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Tatty Laces
03:17
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All of the chavs and the ravers
All the ones lost in the pavements
We won't let your culture slip away
All of the fucked and the faithless
Clingin' on to tatty laces
We can't let your culture slip away
This is a homage to the ragamuffin big nothin's
Big up to takeaway tray generations
Harry met Sally in a nightclub in Newport
Down Chippy Alley was a world that we all thought was wrong
But it's alright on the night
Where are the hungriest junglists who only want to get pissed?
And big little towns, ups and downs
Just for multiple rounds with the clowns
Did you ever see the DJ look so down?
Daisy chains pursuin' fame who used to live in Pentrebane
The only way to make a name was singin' in Womanby lane
It was always tunes up in the stars
And now it's chasin' girls in bars
But the same old faces are still at large
Bouncin' on the neon tar
Baby blue tracksuit - release me from this acne
Dragon Taxis pick me up from Llanrumney
St Mellons to Ely, put your hands up if you feel me
All the nutters and spacecakers
'alf and 'alf munchers and wasters
Please don't let the city get you down
All dealer types and money makers
Local characters reppin' Cathays cause
You're the only interesting people in this town!
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Java / Cheer Up
04:41
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We've been down in adversity. so long, so long
If we unite then we will be free, so strong, so strong
So, cheer up Joel Beswick, cheer up Rory Saunders
Cheer up John Whittles on the drums, cheer up L-Hyo
(Now I'm gonna speak about a brother who made me think
If people are united for the same reason
I have no doubts at the least, we'd be happier
Stronger and free, just like you say
Now I wanna see everyone jumping
This is Junior Bill & The Scallies from Portugal to the Valleys on stage
This is an invasion, this anything goes
So, everyone put your hands up, up in the sky
And let's all shout out loud)
(Directly from Portugal to Wales
The valleys to the city of Cardiff, L-Hyo people
There are good things that come for a reason
Although unexpected, amazing to know
That I would be rapping with you guys
Woah they are big in the game
People this is Junior Bill & The Scallies
A super big band, sweet, this is it, no chance
We are going to smash it, no doubt
Do you doubt? Well, listen
It is so beautiful, like I said before
I don't wanna ask for more
I just wanna see everybody united, more united, even more united
Because united we've been always bigger than you think
Those who want you to believe you're small
Will only say it if you let them
You give more than enough reasons to allow them
You know what? Stop them now, believe in yourself)
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Up In Lines
05:26
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A proper job's not hard to find
People get them all time
That's why we're always queuing up in lines
(A proper job isn't hard to find
But I haven't got one (that's what I mean)
You worry too much
The queues get bigger and one promises more
The other one even more and the other one still more
But life doesn't let us playing around
And therefore, thanks to God, a new Mandela is coming
Who from prison to prison has been educating himself in the light of the candles
Building up from a window the speech that would be changing the world's thinking:
"I don't want to be compared to Nero but I don't buy their ideas, no
I am not stupid nor do I tolerate them, my rap is a serious thing
I don't let them to play around in my empire nor in the ministry
I don't accept all this talk and no actions
Don't take any notice of the news
Brother you have studied to become engineer but you are jobless?"
"And it is in that way that one more big heart like me is going to make history
Like God always hoping and wishing, and not like human beings,
Always wanting, wishing to make
Today's world is what it is (destroyed) thanks to a half dozen of bananas who run election campaigns promising worlds and funds
But in the end they do nothing
Playing with our money by making propaganda, it is what it is
Believe people: you have the authority but you don't make your voice heard
You complain and defame whoever faces the bad boys
And debate about important issues, like how to end the political system
Which leaves us confused, not knowing where to go.
Let go the feeling of fear, knowing doesn't take up space at all
Get yourself out of this movie, the secret is in your strength
Which is found inside you, put an end to it now brother!"
"Oh united we will always win, there is nothing or anyone who can intimidate us
We are all brothers, we're all members of the same family
We are all from the same blood
So even when we misunderstand each other, whatever brother!
For I will not let the system take advantage upon us, no, I will not let it happen")
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Manda Ritmo
04:20
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The start is a long, cold, lonely winter
But happiness is not a destination
Nothing changes when you're a legal drinker
So never think above your station
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Cop Pacificação
04:50
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Welcome to Cop Pacificação
Leave your shinpads behind
You won't need them no more
There are only four teams in Cop Pacificação
A melhor defesa e aquela com mator armar de fogo
(The best defence is that which has bigger fire power)
But militia strikes against tykes on push bikes
There ain't no way to level the score
Too many kids on the floor now
There are no rules in Cop Pacificação
Traficantes filled the referee with lead
And there ain't no winners in Cop Pacificação
T.V. highlights show clips of the dead
Strikers make runs but defenders got guns
In the city of God, you only see red
Players get shot to the head now!
(And who never heard about the City of God? É nois, shhh
In Rio, whoever makes my people look like stupid
Wait there! Stop the party!
Just because you are in suit see
Doesn't mean you will intimidate or fool me
With your projects and methods
That aim for 'a better future for the nation'
There is so much hypocrisy from police agents in the peripheries
What for? For pacification?
Is this provocation or what?
You've been spending millions in the World Cup
Magazines, Newspapers, T.V. gossip
And what about the country?
"Whatever! it doesn't make any difference to us"
Typical thoughts of a politician, watch out people!)
Who do you think you are boy?
You're not a superstar, boy
You'll never get that far, boy
When you come from the favela, boy
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Som Do Brasil
09:16
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Som Do Brasil, play Junior Bill
(Sounds of Brazil, toca Junior Bill)
(Girl, being famous it isn't important to me
My heart is calling for you
"When are we going to bed to watch that T.V. programme?
And then, just us... can't believe it, that's amazing!
That is all I was dreaming about
No money, one love and one hut
I am dancing, you're dancing
Until I get tired, you won't rest
I go crazy when you shift the gear
I love when you use those pigtails and you throw that look
You go along and without touching me
You take me to explore the other side of the world
Even now I am still unable to explain it)
(Beautiful girl you are my everything
Sensual, never without salt
And always with Latin vibe
Beauty with divine soul, my map, my life
I just wanna be with you
And live the dream for ever my Caipirinha)
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