Universal

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1.Riot

Inner City life
Is getting me down
Police and gang wars
All over town
Closing down our clubs
For no good reason
Hassle us on the street
Take away our freedoms

Oh oh we want a riot
Oh oh so sick and tired

Here come the riot squad
They're closing in
Guns and riot shields
And gas grenades
They see us standing there
All in a line
Black and white unite
Confrontations high

Oh oh we want a riot
Oh oh were sick and tired
Oh oh leave us alone

They have a justice bill
That's what they say
Now They have the power now
To put us away
There were four of us
Minding our own
We're a riotous assembly
Walking down the road

Oh oh we want a riot
Oh oh so sick and tired
Oh oh we wanna riot
Oh oh leave us alone!


2.Stranglehold

Lyricist:David Perez

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Gotta do a dance
And it goes like this

Yeah, some little girls got a hold on me
She's only 13 but, oh, so sweet
Got me down on my knees
Got a stranglehold on me

She puts her arms around me like a vice
It's, oh, so painful but nice
But I can only take once or twice
Got a stranglehold on me

Got a stranglehold on me
Got a stranglehold on me
Got a stranglehold on me
Stranglehold


3.Last Man Standing

You take the floor
You're gonna take a fall
It ain't so easy
In fact it's hard as hell

You're the last man standing

Give it some revs
Needle's flicking on red
Don't show no fear
You're in the twilight zone

You're the last man standing

Don't just settle for existence
You're a born survivor
Cuz everywhere you look
They're falling like skittles

You're the last man standing


4.Soho

The streets are narrow and broken down
But there's a heart in there beating
And every freak on every street
Plays out tonight - Go see them

Soho, don't you wanna go?
Steaming in Soho

There goes the king
In a stretched limousine
Passing by the beggar
Every door and ally churning out a beat
Rock 'n' Roll this is your future

Soho, don't you wanna go
Steaming in Soho

There is only one place in this world where the world is in one
place

So if you think that life's a drag
And it's getting you down
Get out, get that train
Just take a ride to Soho town

Soho, don't you wanna go
Steaming in Soho


5.Spoils Of War

The battle field is your market place
Reinforcements for the front
You don't care how long it takes
Just watch the body count

Spoils of war

Decades go rolling by
Another war, another killing
Acquisitions mounting high
Now you're the corporation

Spoils of war

No country - spoils of war
Starving children - spoils of war
Disease and famine - spoils of war
Look at the consequences

Build the walls higher and higher
More tanks, more barbed wire
And when the walls come down
There's always another Somalia

Spoils of war


6.Third World England

There's people dying of starvation
Children thrown on the streets and worse
There's torture and retribution
Has the third world come to us?


Road rage and city crime
Bus drivers stabbed to death
Bouquets and flowers on every corner
Someone's taken their very last breath


Young girls raped, petrol bombs
Everyday shoot outs in down town bars
Mortality rates climb and climb
First world country, third world crime


7.Universal

One's got a gun, the other's got a bigger one
Both have a set of rules
One's got an army, the other's got a bigger army
Both are led by fools

Assholes are universal
One size fits all
Assholes are universal
Universal asshole

Peace is for some, war is for everyone
Just pick up a gun
Shoot your brother, shoot your father
If you only had one

Assholes are universal
One size fits all
Assholes are universal
Universal asshole

We got a new frequency
It's loud and clear
A universal language
Radio without fear

Assholes are universal
One size fits all
Assholes are universal
Universal asshole


8.Hollywood

Film the streets, film the city
It ain't big, it ain't pretty
Anti-septic, clean and sterile
Wasted youth, distorted truth


I hate the way you walk
I hate the way you talk
I hate your empty smile
I hate your sense of style


I hate Hollywood
And I hate Hollywood


9.The Dark (Song For Rassle)

We have not come here to avenge
And this is not an act of pretense
Stay close to a friend
It was on the edge he met his end

There's a light out here into the dark
And a road that goes into the dark
Headlights in the dark
Coming down the road from the dark

Close the window, shut the shade
We don't wanna stand on parade
The night outside has no pity
As we drive from city to city

And the road ahead goes into the dark
And while you sleep, we're into the dark
On and on into the dark
Till all is gone from the dark

I stay awake, watch you sleep
It's the underworld which I seek
And the lost boys are not lost
They're all out here on a cross

And if you stay with me I'll take you out of the dark
Down the road out of the dark
Don't feel afraid, it's only the dark
So take my hand I'll lead you out of the dark


10.Fragile

I'd like to know what's going on
Everything I do is wrong
Everything I say is out of place
If you smile you'll break your face

Fragile - I don't dare to breathe
Fragile - catch your disease
Fragile - walking on thin ice
Fragile - living a lie

Schizophrenic, I'm paranoid
Everything I do, I have to think twice
I can't stand up, and I can't sit down
Now what do I do when you're around?

