A Gospel-The Style Council

[ti:A Gospel] [ar:The Style Council] [al:Cafe Bleu (Digitally Remastere] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Gospel - The Style Council [00:33.36]Handed down from fathers to sons [00:35.35]Was the hatred of weakness and the love of guns [00:38.16]A talk of peace but not in our time [00:40.72]To save our souls and stop the crime [00:43.34]Onwards and upwards but going nowhere [00:45.59]So how many now truthfully swear [00:48.78]That they do no evil see no wrong [00:51.34]The ad-mass agents the writers of song [00:53.90]The bankers the poets the modern day seers [00:56.71]Clouding an issue that was never quite clear [00:59.20] [01:09.44]Sent through the ages of boy to man [01:11.93]The living testament of making a stand [01:14.80]Killing the wicked then raising the dead [01:17.26]Eating propaganda and sh*t spoon fed [01:19.76]Grasping for wisdom but thick all the same [01:22.44]So how many innocents now can claim [01:24.94]That they play with fire and get burnt [01:27.43]And through the same mistakes never get learnt [01:30.18]Hoping for a time it will fall to place [01:32.74]Faith shall show as our saving grace [01:35.89] [01:56.43]Handed down from God with love [01:58.48]Was the whole wide world and some above [02:00.98]But not content to share the land [02:03.85]Greed was shown the winning hand [02:06.47]And those whose greed was the strongest of all [02:08.97]Took upon themselves to lead the call [02:11.47]That some must work while other rest [02:14.15]Without the question of what is best [02:16.95]The leaders the losers and the kings [02:19.51]Pass the rifle butt that tyranny brings [02:22.27] [02:38.81]Passed on over to the chosen few [02:51.86] [03:19.76]Was the promise of freedom with a breadline queue [03:22.01] [03:24.60]Ghetto's gateaux and eating it too [03:27.16]Forcing it all down with a cola brew [03:29.78]The first amendment and the hunt for reds [03:32.28]A conscious contradiction with something said [03:34.64]That they see no evil with eyes shut tight [03:37.51]A coc*ine culture that offers no fight [03:40.14]Dragged from birth drugged to death [03:42.57]The common excuse is just being yourself [03:45.15] [04:06.24]Hand us down before it's too late [04:08.42]The strength and wisdom to change our state [04:11.05]Governed by evil and all it will bring [04:13.54]I can't wait for the day they do the lamppost swing [04:16.29]And no mercy should they be shown [04:18.66]For you cannot reason with the devil's own [04:21.15]They say they hear no evil hands clasped tight [04:23.84]To shut out the victims' screams of ol' Uncle Sam fights [04:26.84]He sweats and he strains as his boney frame comes [04:29.58]Into the womb of an innocent one [04:31.77]Into the womb of an innocent one [04:34.20]Into the womb of an innocent one