Ghetto Defendant by The Clash

- IMAGE -Movie: Rude Boy - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00... MUSIC -Band: The Clash - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T... Combat Rock - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C... Ghetto DefendantLyrics:(Allen Ginsberg lyrics)"(Starved in metropolis)(Hooked on nicrapolis)(Addict of metropolis)(Do the worm on the acropolis)(Slam dance the cosmopolis)(Enlighten the populace)Hungry darkness of livingWho will thirst in the pit?(Hooked in metropolis)She spent a lifetime decidingHow to run from it(Addicts of metropolis)Once fate had a witnessAnd the years seemed like friends(Girlfriends)Now her child has a dream,But it begins like the end(Shot into eternity)(Methadone kitty)(Iron serenity)Ghetto defendantIt is heroin pityNot tear gas nor baton chargeThat stops you taking the city(Strung out committee)Walled out of the cityClubbed down from uptownSprayed pest from the nestRun out to barrio town(The guards are itchy)Forced to watch at the feastThen sweep up the nightFlipped pieces of coin(Broken bottles)Exchanged for birthright(Grafted in a jiffy)Ghetto defendantIt is heroin pity(Strung out committee)Not tear gas nor baton chargeThat stops you taking the city(Not sitting pretty)(Grafetd ina jiffy)Heroin pityNot tear gas nor baton chargeThat stops you taking the cityThe ghetto prince of gutter poetsWas bounced out of the room(Jean arthur rimbaud)By the bodyguards of greedFor disturbing the tomb(1873)His words like flamethrowers(Paris commune)Burnt the ghettos in their chestsHis face was painted whiterAnd he was laid to rest(Died in Marseille)Ghetto defendant(Buried in charleville)It is heroin pityNot tear gas nor baton chargeStops you taking the city(Shut up in eternity)It is heroin pityNot tear gas nor baton chargeThat stops you taking the city(Guatemala, Honduras, Poland)(A hundred years war)(T.V. rerun invasion)(Death squad, Salvador)(Afghanistan, Meditation)(Old Chinese flu)(Kick junk, what else can a poor worker do?)Ghetto defendantIt is heroin pityNot tear gas nor baton chargeWill stops you taking the cityGhetto defendantIt is heroin pityNot tear gas nor baton chargeThat stops you taking the city"

Channel: Music
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: kazozy

Length: 04:40
Rating: 5.00
Views: 6991

Tags: Boy  Clash  Defendant  Ghetto  Punk  Rude  

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