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Smugglers & Scholars was released on May 1, 2026 by Heavenly Recordings as a part of the album FENIAN

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Kneecap

Lead Vocals

Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh

Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh

Lead Vocals

NAOISE IARLA Ó CAIREALLÁIN

NAOISE IARLA Ó CAIREALLÁIN

Lead Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Dan Carey

Composer

Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh

Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh

Lyrics

NAOISE IARLA Ó CAIREALLÁIN

NAOISE IARLA Ó CAIREALLÁIN

Lyrics

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Dan Carey

Producer

Alexis Smith

Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Mhúscail sibh an fáthach, ní duine maslach mé, but I'm past that

Ár n-athair atá lán de agro, focan fág na cunts mar creatlach

Níl mé ach ag magadh

Get me back on the leash, madadh

Embarrassed the police, the magistrates, the prosecution agus an Bhreitheamh

I'll never learn my lesson

Always be government's obsession

Talk of the town when I'm walking around, tá do mháthair gafa liom freisin

Calling mé sceimhleitheoir, never heard that said before

Buíochas le dia gur luaigh sibh sin liom, I'd mostly been lying in bed before

[Chorus]

Smugglers and scholars

Getting guns with American dollars

Did it before, do it again, no bother

Don't need your help with internal matters

Smugglers and scholars

Getting guns with American dollars

Did it before, do it again, no bother

Don't need your help with internal matters

[Verse 2]

Níl faic a dhéanann muidinne nios fearr

Scrios ar an rialtas ó bun go barr

Ar fad in sa stair Éirí amach gach glúin

Ní luíonn muid sios ró éasca, ciúin

Let me bring it all back to the start

In sa cheantar seo you're gonna go far

Má léirionn tú meas do na daoine ar fad

A tháinig romhat agus a d'imigh tríd slad

A mhair tríd an ifreann thanks be to god

'Cause na sé chontae was an awful slog

Is muid an drúcht geal ceo ag cuir i gcuimhne dó

Go n-éirionn an fhuiseog beo in sa cheol

Éist

Is gan dabht

Bhí muid fágtha le cnoc an anfa

Thit se anuas and nai we're laughin'

Got it all nai and we started with nathin

[Chorus]

Smugglers and scholars

Getting guns with American dollars

Did it before, do it again, no bother

Don't need your help with internal matters

Smugglers and scholars

Getting guns with American dollars

Did it before, do it again, no bother

Don't need your help with internal matters

[Verse 3]

Soilse gorma sa tsráid

Cuirfidh muid glaoch ar na bais

Iad siúd atá i gceannas no lies

Anois tá teannas outside

But the neighbours are wise

Staying put 'cause they're not no spies

Ingearán thuas it's now doing laps

Thart anseo níl trust do na cops

And the boys in black at the shops

With petrol bombs and their favourite rocks

[Verse 4]

Is breá liom mo phobail

Still keep my head down, suas le mo chochall

Siúil taobh sráide, movements subtle

Man of a few words, cúplá focal

You think it's all poetry and clovers

When it's raincoats and police Land Rovers

Salt of the earth, looking over their shoulder

Someone shot in turf, chopper hovering over

Seo Fenian gluaiseacht

Coinnigh gach rud druidte seachas cluasa

Joyriders déanamh scrios ar ghluaisteáin

Ceantar seo thuas seal, thíos seal

It's not Catchphrase, don't say what you see

Splinter groups ag an doras san oích

They won't need warrant they won't need keys

'Cause they've got an appointment with your son's knees

[Chorus]

Smugglers and scholars

Getting guns with American dollars

Did it before, do it again, no bother

Don't need your help with internal matters

Smugglers and scholars

Getting guns with American dollars

Did it before, do it again, no bother

Don't need your help with internal matters

Written by: Dan Carey, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, NAOISE IARLA Ó CAIREALLÁIN

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