originally recorded by the Specials)



Why must you record my phone calls

Are you planning a bootleg LP

You said you've been threatened by gangsters

Now it's you that's threatening me



Can't fight corruption with con tricks.

The youth, they love to commit crime

I dread, dread to think what the future will bring

When we're living in gangster times

Don't call me skaface...



Don't interrupt while I'm talking

Or they'll confiscate all your guitars

A catch-22 says if I sing a tune

They will make me an overnight star



Don't offer a single protection

The youth, they love to commit crime

I dread to think what the future will bring

When we're living in real gangster times