The Style Council
The Style Council
The Style Council
The Style Council & Tracey Thorn
The Style Council
The Style Council
The Style Council
The Style Council & Dizzy Heights
The Style Council
The Style Council
The Style Council
The Style Council
Handed down from fathers to sons
Was the hatred of weakness and the love of guns
A tale of peace but not in our time
To save our souls and stop the crime
Marching onwards but going nowhere
So how many now truthfully swear
That they see no evil, do no wrong
The ad-mass agents, the writers of song
The bankers, the poets, the modern day seers
Clouding an issue that was never quite clear
Sent through the ages of boy to man
The living testament of making a stand
Killing the wicked then raising the dead
Eating propaganda and shit spoon fed
Grasping for wisdom, but thick all the same
So how many innocents now can claim
That they play with fire and get burnt
And through the same mistakes never get learnt
Hoping for a time it will fall in place
Faith shall show as our saving grace
Like that y'all
Don't stop y'all
To the march y'all
To the top
Handed down from God with love
Was the whole wide world and some above
But not content to share the land
Greed was shown as the winning hand
And those whose greed was the strongest of all
Took upon themselves to lead the call
That some must work while others rest
Without the question of what is best
The leaders, the losers and the kings
Pass the rifle butt that tyranny brings
That's right y'all
Take that y'all
Too much y'all
Don't stop
It's not a rat race
It's not a drag race
It's not an arms race
Cause that's a mad race
But if we're all part of the human race
Then why ain't this like a just race
Anybody everybody somebody anybody
Anybody in the house just help me
I said all right all right if you're sad and blue
And if you don't know just what to do
Then communication is the key
It's the gift that we're given free
Passed on over to the chosen few
Was the promise of freedom with a breadline queue
Ghetto's, gateaux and eating it too
Forcing it all down with a cola brew
The first amendment and the hunt for reds
A conscious contradiction with something said
That they see no evil with eyes shut tight
A cocaine culture that offers no fight
Dragged from birth, drugged to death
The common excuse is just being yourself
That's right y'all
Take that y'all
To the top y'all
Keep a-rockin'
Hand us down before it's too late
The strength and wisdom to change our state
Governed by evil and all it will bring
I can't wait for the day they do the lamppost swing
And no mercy should they be shown
For you cannot reason with the devil's own
They say, they hear no evil, hands clasped tight
To shut out the victims' screams of ol' Uncle Sam fights
He sweats and he strains as his boney frame comes
Into the womb of an innocent one
A Gospel was written by Paul Weller.
A Gospel was produced by Peter Wilson (Producer) & Paul Weller.
The Style Council released A Gospel on Fri Mar 16 1984.