Fragile - I dare not breathe
Fragile - catch your disease
Fragile - walking on thin ice
Fragile - living a lie

You run away, I'm all alone
It's Saturday morning when you come home
I don't say nothing, don't even breathe
Just one word, I'm dead meat

Fragile - I can hardly breathe
Fragile - feel my disease
Fragile - walking on thin ice
Fragile - living a lie


11.White Lie

Life's a breeze
You say with glee
But it's the passion
You can't achieve

Suit and tie
The life you lead
But it's your big head
So fat with greed

You waste your life
The white lie will not possess me
A life of worth
Means more to me

Suffering
The people under you scream
Your lack of interest
You're fat and pleased

Upper-class
You're the one I hate
If we had our way
You'd burn at the stake

You waste your life
The white lie will not possess me
A life of worth
Means more to me

You waste your life
The white lie will not possess me
A life of worth
Means more to me

Life's a breeze
You say with glee
But it's the passion
You can't achieve

Suit and tie
The life you lead
But it's your big head
So fat with greed

You waste your life
The white lie will not possess me
A life of worth
Means more to me


12.Don't Blame Islam

Don't blame Islam, don't blame the church
Mutilation is the brave new world
Don't blame Islam, don't blame the church
We did not steal your humanity

Religion is evil
Rape of the poor

Don't blame Islam, don't blame the church
They never killed in the name of God
Don't blame Islam, don't blame the church
For the orphans and the hungry children

Religion is evil

Don't blame Islam, don't blame the church
For Jihad crusade
Don't blame Islam, don't blame the church
For ritualized slaughter

Religion is evil
The rape of the poor


13.CID

See that man dressed in black
Pass him by don't look back
Keep in a line and walk straight ahead
One false move could be dead

'Cos he's an underground undercover agent for the CID
CID, CID
Got a loaded 44
Walking armoury store

Take a tip and hear what I say
Don't take no trip down Soho way
If you do you better keep in a line
Make one false move could be doing time

'Cos he's an underground undercover agent for the CID
CID, CID
Got a loaded 44
Walking armoury store

Watch it

Take a tip and hear what I say
Don't take no trip down Soho way
If you do you better keep in a line
Make one false move could be doing time

'Cos he's an underground undercover agent for the CID
CID, CID
Got a loaded 44
Walking armoury store


14.I Couldn't Be You


15.I Live In A Car

Well I live in a car,
Yeah I live in a car
Well I ain't got no television set or stereo
Cos I live in a car
Don't try to call me up on the telephone
Cos I won't be home,
I live in a car
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Well I live in a car,
Yeah I live in a car
Well I ain't got no yard,
No I.D. card cos
I live in a car
Cops try to get me
But I don't care
I'm never there
Yeah I live in a car
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16.Emotional Blackmail

Yeaaaahhhh
And you died the other day
They took you away
To your hospital bed
Keep screwing up my head with

Emotional blackmail
Emotional blackmail
Emotional blackmail
Emotional blackmail

In this game of survival
There's too many rivals
You sink or you swim
Why bother jumping in

And now I can't go home
To razor cuts on bone
Rooms splashed with blood
Needles dipped in mud and

Emotional blackmail
Emotional blackmail
Emotional blackmail now
Emotional blackmail


17.Endangered Species


18.Organised Crime

There's a man who takes your wallet
There's a man who takes your beer
There's a man who takes your woman
There's a man who just takes you

He's a government official
That's what his papers say
He's a government official
And he takes you every day

There's a man who takes your cigarettes
There's a man who takes your car
There's a man who takes the piss out of you
But the biggest thief by far

He's a government official
Knocking on your door
He's a government official
Coming back for more

He's organised
Organised crime
Organised crime

He's organised
Organised crime
Organised crime

There's a man who takes your petrol
There's a man who takes your food
There's a man who takes your place in the queue
There's a man who just takes you

He's a government official
Checking up on you
He's a government official
There's nothing you can do

He's organised
Organised crime
Organised crime

He's organised
Organised crime
Organised crime

He's organised
Organised crime
Organised crime

He's organised
He's organised crime
Organised crime


19.Tomorrow's Girls


20.Teenage

Baby won't you buy me a brand new suit
Like they wore in '62
I wanna be in the latest craze
I wanna be in the news
Wanna get my name on the front page
'Cos my suit was all the rage

Teenage
I wanna be teenage
I wanna be teenage
I wanna be

Baby won't you buy me a pair of wheels
Ten lights and shiny chrome steel
You can be my Lambretta lover
Put your fox furs on my grill
Get your face on the TV screen
You know you're my teenage dream


Baby won't you buy me a real flash car
Tail fins and wire mag wheels
We'll ride on down the freeway
With the police on our heels
Flashing on their speed trap screen
Fastest thing they've ever seen


21.Crash Course

Meet Mr. Media man
He's got the money he's got a plan
Come on and get a crash course
We'll tell you everything we know
Come on and get a crash course
Go where you wanna go

Go to Hollywood meet the stars
No gasoline in their cars
Come on and get a crash course
See you picture in a magazine
Come on and get a crash course
See your face on the TV screen

National network World Service
World domination 'cos you deserve it

Come on and get a crash course


22.Cross Fire

I don't wanna live in Yardyland
Every juvenile delinquent has a gun in his hand
I got a problem with my drugs
I can never, never, never, never, never get enough


