0-0-7
0-0-7
At Ocean Eleven
And now rudeboys have a go wail
Cause them out of jail
Rudeboys cannot fail
Cause them must get bail
Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town
Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town
Dem rude boys out on probation
A Shanty Town
Them a rude when them come up to town
A Shanty Town
0-0-7
0-0-7
At ocean eleven
And now rudeboys have a go wail
Cause them out of jail
Rudeboys cannot fail
Cause them must get bail
Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town
Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town
Dem rude boys out on probation
A Shanty Town
Them a rude when them come up to town
A Shanty Town
Police get taller
A Shanty Town
Soldier get longer
A Shanty Town
Rudeboy a weep and a wail
A Shanty Town
Rude boys a weep and a wail
A Shanty Town
0-0-7
At Ocean Eleven
And now rudeboys have a go wail
Cause them out of jail
Rudeboys cannot fail
Cause them must get bail
Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town
Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town
Dem rude boys out on probation
A Shanty Town
Them a rude when them come up to town
A Shanty Town
0-0-7
0-0-7
At ocean eleven
And now rudeboys have a go wail
Cause them out of jail
Rudeboys cannot fail
Cause them must get bail
Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town
Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town
Dem rude boys out on probation
A Shanty Town
Them a rude when them come up to town
A Shanty Town
Police get taller
A Shanty Town
Soldier get longer
A Shanty Town
Rudeboy a weep and a wail
A Shanty Town
Rude boys a weep and a wail
A Shanty Town
Contributed by Bernart Bartleby - 2015/7/22 - 12:08
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Parole e musica di Desmond Dekker
Singolo di Desmond Dekker and the Aces che dà il titolo al successivo LP
Inclusa nella colonna sonora del film musicale The Harder They Come
Uno dei più famosi brani rocksteady di sempre fu scritto da Desmond Dekker in occasione di un “riot” scoppiato in una baraccopoli di West Kingston, Giamaica, una zona vicino al mare chiamata Four Shore Road, quando un bel giorno il governo si presentò coi bulldozer per spianare tutto quanto. Ma i “rudeboys” – originariamente, negli anni post indipendenza, giovani neri ribelli provenienti dalle “shanty towns” e dagli “slums”, in seguito piccoli criminali – si opposero sfidando la repressione poliziesca.
Il titolo “007” e il riferimento al film “Ocean 11” testimoniano l’amore che i rudeboys di allora avevano per i film della serie di James Bond ma anche per quelli d’azione e di gangsters americani. (fonte: Genius)
I versi “Rudeboys cannot fail / Cause them must get bail” (il cui significato è che il rudeboy deve cercare di non finire in galera perché non ha i soldi per ottenere la libertà su cauzione) hanno sicuramente ispirato i Clash per la loro “Rudie Can't Fail” (da London Calling, 1979)