resentments

[Beautiful~Mistake]

everybody has them
i been thinkin a lot about some of mine..
and a new one arised last night *L
the bald man took me to work with him a few days ago *L
i got to ride in the gravel truck
and honk the horn
and flash people
it was so great... *L
but the woman at the gravel pit says to him yesterday..
'who's that girl ya were with the other dya... was that yer daughter?'

do i really look that young? *L
i know he doesn't look that old...
fuckin stupid people... *L

[Beautiful~Mistake]

<center>They said that we were trash,
Well the name is Crass, not Clash.
They can stuff their punk credentials
Cause it's them that take the cash.
They won't change nothing with their fashionable talk,
All their RAR badges and their protest walk,
Thousands of white men standing in a park,
Objecting to racism's like a candle in the dark.
Black man's got his problems and his way to deal with it,
So don't fool yourself you're helping with your white liberal shit.
If you care to take a closer look at the way things really stand,
You'd see we're all just niggers to the rulers of this land.

Punk was once an answer to years of crap,
A way of saying no where we'd always said yep.
But the moment we saw a way to be free,
They invented a dividing line, street credibility.
The qualifying factors are politics and class,
Left wing macho street fighters willing to kick arse.
They said because of racism they'd come out on the street.
It was just a form of fascism for the socialist elite.
Bigotry and blindness, a marxist con,
Another clever trick to keep us all in line.
Neat little labels to keep us all apart,
To keep us all divided when the troubles start.

Pogo on a nazi, spit upon a jew,
Vicious mindless violence that offers nothing new.
Left wing violence, right wing violence, all seems much the same,
Bully boys out fighting, it's just the same old game.
Boring fucking politics that'll get us all shot,
Left wing, right wing, you can stuff the lot.
Keep your petty prejudice, I don't see the point,
ANARCHY AND FREEDOM IS WHAT I WANT.
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[LORD HIGH BEAR]

that somewhat disturbs me.

the clash made an impact on a lot of bands. it was the clash that made punk real. they set the standard for what a band with a cause is supposed to be. that's why they're in the hall of fame.

"the question with a lot of bands is, should you be political or shouldn't you be political. some bands say 'oh we'll do it for the fun. yay.' we're just a bit more serious than that."
-joe stummer

it was AFTER the punk explosion that bands started doing things for charity. conserts and such.

and it has made a difference. things are a lot better now than 30 or 40 years ago, as far as racism goings. people are open minded. and a good deal of that goes to political bands.