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Can you keep a secret
From them other people
If I tell you 'bout wha-gwan?

And would you let me know
If I forget the secret
Took my eye of the ball?

'Cos BINGO now I'm hitting a 6

I know what's going on
I know how you going on
I got the Ra Ra
Go ahead and throw the ball

I don't be running at all
I got my own goal
I stand in one place
And make sure I just hit the ball

Can you keep a secret
From them other people
If I tell you 'bout wha-gwan?

And would you let me know
If I forget the secret
Took my eye of the ball?

'Cos BINGO now I'm hitting a 6

You drink too much Rum
You make me wanna run
I make no assumptions
Ass will get the hump on
Wha's the point of talking gun?
I'm done! Blitz and bombed
That's why I don't run
For the sake of having fun

Can you keep a secret
From them other people
If I tell you 'bout wha-gwan?

And would you let me know
If I forget the secret
Took my eye of the ball?

'Cos BINGO now I'm hitting a 6

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2005-06-08 21:20:34

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by Robert the Devil

17y ago

Swing and a miss Tania322. This is an indictment of the upper class, specifically in England where she spent time growing up. "Hitting a 6" is a cricket term. "Ra ra" is a term for the bourgeoisie England upper class men who claim to have some link to the royal family. "I don't be running at all / I got my own goal." This is like her Terminal Preppy (see Dead Kennedys). This fits with her socialist mentality. Please don't make her support of Palestinians' rights seem ridiculous by claiming that she's writing songs from the perspective of suicide bombers. Even if that wasn't the intent, it's what comes off after MTV does something stupid like ban her and make her seem like a terrorist sympathizer.

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by tania322

18y ago

it obviously written from the perspective of a suicide bomber

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