THE SPECIALS/ RACIST FRIEND (1984)
"If you have a racist friend
Now is the time, now is the time for your friendship to end
Be it your sister
Be it your brother
Be it your cousin or your, uncle or your lover
If you have a racist friend
now is the time, now is the time for your friendship to end
Be it your best friend
Or any other
Is it your husband or your father or your mother?
Tell them to change their views
Or change their friends
Now is the time, now is the time, for your friendship to end
So if you know a racist who thinks he is your friend
Now is the time, now is the time for your friendship to end
Call yourself my friend?
Now is the time to make up your mind, don't try to pretend
Be it your sister
Be it your brother
Be it your cousin or your uncle or your lover
So if you are a racist
Our friendship has got to end
And if your friends are racists don't pretend to be my friend
So if you have a racist friend
Now is the time, now is the time for our friendship to end"
Be it your sister
Be it your brother
Be it your cousin or your, uncle or your lover
If you have a racist friend
now is the time, now is the time for your friendship to end
Be it your best friend
Or any other
Is it your husband or your father or your mother?
Tell them to change their views
Or change their friends
Now is the time, now is the time, for your friendship to end
So if you know a racist who thinks he is your friend
Now is the time, now is the time for your friendship to end
Call yourself my friend?
Now is the time to make up your mind, don't try to pretend
Be it your sister
Be it your brother
Be it your cousin or your uncle or your lover
So if you are a racist
Our friendship has got to end
And if your friends are racists don't pretend to be my friend
So if you have a racist friend
Now is the time, now is the time for our friendship to end"
Οι Specials υπήρξε μια βρετανική 2tone μπάντα που έδρασε μεταξύ 1977 και '84. Όπου "2tone", ένα μπλέξιμο από ska, punk rock, rocksteady, new wave και reggae, που ζούσαν τότε τις χρυσές τους μέρες. Το 2tone αποτελούσε ένα μόνο απ' τα χιλιάδες πολιτισμικά αποτυπώματα της πολυφυλετικής εργατικής τάξης της εποχής. Το "racist friend" είναι απ' το 3ο τους άλμπουμ "in the studio", απ' το οποίο επίσης ξεχώρισε και το "Free Nelson Mandela", τραγούδι ενάντια στο απαρτχάιντ της ν. αφρικής. Ο δίσκος κυκλοφόρησε μετά από την διάλυση του γκρουπ (το οποίο πολλά χρόνια αργότερα διάφοροι φιλότεχνοι φραγκοφονιάδες προσπάθησαν 1-2 φορές να νεκραναστήσουν, με τα γνωστά σ' αυτές τις περιπτώσεις θλιβερά αποτελέσματα).
Όσον αφορά τους στίχους, όμως, του τραγουδιού όλα όσα είπανε ισχύουν, σήμερα περισσότερο από ποτέ. Γι' αυτό και τα μεθυσμένα ξωτικά τους θυμήθηκαν στο ξεskaρτάρισμα τους...
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