Story Behind The Song
Witnessed a street closure/eviction by force
Song Description
EPIC
| Song Length |
4:02 |
Genre |
Rock - Punk, Rock - Grunge |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Exultant, Frenzied |
Subject |
Protest, Change |
| Similar Artists |
The Clash |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
The Rave In Sharka Park
Joey lit a joint in the afternoon sun
They shot out his teeth with a teflon gun
Lil? laid out the community picnic
They bashed in her head with a black plastic stick
Look what the police did at the rave in Sharka Park
A giant snake hissed and we were swimming in tear gas
I heard a girl scream, heard the smash of plate glass
?Attention all residents of Claremont Road --
You get out NOW, or you all get bulldozed!?
Look what the police did at the rave in Sharka Park
Simon got busted for Possession Of Reggae
He?ll do five extra years for PDA
Now, all my friends are jamming in the courtroom:
Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock
I don?t want to grow up, I don?t want to get schooled
Don?t want a ?right to life? that I?m not allowed to use
I just want to go back to Sharka
But I don?t have bulletproof parka
So I?m not ever going back
to a rave in Sharka Park