Well yeah the whole intro is just silly. I mean just how many hip hoppers were there to see The Clash.
I don't think that intro was ever meant to be taken that literally -- to me, it's one of the rare moments of levity that "Strummer and company" allowed themselves. I suspect that Kosmo dreamed it up, so he could have his day in the sun onstage, if only for that 30-second-ish or so interval!
I personally enjoy hearing it, as OTT as it is -- ended up incorporating it into a spoken piece that I wrote seeing them then, and it always goes down well (or has, it's been awhile since I've actually performed it during the whole lockdown era). So it works for me on that level, too.
My comment was tongue in cheek.
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.
