Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Style Council
The Style Council
Performer
Peter Wilson
Peter Wilson
Programming
Paul Weller
Paul Weller
Vocals
Mick Talbot
Mick Talbot
Keyboards
Steve White
Steve White
Drums
Dizzy Heights
Dizzy Heights
Rap
Hilary Seabrook
Hilary Seabrook
Saxophone
Barbara Snow
Barbara Snow
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul Weller
Paul Weller
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Peter Wilson
Peter Wilson
Producer
Paul Weller
Paul Weller
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Handed down from fathers to sons
It was a hatred of weakness and a love of guns
A tale of peace but not in our times
To save our souls and stop the crimes
[Verse 2]
Marching onwards but a-going nowhere
So how many now can truthfully swear
That they see no evil, do no wrong?
The ad-mat agents, the writers of song
The bankers, the poets, the modern day seers
Clouding an issue that was never quite clear
Oh yeah
[Verse 3]
Sent through the ages of boy to man
The living testament of making a stand
Killing the wicked and raising the dead
Eating propaganda, shit spoon-fed
[Verse 4]
Grasping for wisdom but think all the same
So how many innocents now can they claim?
That they're playing with fire and get burnt
And through the same mistakes, are never get learnt
Hoping for a time it'll fall in place
Faith shall show as our saving grace
[Verse 5]
It's like that, aw (Hey)
It don't stop, y'all (Hey)
We're too much, y'all (Hey)
To the top, oh (Hey)
[Verse 6]
Check this out
[Verse 7]
Handed down from God with love
Was a whole wide world and some above
But not content to share their land
Greed was shown as the winning hand
[Verse 8]
And those whose greed was strongest of all
Took upon himself to lead the call
That some must work while others rest
Without the question of what is the best
The leaders, the losers, even kings
Pass the rifle butt that tyranny brings
[Verse 9]
That's right, y'all (Hey)
Now take that, ah (Hey)
We're too much, y'all (Hey)
Don't stop, come on (Hey)
[Verse 10]
It's not a rat race, it's not a drag race
It's not an arm's race 'cause that's a mad race
But if we're all a part of the human race
Then why ain't this matter, just brace, come on
[Verse 11]
Anybody, everybody
Somebody, anybody
Anybody in the house, just tell me
(Just tell me)
[Verse 12]
Said, alright, alright, if you're sad and blue
And if you don't know just what to do
Then communication is the key
It's a gift that we're given free
[Verse 13]
Passed on down to the chosen few
A promise of freedom, a breadline queue
Ghetto, gateaux, eating it too
You try to wash it down with a cola brew
[Verse 14]
The first amendment, hunt for reds
A conscious contradiction with something said
That they see no evil, hands clasped tight
A cocaine culture offers no fight
Dragged from birth and drugged to death
The common excuse is just being yourself
[Verse 15]
That's right, y'all (Hey)
Take that, ah (Hey)
To the top, oh (Hey)
Keep it rock, oh (Hey)
[Verse 16]
Check this out
[Verse 17]
So hand us down before it's too late
The strength and wisdom to change our state
Governed by evil and all it will bring
Can't wait for the day they do the lamppost swing
[Verse 18]
And then no mercy should then be shown
For you cannot reason with the devil's own
They say, they hear no evil, hands clasped tight
To shut out the victims' screams of Uncle Sam's fights
[Verse 19]
He sweats, he strains, his boney frame comes
Into the womb of an innocent one
I said, into the womb of an innocent one
Into the womb of an innocent one
Written by: Paul Weller
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