Dan Bull - This Is England Lyrics






The 1980s was a time of strife, the Falklands War, the miners' strikes
The poor got poorer, while all of the fat cats had the time of their life
Now Shaun was a troubled lad, who could have had a family, could have had a mum and dad, but his dad
went away and wasn't coming back, and he just wanted someone to understand that fact
And that's exactly what happened one day in a dank underpass
It'd come to pass that some cunts were laughing at his mum's fashion and he'd had enough of that
He come across a couple of lads having a chuckle that asked him what was up? What's the matter?
So he told them the answer and they brightened him right up with their banter
til Gadget come back with a grudge and some cans and demanded "budge or I'll batter you"
So Shaun goes home alone, he knows the ropes of the fuckery that's happening
He roams the lonely roads and knows there's no-one to trust and be happy with
But next day there's a tap on the pane of his glass, it came from the path and it's Gadget
He's asking if Shaun wants to play, but Shaun isn't sure what to say
Woody wants to know would he want to go because he's sorry for the other day
Boys will be boys, buildings destroyed with military toys, the voiceless
Youth amused by noise, abuse, let loose, an excuse to avoid the truth
loosen the noose for a moment til they have to go home to a home that's hopeless
New shoes just won't cut it, if you want to let your hair down, go and cut it
A new suit, boots and braces, new mates to play with, share the pain with
Parents hate it, scared of changes, and letting their little tearaways get away with it
They're at an age where they'll go to parties and be exposed to the harsh things
It's hard being dark seeing as the friends of your friends are incredibly right wing
He can't mean what he says, he's a mate but he's asking you whether you're Jamaican or
English, because your skin's different to his he considers you insidious
Then shit begins to get serious, how did we get here to this?
Giving a talk on the British and forces being killed in the war in the Falklands
Then Shaun took a swing at him all because this was the war where he nearly was orphaned
Awful things happen, you have to draw a line, with a choice to walk away or stay behind
Combo saw what the naked eye couldn't, the pain inside Shaun that made him ripe
for the patriots' fight for the land so he made them shake hands and say goodbye
Sad, but it must be. It was time to take a drive, and travel the country
And after the National Front meet, Sean got moved from the back to the front seat
Truly one of the gang and a thug, see, that's when stuff really began to get ugly
Tagging profanities in backstreets, bashing Pakistanis and black peeps
threatening to slash cheeks, a new flag and a tat on the back of the hand
that's for keeps, our protagonist seems to have forgotten how to ask for sweets
These acts in the past were petty, but who can backchat to a machete?
brandished by an angry fascist heavy, "put that away Meggy, your ass is sweaty"
Gadge and the lads grabbed fags and bevvies, cans of Pepsi, then ran back
through the entry, left the shop totally messy, adrenaline sent Combo in a frenzy
Head red, heart hopeless and empty, it's a headwreck why folks are unfriendly
to people of a different origin, cos what has skin got to do with it, we're all wandering
through the shit, the human condition is truly a mission for a lunatic to live in
So we stick to wishing eachother well as long as we think that they're wishing it as well
that's why they gave the Asian living hell before baking a cake now they're giving it to Smell
Skins have relationship issues aswell, and given the days he's been living in a cell
can you blame Combo for his difficulties now? There isn't much to dwell on for prisoners but how long
until they're coming out. But I tell you this, getting blitzed isn't really gonna help
Sitting in a flat getting fried with a black guy, issues in the back of your mind as he acts like
he's got everything you never had and wish you did, rubbing it in your face, who is this kid
Immigrant from another race taking British priviliges, a nigger, ripping the piss
Gonna give him a kick in the face, a bit of discipline'll stick him in his place, a sickening disgrace
Beat him senseless; he's defenceless, leave your friend bleeding, please just end this
Immediately the grief and regret sets in, left one of your best friends with his head
decked in, you better get checked in to the A and E, lock yourself up, chuck away the
key. When the world's on your shoulders you've got to be a soldier because
Real men don't cry
Real men don't cry





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    Amazing, described the UK in the 80s

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    omfg, this FILM. I rewatched it the other day and it hit me harder than the first time. being older I guess I saw more of the shit going on or the anticipation for what was coming just made me see everything in a different light. easily my favourite film. Shaun didn't deserve to go through that ;-;


    Anyone that hasn't watched it: what you doing with your life?
    10/10 will watch again many times
    Shane Meadows is an amazing director and I recommend you watch more of his films if you liked this one. 'Dead Mans Shoe's' is another powerful one but it WILL make you cry (unless you have no soul lmao), 100x more brutal than 'This is England'.

