Ghetto Defendant

(the clash)

Do the worm on Acropolis Slamdance the Cosmopolis Enlighteen the populace

Hungry darkness of living Who will thirst in the pit
Hooked in Metropolis She spent a lifetime deciding  How to run from it
Addicts of Metropolis Once fate had a witness
And the years seemed like friends
Girlfriend Her babies can dream
But dreams begin like the end
Shot into eternity Methadone kitty
Iron serenity Ghetto Defendant
It is heroin pity Not tear gas nor baton charge
That stops you taking the city Strung out committee

Walled out of the city Clubbed down from uptown
Sprayed pest from the nest Run out to Barrio Town The guards are itchy Forced to watch at the feast Then sweep up the night
Flipped pieces of coin
Broken bottles Exchanged for birthright
Graphed in a jiffy Strung out committee
Sitting pretty Graphed in a jiffy
No pity, pretty The ghetto Prince of gutter poets
Was bounced out of the room
Jean Arthur Rimbaud By the bodyguards of greed
For disturbing the tomb
1873 His words like flamthrowers
Paris Commune
Burnt the ghettos in their chests
His face painted whiter
And he was laid to rest Died in Marseille
Buried in Charleville
Shut Up

Soap floods oil in water All churn in the wake
On the great ship of progress The crew can't find the brake Klaxons are blaring
The admiral snores command
Submarines boil in oceans
While the armies fight with suns