The Clash - Kingston Advice

In these days you can get no rice
No razor blades but you can get knife
In these days see the people run
They have no food but the boy have gun
In these days they don't throw the stone
Nor use the voice they use the gun alone
In these days to be an oddity
Be hunted down like a scarcity

In these days don't beg for life
Wanna take Kingston advice?
Oh please don't beg for your life

In these days the beat is militant
Must be a clash there's no alternative
In these days nations are militant
We have slavery under government
In these days in the firmament
I look for signs that are permanent

In these days with no love to give
The world will turn with no one left to live

In these days don't beg for life
Wanna take Kingston advice?
Please please, don't beg for your life

In these days...

In these days I don't know what to do
The more I see the more I'm destitute
In these days I don't know what to sing
The more I know the less my tune can swing

In these days you can get no rice
No razor blades but you can get knife
In these days see the people run
They have no food but the boy have gun

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[Ferago2]

Great song. I've always thought that Sandinista was a much better/more interesting album than the constantly praised London Calling.

[iateyourmomsdog]

@Ferago2 I really enjoy both. I've been listening to London Calling for 2 days straight, time to switch to Sandinista. ;)

[GinkyGinky]

for me is one of the best... a lot of clash songs are not very known but great, like overpowered by funk, ivan meets g.i. joe, version city, something about england, rebel waltz... i can continue for hours lol

[iateyourmomsdog]

thanks for the comment! :)

and yes I agree!

[falvaroth]

I believe the best way to describe "Sandinista" is by seeing as a treasure chest, with another chest inside, and another, and another, and another...

[Onimbus]

such an underrated album

[rutaloot]

forgot how much I like this song 

[julianoberquo]

@Ferago2 I think its 'cause Sandinista! is much more explicitly leftist than London Calling and the media don't want this to be praised.

[Cardelaneous]

@Ferago2 Absolutely. "Sandinista!" is the high point for the Clash -- greater melody, variety, quality than "London Calling," which also is a great album.

[dumtrainerpierce]

@falvaroth That's a pretty good analogy. But it doesn't sound like there's any actual treasure in the equation...

[Molesworth2K]

I love Sandinista! but it should have been a double not a triple. This is one that I'd have elbowed, to be honest.  Joe's lyrics usually have a great flow, this one just doesn't

[goonchistaw]

they were writing the future 30 yrs ago

"the future is unwritten"

or is it ??

what a blowout song

[Khultan]

Thank you for including the lyrics. You have no idea what I thought they were saying. Thank you, so much : )