I gotta pack, I gotta run
I can't sit here like a smoking gun
So many geese is flying south
Like the lies from your mouth

Crossfire

There's a sniper on the roof
Dogs are barking in the yard
There's the sheriff up a tree
Hey, mr Policeman don't shoot me


23.Papers Lie

Today's papers are in the dock
The jury's out, circulation's up


Need the headlines, believe them or not
Fat cat gets eaten by fatter dog


Another exclusive from the street of shame
A sixteen year old girl takes her clothes off again
We hate pedophiles, we'd have them all killed
But don't worry none, she's on the pill

We want a free press
Don't need abuse
Don't need your egos
We just want news but


24.Custody

Custodians of the law
Protect the rich and fuck the poor
Neighborhood is shot and gone
Surrounded by shit we live on


Custodians of the law
Protect the rich, fuck the poor
Gonna leave this place
Gonna leave this town
Gonna get a ride
Don't wanna be


Neighborhood is burning down
Leave this city, go leave this town


25.Devolution

Dehumanise - devolution
Marginalise - devolution
Deforestise - devolution
Terrorise - devolution

The mother of revolution
You know the prize of everything
And the value of nothing

Live is cheap - devolution
You're in the way - devolution
To the corporation - devolution
You're just human waste

(Devolution) is the mother of revolution
You know the prize of everything
And the value of nothing

Dehumanise - devolution
Marginalise - devolution
Terrorise - devolution
Deforestise - devolution

The mother of revolution
You know the prize of everything
And the value of nothing


26.On My Way

This is what you wanna
And this is what you get
This is not a cabaret
And no nostalgia trip
Drinking, stinking
Trip to the bone
I'm ugly, obnoxious
? And defenseless ?

I'm on my way - one thing left to say
I'm on my way - goodbye

You get up there, a beer in your hand
? and you can hardly stand
And now you're all saucy
And you don't give a fuck
Now this is the irony, that you don't understand

I'm on my way - just one thing to say
I'm on my way - goodbye
Yes I'm on my way - one thing left to say
I'm on my way - goodbye


27.Warhead

Soldiers of Islem are loading their guns
They're getting ready
But the Russian tanks are mowing them down
They're getting ready
There's children in Africa with tommy guns
Getting ready
While the Islam armies are beckoning on
They're getting ready

There's a burning sun
And it sets in the western world
But it rises in the east
And pretty soon
It's gonna burn your temples down

While the heads of state are having their fun
Are they ready?
We're looking at the world through the barrel of a gun
Are we ready?
And you stand there beating on your little war drum
Are you ready?
And it won't be long before your time has come
Are you ready?


Warhead, warhead, warhead
Warhead, warhead, warhead
Warhead, warhead, warhead
Warhead, warhead, warhead

Well I don't know what it is but I feel something coming
Stuck in the middle of the Yankees and the Russians
Better get moving guns are getting loaded
Fast to the border where the tanks are a rolling
There's a nation in fear another nation crying
One nation killing and another nation dying
Talk about guns and escalation bye bye planet let alone a nation


28.Limo Life

I'm sitting here and I wonder why
Could this be true
I'm a dog I am selfish
And did I really do this to you
One day I'll wake up from this dream
And I'll wonder where I am
This God forsaken everybody's taken
It's a nowhere land

All I need is a little bit of action
You can't take five in this limo life
So what's the satisfaction

The rock and roll hall's downtown
They don't know my name
I could be Valentino
To them it's just a game
I stand naked on the street
I scream 'til I'm blue
Nobody sees nobody hears
I'm only passing through

All I need is a little bit of action
But you can't take five in this limo life
So what's the big attraction
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Don't look at me so seriously
What did I say
I am lost then I'm found
Doesn't matter anyway
One day I'm gonna break on through
To the ....??......???
'Til that day comes along
Down the road I go, just looking

All I need is a little bit of action
But you can't take five in this limo life
So what's the big attraction

All I need is a little bit of action
But you can't take five in this limo life
So what's the big attraction

All I need is a little bit of action
But you can't take five in this limo life
So what's the big attraction

All I need is a little bit of action
But you can't take five in this limo life
So what's the big attraction


29.New York State Police

Headlights flashing me
It's the New York State Police
Slow down buddy, pull over there
It's the New York State Police
Where you come from, are you putting me on
It's the New York State Police
Come on boys let's go downtown
It's the New York State Police

82nd precinct boys
82nd precinct boys
82nd precinct boys
We're the boys making all the noise

Get those boxes out of the truck
We're the New York State Police
If Morella's in it'll be our luck
We're the New York State Police
Empty your pockets, take off your clothes
We're the New York State Police
Keep your mouth shut or we'll break your nose
We're the New York State Police

82nd precinct boys
82nd precinct boys
82nd precinct boys
We're the boys making all the noise

Got you on our video screens
We're the New York City Police
OK boys now keep it clean
We're the New York State Police
We ain't green we ain't boy scouts
We're the New York State Police
We know if you're holding out
We're the New York State Police

82nd precinct boys
82nd precinct boys
82nd precinct boys
We're the boys making all the noise


30.Punk Rock