Riots by KeyKrusher
Composed this in nanostudio while on holiday in Greece. Saw the England riots on tv and was shocked and disgusted by the behaviour, moved by the speech of the father who's son had been murdered and was appealing for calm. Then I heard David Cameron's take on it - started out sensibly then started blaming the riots on health and safety and Human Rights! This made very cross! and inspired me to do this track. I already had a little hill-billy guitar rif on my itouch that a friend Sheldon Carolan had played. So I spliced it up and turned it into an urban hiphop loop - the basis of this track.
Later I realised it needed rapping. As I could not find any cool rappers to do it, I had to resort to doing it myself - KeyKrusher-stylie!
Tracklist
| 1. | Riots | 3:50 |
Lyrics
I'm in a far off land watching tv
Seeing destruction in my own country
Buses on fire, looting in the shops
Violent attacks, from hooded mobs
It sickens me, it has to stop
How did we end up with this rot
Is it simple criminality?
Should we lock'em up? through away the key?
This is a story of two different men
A bereaved man, and a politician
The man who has, lost his son
Appealing to humanity, pleading for calm
The man in charge of UK PLC
Exploiting the riots, it's a travesty
Standing in front of a graffiti wall
To get with the kids but he don't look cool
Blaming health and safety is insanity
Cutting the HSE is a travisty
Selling off schools and the NHS
Using the riots to justify his mess
Bad behaviour of the people at the top
Bent chief cops, and the phone hacking lot
Ministers in bed with the tabloid press
Hands in the till and the banking mess
It's no good talking 'Big society'
While representing greedy pig societies
An echo of the Thatcher years
A coalition that will end in tears
Lets stop reckless irresponsibility
On streets as well as the powers that be
Let's sort this situation cool and calm
So no more Dads are left without a son
Credits
Composed, Performed and Produced by Nigel Hammond, AKA KeyKrusher
