Here's the new face of rock-n'-roll!
It's about fightin' toe to toe...
Hard times come,
Yeah the hard times go.
When I say, come on, come on.
Scars been stricken on their face.
Well all the hooligans and rudeboys know one thing for sure,
scars been stricken on their face.
Brings anothers opposition,
Completely unbound.
Down on the flats,
Where the seaside meets,
My lonely young town
Well all the rudies and skins,
Well they're out on the streets,
Making the way on the dole,
Between the bottles and sex,
They smash and they wreck,
For something to live.
scars been stricken on their face.
Well all the hooligans and rudeboys know one thing for sure,
scars been stricken on their face.
But to a long life of crime.
Yeah but its so wrong to steal,
Someone's very last meal
To profit up a dime.
Your poe poes and greys,
Sell they end up in jail,
Gonna swing the cowboys.
Well you took a bite,
Outta the apple of decision,
That got ya there boy.
scars been stricken on their face.
Well all the hooligans and rudeboys know one thing for sure,
scars been stricken on their face.
I don't want no racial hatred.
These are the people whose voice I want to be..."
Rancid.
Rudeboys!
Rancid.
Hooligans!
Rancid.
Rudeboys!
Rancid.
scars been stricken on their face.
Well all the hooligans and rudeboys know one thing for sure,
scars been stricken on their face.
What a great song. Patented Rancid and delivers nothing but the best
this is such a touching song. i thought it was "ska's been stricken on their face"...and "black and white, who are for change without violence"...still...awesome song
isn't it bootboys and not rudeboys?
Ummm..excuse me.Banana is right.They say "Bootboys" not rudeboys.Bootboys as in skinheads.Rudeboys does kind of fit in with this song but trust me, it is bootboys.Plus if you listen to the song very close you'll understand it says bootboys.And that part "making the way on the dole" is actually "making the way on the rift."To me (I could be wrong)I think this song is about the tension between rudeboys(hooligans) and the skinheads(bootboys) but they all have they're own way of life.Ok I'm done.
Yes it is bootboys, i always thought i was rudeboys until now. I think skagirlie has it all figured. Although I cant believe no one has mentioned anything about "The Specials" yet. The song features vocals from Lynval and Neville and guitar from Roddy Radiation. How cool is that?
i dont thihnk so, rudeboys were what kids who were into the 2nd wave ska in coventry and then the rest England called themselvs. this song is clerly (to me) a tribute to the specials and the genre they kicked off, and yeah i think the guest appearance kind-of proves that. not only that but if you speak/hear in english then its pretty clear he says rudeboys, not bootboys. hooligans and rudeboys are supposed to be opposites. like the hooligans who turned up to 2tone gigs and caused trouble.
ar ehsur this song isnt bout hooligans^o)
actually i went and listened to it again and it sounds like tim is saying "bootboys" and lynval is saying "rudeboys" which makes sense.
this song makes me happy.
It's Rancid and The Specials right?