▁heard ▁(" A sk ▁not ▁what ▁your ▁country ▁can ▁do ▁for ▁you ▁... "). ▁The ▁song ▁ends ▁with ▁Franklin ▁D . ▁Ro ose vel t ▁saying ▁" The ▁only ▁thing ▁we ▁have ▁to ▁fear ▁is ▁fear ▁itself ", ▁from ▁his ▁first ▁inaug ural ▁address . ▁The ▁lyr ics ▁mention ▁Ben ito ▁M uss ol ini , ▁Joseph ▁St alin , ▁and ▁Mah at ma ▁Gand hi . ▁According ▁to ▁Vern on ▁Re id , ▁Adolf ▁Hitler ▁was ▁originally ▁also ▁in ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁but ▁was ▁pulled ▁due ▁to ▁fear ▁that ▁referring ▁to