Ghetto Defendant - The Clash

HUNGRY DARKNESS OF LIVING

WHO WILL THIRST IN THE PIT?

SHE SPENT A LIFETIME DECIDING

HOW TO RUN FROM IT

ONCE FATE HAD A WITNESS

AND THE YEARS SEEMED LIKE FRIENDS

HER BABIES CAN DREAM

BUT DREAMS BEGIN LIKE THE END

GHETTO DEFENDANT

IT IS HEROIN PITY

NOT TEAR GAS NOR BATON CHARGE

THAT STOPS YOU TAKING THE CITY

WALLED OUT OF THE CITY

CLUBBED DOWN FROM UPTOWN

SPRAYED PEST FROM THE NEST

RUN OUT TO BARRIO TOWN

FORCED TO WATCH AT THE FEAST

THEN SWEEP UP THE NIGHT

FLIPPED PIECES OF COIN

EXCHANGED FOR BIRTHRIGHT

THE GHETTO PRINCE OF GUTTER POETS

WAS BOUNCED OUT OF THE ROOM

BY THE BODYGUARDS OF GREED

FOR DISTURBING THE TOMB

HIS WORDS LIKE FLAMETHROWERS

BURNT THE GHETTOS IN THEIR CHESTS

HIS FACE WAS PAINTED WHITER

AND HE WAS LAID TO REST

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