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they said that we were trash well the name is crass not clash they can stuff their punk credentials cause it's them that take the cash they won't change nothing with their fashionable talk their rar badges and their protest walk thousands of white men standing in a park objecting to racism like a candle in the dark black man's got his problems and his way to deal with it so don't fool yourself you're helping with your white liberal shit if you care to take a closer look at the way things really stand you'd see we're all just niggers to the rulers of this land punk was once an answer to years of crap a way of saying no where we'd always said yep but the moment we found a way to be free they invented a dividing line, street credibility the qualifying factors are politics and class left wing macho street fighters willing to kick arse they said because of racism they'd come out on the street it was just a form of fascism for the socialist elite bigotry and blindness, a marxist con another clever trick to keep us all in line neat little labels to keep us all apart to keep us all divided when the troubles start pogo on a nazi, spit upon a jew vicious mindless violence that offers nothing new left wing violence, right wing violence all seems much the same bully boys out fighting, it's just the same old game boring fucking politics that'll get us all shot left wing, right wing, you can stuff the lot keep your petty prejudice, i don't see the point anarchy and freedom is what i want
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this song is about punk's divisions: political (left wing/ right wing), racial (black/ white), and class (working class/ middle class, upper class)
it strips the deception of The Clash's superficial punk integrity exposing their exploitation of punks essence as a path for profit.
"punk credentials"
"if you care to take a look at the way things really stand,
you'll see we're all just niggers to rulers of this land"
this pretty much says that the government leaders treat everyone like shit but they have the punks distracted with the divisions and the violence that occurs because of them, while the root of these problems is the deprivation of anarchy and freedom.
"another clever trick to keep up all in line"
added for clarity.
The song is mostly about the opinion had over The Clash's behavior and involvement with regards to the Rock Against Racism event.
a) pure
b) pure fucking punk.
great reasoning. but maybe you could try liking it because it's pure fucking music, regardless of its punk status. crass didn't sit down and say, "hey penny, let's write a song that's PURE FUCKING PUNK." and don't ever suggest that crass doesn't know what they were talking about, it's just an overall bad idea. if they have an opinion, it doesn't mean they don't know what they're talking about.