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“Salvation,” from Rancid’s second studio album, Let’s Go is the song that first attracted attention to the punk band hailing from Oakland, CA. Though lead singer Tim Armstrong’s slurred vocals make the words somewhat difficult to discern, the song is a simple one, about the ways in which the rich wa...
Come on baby won't you show me what you got
I want your salvation
Ooh-oh-oh
There's a neighborhood called Blackhawk
Where all the rich people hide
I was down on my luck, workin' for the Salvation Army
The shelter's where I reside
Every day we drive in to Blackhawk and we pick up the offerings
Microwaves, refrigerators for the suffering
Come on baby won't you show me what you got
I want your salvation
Ooh-oh-oh
I can't believe these people live like kings
Hidden estates and diamond rings
I'm a rat out on a mission
I'm in your front yard under suspicion
Come on baby won't you show me what you got
I want your salvation
Ooh-oh-oh
Salvation was written by Matt Freeman & Tim Timebomb.
Salvation was produced by Brett Gurewitz.
After five trips to a detox facility in nearby Richmond, Calif., a routine later documented in Let’s Go’s “7 Years Down,” Armstrong was forced to take a job with the Salvation Army collecting clothing and furniture. Sober only two weeks, Armstrong alerted Freeman that he wanted to regroup. “Whether...