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Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down Lyrics
Each day I wake up in this gray old town
Each day the system tries to bring me down
With a minimum wage in the factory
I'm slaving in the Twentieth Century
And the whole damn world is gangin up
to bring me to my knees
And now the neighbors make it loud and clear
That they want no ravers moving in around here
I won't play ball, won't do as I'm told
I'd rather be a square peg in a round hole
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Don't let them grind you down
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Don't let them grind you down
I'm living in a world where I don't really fit
Every day walking through the same old shit
I'm gonna get my gun, gonna get prepared
I'm not impressed and I'm not scared
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Don't let them grind you down
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Don't let them grind you down
Me say...
Ah we livin in da ghetto
On da streets of dis town
...you a man
You stand up firm
Gotta stand up strong
Listen ghetto youth
Dis how we keep in da land
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Don't let them grind you down
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Don't let them grind you down
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Don't let them grind you down
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Don't let them grind you down
Each day the system tries to bring me down
With a minimum wage in the factory
I'm slaving in the Twentieth Century
And the whole damn world is gangin up
to bring me to my knees
That they want no ravers moving in around here
I won't play ball, won't do as I'm told
I'd rather be a square peg in a round hole
Don't let them grind you down
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Don't let them grind you down
Every day walking through the same old shit
I'm gonna get my gun, gonna get prepared
I'm not impressed and I'm not scared
Don't let them grind you down
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Don't let them grind you down
On da streets of dis town
You stand up firm
Gotta stand up strong
Listen ghetto youth
Dis how we keep in da land
Don't let them grind you down
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Don't let them grind you down
Don't let them grind you down
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Don't let them grind you down
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"I'm not a prankster, I'm not scared"?
As for the patois part, this is what I've got so far:
"Me say teh war must start Dem no one can a win Dem a talk about da taller Dem a think a fi me get
Dem a fi kick on teh foot When I jump on riddim And the whole world stop Upon teh dem high fear
Are we livin in da ghetto On a streets a get sharp I don't think that you need A gun to act up as a man You got to stand in firm And stand up strong Listen ghetto youth Dis how we keep in da land"
A correction: "and the whole world start // 'pon teh dem high gear // when we livin in teh ghetto..."
A correction: "and the whole world start // 'pon teh dem high gear // when we livin in teh ghetto..."
haha ever notice that this is the theme song to the cartoon-show "Ka-BLAM!"?
as for the meaning...the title says it all. the toasters dont try to disguise their message too much, haha.
Jazz.
Two-Tone Army is the theme song to Ka-Blam.
"nolites te bastardes carborundorum"
I think this song is about not letting the bastards grind you down.