White Riot lyrics

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101Walterton wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:
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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!"
I thought this was a joke???
I initially thought the same thing.
No way was that written by Joe in 1976
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Anyway fuck all this terrible rioting I'm all about elves with lutes now. Just as relevant.
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"...all the songs checked by Mick Jones..."

or not! :mrgreen:
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"...all the songs checked by Mick Jones..."

or not! :mrgreen:
Don't tell Medulla or he'll blow a fuse. :mrgreen:
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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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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.
Another book I used to own.
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Marky Dread wrote:
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.
Another book I used to own.
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...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. :approve:
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