I think you are right.101Walterton wrote:No way was that written by Joe in 1976Marky Dread wrote:I initially thought the same thing.101Walterton wrote:I thought this was a joke???Marky Dread wrote:Were these the original lyrics?
"All the power is the hands/ Of people rich enough to buy it/ While we walk the streets/ Too chicken to even try it/ And everybody does what they're told to/ And everybody eats supermarket soul-food/ White Riot, I wanna riot/ White riot – a riot of my own!"
White Riot lyrics
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Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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Re: White Riot lyrics
Anyway fuck all this terrible rioting I'm all about elves with lutes now. Just as relevant.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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Re: White Riot lyrics
"...all the songs checked by Mick Jones..."
or not!
Chewing oot a rhythm on my bubblegum
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Re: White Riot lyrics
Don't tell Medulla or he'll blow a fuse.biopunk wrote:
"...all the songs checked by Mick Jones..."
or not!
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
Re: White Riot lyrics
The first lyrics i saw for the song were in '1988 the new wave punk explosion'' way back when.. and contained the supermarket soul food line.
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Re: White Riot lyrics
Another book I used to own.wmhp wrote:The first lyrics i saw for the song were in '1988 the new wave punk explosion'' way back when.. and contained the supermarket soul food line.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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Re: White Riot lyrics
Got it.Marky Dread wrote:Another book I used to own.wmhp wrote:The first lyrics i saw for the song were in '1988 the new wave punk explosion'' way back when.. and contained the supermarket soul food line.
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Re: White Riot lyrics
...and so 5 years later I'm listening to the Fulham Town Hall gig and Joe clearly sings "and everybody eats supermarket soul food".
Sorted.
Sorted.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia