Rancid - Brixton Lyrics






I saw - a new generation coming
Under - the smoke over Oakland
In and out - the streets are breathing
Under - the smoke over Oakland
Chaos disorder looting and loiter
From a blind man praying for some silence - for some silence
Take a loot on the moon not a foot in the room
My best intentions always ended in a fight - in a fight
You can send me to hell expose me I'll tell
Just take control and say what they're doing - what they're doing
Two-fifty dead the tribune read Oakland's going off like a bomb!
I saw - a new generation coming
Under - the smoke over Oakland
In and out - the streets are breathing
Under - the smoke over Oakland
Armageddon is coming so yea you better start running
Cause the big wave is coming to the shore - to the shore
No surprise that you see thru the lies
Of a system rotten to the core - to the core
High tech surveillance paranoia and violence
Keeping the city at a calm - at a calm
Two-fifty dead the tribune read Oakland's going off like a bomb!
I saw - a new generation coming
Under - the smoke over Oakland
In and out - the streets are breathing
Under - the smoke over Oakland
Man it just don't seem right
You see every time I turn I around it's just the same story and it's like
It just don't seem right and I wonder is it gonna end? Hit it!
Knocking down the doors slogans on the walls
One said fight back yea the system will fall
The police came out with tear gas and flames
Chaos in the city beating them at the game
Don't pay the poll tax the headlines read
Thirty cops beaten another one dead
The fight lasted on through the Brixton night
A thousand angry looters who knew they were right
I saw - a new generation coming
Under - the smoke over Oakland
In and out - the streets are breathing
Under - the smoke over Oakland
I saw - a new generation coming
Under - the smoke over Oakland
In and out - the streets are breathing
Under - the smoke over Oakland





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  1. C.... D....

    Recycled lyrics in so many tims songs .love these bold motherfuckerz

  2. J.... K....

    I never really understood when people said Rancid sounds like Clash. I love both bands but I don't see enough resemblance to call Rancid a copy cat

    J.... K....

    Not at all Clash never did fast punk shit like Rancid .. Even their ska shit is different anyone who says that is probably a poser LOL

    J.... K....

    nobody says Rancid sounds like Clash, nor does anyone call them a copy cat.

  3. b.... ....

    Hey, dumbasses, songs called Brixton. Clash duh.

  4. S.... O....

    i don't hear the Clash . If anything , it sounds like she Specials...Oh and RANCID !!!

  5. d.... ....

    was this song about thw California riots? back in the early 90s either way the music is great!

    d.... ....

    Yeah part of it is in reference to the Brixton Riots in South London in the 70s (what the song White Riot by The Clash is also about) however the chorus also references Oakland (California) so I presume the general theme is race riots.

    d.... ....

    it's not about "race riots" in oakland. it's celebrating the militancy of the people of oakland (all races) who fight back against racism and capitalism in the streets- just like they did in brixton.

  6. R.... L....

    Big tune!

  7. s.... k....

    Do not concur*

  8. s.... k....

    I concur... but where do you think there influence started from aduh it would be the ramones and the clash all though I really dont see the similarity between rancid and the clash its like saying basketball and football are similar

  9. O.... R....

    Even with the subject matter ... this song puts me in an awesome mood

  10. D.... ....

    How much does this band wanna be The Clash!?

    D.... ....

    I've heard them for 20 years of trying to sound like The Clash

    D.... ....

    Most of their stuff doesn't sound like this.  I think they do a fine job sounding like the Clash in this case this though. It's actually very East Bay sounding too. 

    D.... ....

    Yr a fuckin poser Lol or need to clean yr ears out!

    D.... ....

    U sound like a Rancid fanboy LOL

    D.... ....

    @damageinc 1985 and proud of it to!

  11. D.... ....

    Best Rancid song for skanking.