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    THAT IS NOT HOW ENGLAND IS!!


    but LOOOVE the song!!

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    Ruqiyah Henry depends where you live and what time

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    was like that, it still kinda is in some places. it's just the media and everyone else tries burying this side of England. which is dangerous tbh if you keep burying a movement of people with anti-free-speech laws your gonna have a very large, very angry demographic that might explode one day. or vote tory en masse coz their sick of overly liberal pussy footed leaders lmao

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    Just wanna go back to the days man

  5. L.... ....

    This is easiestly the most real rap I've ever heard

  6. F.... ....

    Fuck the Far-Right


    It's humans against them

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    the left is just as racist... we should be fighting extremism in general. but in the movie, he raises some valid points. Immigration was pretty bad then and still is... we accept so many thousands a month into the country and if you look in any city we have an epidemic of homeless white men but the left doesn't care about them, because that's who they're prejudiced against. so, in reality, their hypocrites for hating on the far right and I would argue they are worse. snakes who have no national pride nor any empathy for their fellow countryman. at least the far right cares for their country and their people. a duty the far left utterly reject


    also in the movie most of his anger comes from his personal life it's just the extreamest regime gave him a community that allowed him to direct his anger and frustration at something. behind every extreamest, there is a lot of extreme emotion pushing them to the brink. i mean think of Antifa, they're the current neo-nazis... just a load of people mad at a system that doesn't respect them as people or their ideas, lashing out a specific demographic to cause fear and hatred to force people into their world view.

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    God save the Queen like if agree

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    https://youtu.be/Kppx4bzfAaE

  9. O.... B....

    holy shit you just know your pronunciation is on point and you couldn't rap more distinctly and clearly when even the youtube auto captions are about 85% accurate.
    daniel, you are an absolute phenomenon!

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    Hamilton before Hamilton

  11. H.... ....

    This is so underrated

  12. T.... ....

    9 years in and this song still Holds so much meaning and still gives me goose bumps

  13. V.... J....

    Some real skinheads here? ⚒️❤️

  14. m.... ....

    I've been regularly listening to this for a very long time. It's one of my favourite rap songs ever. This is one of best story telling pieces ever. It's amazing how you stuck true to the plot of the film whilst making the lyrics flow beautifully. This is England was great, Einaudi is great and you're great. I love your style Dan, but I'd love if you could find some time to make more lyrically heavy pieces like this. I'm a big fan of all your stuff. I've even covered GapRod while playing acoustic guitar (I've not uploaded it) and F*** Everything is literally the perfect song to represent my state of mind daily. Keep it up man. You're so talented and underrated.

  15. O.... ....

    Everytime i'm sad i listen to this... <3

  16. K.... C....

    Anyone know the name of this instrumental?

    K.... C....

    its the theme of this is England and they made a beat from it

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    1:49 love that drop

  18. T.... s....

    this hit hard, thanks

  19. L.... G....

    Brings a fuckingtear to my eye

  20. F.... ....

    What is the movie called?

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    this is england, there are a few series but the movie is the best

  21. T.... T....

    Donlad glover better explain himself

  22. o.... ....

    It's sad when people miss out on the fact that this was Meadows' commentary on the ludicrousness of ultranationalism and adopt it as an example of their beliefs in action. They are the ones who claim to see, but are truly blinded by their own ignorance.

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    Right?? The ending was meant to show that what embracing far-right and ultranationalist ideology will do. Combo beats the fuck out of Milky because his ideology is fundamentally based on resenting him and his jealousy of what Milky has.

    I can't believe someone could watch this and not realize the film's message.

  23. J.... ....

    Real men don’t cry? Well this just made me cry.
    This film and series has had such an impact on my life for various reasons and this gave me chills.
    Top work.

