In Our Blood - Tribute to Joe Strummer / RADICAL PICNIC

Tribute by Radical Picnic to punk legend Joe Strummer of The Clash.
Radical Picnic salutes Joe Strummer for his musical, artistic and political inspiration to a generation. Fighting racism and oppression and speaking to the consciousness of an era in transition and all who believe in freedom.
Lyrics by accomplished Poet, Dave Lordan inspired by Joe and the anti-capitalist movement.

lyrics (Tribute to Joe Strummer)

Your words were boots Joe, boots in Lewisham
When black and white and yellow riot put down the Nazi scum,
And in Trafalgar Square in ninety-one
When the fury of our rainbow class put Thatcher on the run
Your words were firing like a gun Joe, firing like a gun.

I heard your booming words echo
Through the streets of Prague- when we shut the World Bank down
And you were roaring vengeance in Genoa
when we had to fight through gas and bullets just to hold our ground

And when the many-headed future met in Florence
Everyone knew your name Joe Your songs were all around.

- And when the threw me in a cell Joe
I sang straight to hell Joe
And when they stood me up in court Joe
I hummed the Brixton guns Joe

Oh Joe! when you got up to sing
It was a fist in a copper's face It was a pitchfork in a landlord's neck
It was a bullet in a contra's gut It was an arrow in the eye of a general
It was a kick in the balls for the rich.

It was everything good Joe It was everything good

And when us Zombies and us Rastas and us Punks and Workers win
You will be singing in our blood Joe
You will be dancing like speed in our veins

- Dave Lordan

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Joe Strummer
• The Clash
• Anti-Capitalism
• Radical Picnic
• Dave Lordan Poet
• Punk

[Grammski]

Ha ha!!! A dope smoking Neo-nazi... what an idiot cracker you are!

One Race - The Human Race!

Joe Strummer forever!

Mj681 F.O.A.D.!

[mark191416]

Brilliant tribute, only them that knows it feels it. or felt it. five pentagrams and favourites. pure poetry