No i dont think this about racism at all, the outro bit goes 'it wont be long till the whole of black boy lane belongs to true hearts and minds and melodies oh...' so there is no mention of 'black boys' what so ever.
For me this is one of Pete's darkest, he sounds totally haunted by this lane 'I ain't going back to BBL, There must be some other way!' he sounds really scared. The lyrics also miss the lines
'16 Track-suits coming up my lane,
16 Track-suits coming up my lane,
There's the men; the ones you must lay,
In which you must lay down and die,
.....
Oh as opposed to strutting all day,
Strutting all night,
Strutting on 'brown,'
Strutting on 'white,'
which is clear references to taking drugs, and people coming up for drug money, maybe with guns and violence?
No i dont think this about racism at all, the outro bit goes 'it wont be long till the whole of black boy lane belongs to true hearts and minds and melodies oh...' so there is no mention of 'black boys' what so ever. For me this is one of Pete's darkest, he sounds totally haunted by this lane 'I ain't going back to BBL, There must be some other way!' he sounds really scared. The lyrics also miss the lines
'16 Track-suits coming up my lane, 16 Track-suits coming up my lane,
There's the men; the ones you must lay, In which you must lay down and die, ..... Oh as opposed to strutting all day, Strutting all night, Strutting on 'brown,' Strutting on 'white,'
which is clear references to taking drugs, and people coming up for drug money, maybe with guns and violence?