  24. D.... ....

    Thanks for giving this one away for free, Dan! Smashing song, would love to see some more political work from you in future.

  25. S.... H....

    Greetings from Germany

    Brilliant

  26. B.... ....

    This is Fucking England 🇬🇧🇬🇧

  27. B.... ....

    I love this movie and series I've seen it hundreds of times

  28. D.... B....

    Just to let everyone know that YouTube has demonetized this video for not being "advertiser friendly" - I appealed and the appeal was rejected. It just goes to share what YouTube cares about above all else - advertisers, ie, money.

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    Where did the footage come from was it a movie or something

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    @Yosuru Shi yes it's from a film called 'this is England'

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    keirsmcq123 ahhh okay when it’s comes to videos like this I really should of caught on by now that the name of the song is the same as the film
    Thanks by the way

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    Dan Bull ridiculous its a shame youtube can't be held accountable for doing this to content creators this is a bloody masterpiece

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    Meanwhile, YouTube sell the movie on the platform

  29. D.... M....

    2018 anyone?

  30. C.... ....

    This is America stole from this

  31. B.... B....

    No this is America

  32. S.... P....

    This is like English boy

  33. A.... A....

    Before there was America, This is England

  34. M.... 4....

    Love this film

  35. C.... T....

    Are u bashing right wingers? Well f u

  36. W.... I....

    Only half a million views it should have more.

  37. C.... ....

    Interesting take on your usual stuff,I really like it though...

  38. T.... ....

    Much better than this is america

  39. R.... ....

    Ruined my favourite film :(

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    how could he ruin this? i love this is england and the series and i loved this song when i was younger

  40. M.... ....

    Holy shit this is old

  41. A.... ....

    Damn this is amazing

  42. O.... W....

    Nocked my respect for dan up a lot

  43. M.... C....

    I just found this and love it

  44. F.... H....

    Jesus Dan easy there I think the FBI are knocking on the door just after watching 30 seconds into the video!

  45. m.... h....

    Love it should do more movie based raps

  46. S.... ....

    dan bulls the kind of rapper who releases hip hop songs and then songs that really strike the heart

  47. X.... ....

    This is America

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    OI! Fackin OI!

  49. P.... 5....

    This is England don't let you sippin now

  50. m.... ....

    I watch then this first then watched the movie its a really nice gem

  51. J.... ....

    Love all the videos dan. National treasure 🇬🇧

  52. Z.... ....

    Dan Bull predicted This is America.

  53. L.... ....

    to real mean ..

  54. J.... L....

    in every country in EU its more and more right winged people its not only in england people fear becouse of imigrants and becoming more and more radical

  55. J.... M....

    fucking masterpiece

  56. N.... ....

    if only you knew

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    THIS IS AMERICA

  58. V.... ....

    Free Tommy Robinson
    Regards from CR, Central Europe, sixth safest country in the world

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    I don't think Free Tommy Robinson was the message you were supposed to take away from this video

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    Dylan Adams It’s still the right message

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    Knight agreed

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    @JayLad The tit is free! what the fuck are you agreeing with?

    Oh and you totally missed the point of this video, you watched this clip to have a pokey bum wank over combo didn't ya!

  59. A.... g....

    Soooo a take on kano this is England?

  60. D.... D....

    i cried, holy shit...

  61. J.... K....

    320 says nigga

  62. l.... ....

    This is America is a copy of this jk lol

  63. Y.... B....

    im so happy this just popped up in my reccomended

  64. A.... F....

    I thought this is some this is America rap but it seems that dan really started the this is *countryname* trend

  65. D.... M....

    im here in 2018 when i saw the title i thought it was a "this is america" joke lol "this is america" copied dan bull

  66. x.... 1....

    Guys in the lyrics there's the n word no I'm not saying dan said the n word but it's in the lyrics that's all in saying🙌

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    Luke Stewart It makes sense for the film he’s rapping about. The N word is said quite a bit during the film. (BTW HE IS RAPPING ABOUT A FILM CALLED THIS IS ENGLAND)

  67. S.... ....

    Lol this is popular because this is America. Also this song is much better.

