Dear England (feat. Mai Khalil)-Danny Gottlieb on drums

[ti:Dear England (feat. Mai Khalil)] [ar:Lowkey] [al:Soundtrack to the Struggle...] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Dear England (feat. Mai Khalil) - Danny Gottlieb on drums [01:25.36]Whoa give me the words give me the words [01:30.58] [01:31.99]That tell me I failed [01:35.25] [01:36.22]Dear England [01:37.00]Whoa give me the words give me the words [01:44.01]That tell me I failed [01:49.04] [01:49.79]They say God save the queen Britannia rules the waves [01:53.25]Britannia's in my genes but Britannia called us slaves [01:55.80] [01:56.57]Britannia made the borders cos Britannia's forces came [01:59.29] [02:00.02]Britannia lit the match but Britannia fears the flame [02:02.56] [02:03.51]Where blood stains the pavement tears stain the cheek [02:06.03] [02:06.77]When privilege is threatened the fear reigns supreme [02:09.41] [02:10.34]Where bankers are earning from burning and looting [02:12.83] [02:13.71]The nervous are shooting we search for solutions [02:16.82] [02:17.33]I shed a tear for the father in Birmingham [02:18.92]A quick swerve for the car and it murdered them [02:20.71]In Tottenham the apartments were burnin [02:21.93]And nobody came just arson and circulin' [02:24.00]All wanna be down [02:25.64]Til TV's get robbed like jewels and the queen's crown [02:27.96]They see now no thoughts for a rebound [02:29.52]See now they call me a fool cus I speak out [02:31.42]Peoples are humans not mindless animals [02:32.39]This violent tyrannical system is fallable [02:33.51]Hand in the looter the minute you see him [02:35.09]But the biggest looters are the British Museum [02:36.50]This happened here and you think it's an accident [02:38.85]Just relax or we slip into fascism [02:41.15]And the fear gets drilled into your hearts [02:42.92]But remember these children are all ours [02:44.56] [02:46.11]Whoa give me the words give me the words [02:52.18] [02:53.63]That tell me I failed [02:57.68] [02:58.48]Dear England [02:58.84]Whoa give me the words give me the words [03:06.04] [03:08.13]That tell me I failed [03:11.24] [03:12.01]If a policeman can kill a black man where he found him [03:14.68]A solider can kill an Afghan in the mountains [03:18.22] [03:18.95]A petty thief can get ransacked from his housing [03:21.56] [03:22.33]While the bankers are lounging that's my surroundings [03:24.26]They took land no one in your family has heard of [03:29.31]Before you sleep whisper the mantra you learnt cause [03:31.83] [03:32.68]Never will there be a day the cameras are turned off [03:35.57] [03:36.10]Who runs this country Cameron or Murdoch [03:38.77] [03:39.68]Who's the government a government that cant govern [03:42.52]Cant you figure this way they get Mark Duggan [03:44.17]Bigger than Smiley bigger than John Rouse [03:46.05]Hundreds are dead not one killer was on trial [03:47.89]Just a familiar sound of hysteria [03:48.91]Bombs over Libya but not this area [03:50.16]Downing Street I can find villains [03:51.24]Cut education privatize prisons [03:52.05]Surprised by theft when It's organized [03:53.18]But mass of morality is normalized [03:54.35]Assumptions surrounding the looting of London [03:55.80] [03:56.55]But this is a system consumed by consumption [03:57.83]It happened here and you think it's an accident [04:00.21]Just relax or we slip into fascism [04:01.50]And the fear gets drilled into your hearts [04:03.15]But remember these children are all ours [04:04.14]Whoa give me the words give me the words [04:05.33]That tell me I failed [04:06.24]Dear England [04:06.89]Whoa give me the words give me the words [04:14.88] [04:16.58]That tell me I failed [04:19.77] [04:20.85]Whoa give me the words give me the words [04:28.64] [04:29.68]That tell me I failed [04:33.34] [04:35.41]Whoa give me the words give me the words [04:41.93] [04:43.38]That tell me I failed [04:47.22] [04:48.34]Dear England [04:49.65]Whoa give me the words give me the words [04:56.18] [04:57.91]That tell me I failed