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Training for us, it's good training for us
against the forces of oppression.
Riots in the Grove, road blocks in Brixton,
vigilantes in St. Paul's, Handsworth and all.
And they come with lead in their batons, pretending,
defending the National Front.
With their symbol of hate right in our face.
Paramilitary exercises in the ghetto...
the rich get richer, and the poor will die.
TAPE: ...and
I
do
know
of
people
from
the
underground
who
constantly
carried
weapons,
and
I
could
not
avoid
the
impression
that
to
them,
they
were
a
boost
to
their
masculinity.
The
weapons
multiplied
their
virility...
The armed wing is Column 88, Column 88, the return of the Panthers, Column 88...
It's good training for us against the forces of oppression.
Self-defence is no offence.
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