  68. T.... S....

    This is England 7 years later This is America

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    This is America

  70. B.... ....

    "It seems our protagonist has forgotten how to ask for sweets" I laughed so hard, i spat drink everywhere

    B.... ....

    nice radical $uicide pic :)

  71. J.... R....

    I just saw this and I'm blonwn away, jesus Dan

  72. L.... L....

    No, this is Patrick.

  73. K.... S....

    oh hey, this video is from 2010, and I thought this was a backlash from "this is america", glad its not though. Great rap Dan.

  74. I.... D....

    when i clicked this i was expecting a parody of "This is america" and not feels

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    @jonathan friberg and?

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    @Spatial Awareness AND? this song came out 8 years ago and this is america came out 1 year ago.. this is america was far from done when this came out.. do u know how time works? Ill let u figure it out urself

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    @jonathan friberg Calm down there, buddy.

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    I DK nah this song is based off of a series called this is england

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    @Cko ye i literally dont know how he figured it out or that this song is 8 years older than "this is america" so it literally cant be a parody.. he must be retarded imo

  75. M.... ....

    Um.....okay!

  76. Y.... Y....

    Wow he made this 7 years ago?
    This is amazing. No idea what this film is, but I sure am interested.

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    Yason You this is England

  77. R.... F....

    zucc give me succ

  78. D.... ....

    I thought the title was a reference to this is America, Then I realised this came out almost a decade ago.

  79. B.... O....

    Childish Gambino copied him

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    GodFrog Putin no he didnt at all

    B.... O....

    This is America talks about everything wrong in America
    This is England talks about everything wrong in England... But yet this is America talks about flaws ALOT worse

  80. C.... H....

    This is America?

  81. b.... ....

    Nationalism FTW

  82. R.... B....

    By far your best work.

  83. M.... ....

    I thought this video was going to be a different version of this is America

  84. l.... ....

    THIS IS AMERICA

  85. T.... G....

    I can’t get over how good and powerful this is

  86. A.... ....

    I thought this was gonna be a This is America parody

  87. J.... P....

    This is deep

  88. s.... l....

    Jesus but that was heavy. Made me sit up and think. Hits somewhat close to home.

  89. R.... ....

    People don't realize that when they say America isn't great, we actually have the freedom of speech over here. You'd get arrested for saying the wrong thing in Europe. Also, Europe doesn't allow guns but has plenty of knife crime, so when every liberal is sure that crime would go away if we banned guns, they don't know what they're saying.

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    rather be attacked with a knife than a pump action. plus no one would say crime would disappear without guns merely that events like mass murders(mass shootings) would be a lot less common without them being freely available. also if you want to solve crime the strategy that is most effective is education and employment as well as treating former convicts as humans rather than leaving them for dead to just go back to crime.

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    RoarOtaku can you elaborate on the being arrested for saying the wrong thing bit? Do keep in mind that people having the right to say *anything* is NEVER a good thing. Take the kkk as an example. I feel like I don't need to explain wha T the kkk is so I'll leave this essay at that.

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    RoarOktaku, Yeah as a European, I for one would also like to know what things you can't say in Europe without getting arrested. Also Europe had in 2017 22000 murders and a population of 741 million, USA had 157000 murders and a population of 325 million, so I think it is clear laws on firearms do something positive.

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    You don't get arrested in Europe for saying bad things about the government, infact most European countries have freedom of speech laws similar to that of the US. If you think otherwise then you are in a bubble.

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    Oi mate ur creps is safe fam

  91. I.... w....

    Them dodges by combo tho lol

  92. L.... ....

    3:23 dan said the n word

  93. M.... D....

    YOREKOK

  94. n.... N....

    Could someone please write the lyrics? English's not my first language and I have troubles keeping up with everything Dan says at that pace

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    ngeNGEnge NGEngeNGE lyrics in the description ☺

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    terrible username Thanks a lot!!

  95. D.... G....

    This song is about total assholes

  96. B.... A....

    I am crying man!
    Could someone tell me the name of the movie?

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    Benjedi Agustin Diaz Ferreira this is england. There is also a tv series on it by channel 4.

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    Excellent dan

  98. G.... ....

    The sad part is that there is still this stuff in England today. I feel for combo. I really do.