The Undercover Hippy - "Our Streets" (live acoustic) UK RIOTS

Add your voice and have your say! www.undercoverhippy.com/ourstreets

I wrote this song in response to the blinkered and self-interested way in which the goverment and right wing media reacted to the recent riots that happened across our country. Now that the pundits have mostly stopped frothing at the mouth, perhaps we can start to have a look at the real underlying causes of the riots, and no, it wasn't the single mums' fault... :)

So these are my thoughts in lyrical form. But I also want to hear from other people out there, so I've set up a web page where you can download an instrumental of this track. Then you can either produce beats for it, record your own 16 bar verse, add your voice to the chorus, or all three! Then upload your version to youtube (post it as a video response to this video) and soundcloud for everyone to share! I'll also feature it on the web page.

Go to: www.undercoverhippy.com/ourstreets to find out more.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• uk riots
• riots
• politics
• cameron
• tories
• cuts
• alienation
• poverty
• wealth divide
• 16 bars

[Chazza534]

hey man - big fan of your music - any chance you could do a gig around the Brighton area? cheers

[undercoverhippy]

@Chazza534 hey bud, probably in the summer sometime... :)

[undercoverhippy]

Is what who? :) I'm me.

[undercoverhippy]

That would be "dutty ken", proprietor of the pub outside which I'm standing :)

[ion4]

meaningful lyrics are so refreshing in todays society.. keep it up, loving your music. the riots (in my opinion) were a result of people being constantly bombared with marketing and mainstream media telling us what we NEED. people need to think for themselves! :)

[porgie2993]

@rockfingers123 4 evaaa :D haha

[rockfingers123]

@porgie2993 haha, kernow!!

[porgie2993]

@rockfingers123 yes!! cornwall fan here too :)

[rockfingers123]

really enjoying ur vids man, u should come gig in cornwall!!



[Nabila28814]

Is that you?