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The Lumpen
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The Lumpen

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[1971]
Uno dei due brani più noti de The Lumpen, la “house resident band” del Black Panther Party.

The Lumpen on stage.
From Watts to Brownsvllle, we find misery,
But there won’t be no more, won't be no more,
Rats, dirt and kids who are hungry,
There won’t be no more, won’t be no more.
Cause we've seen how to be free,
Of pigs on our streets, and poverty.

To this way of life, we’re closing the door,
So here won’t be no more, won’t be no more.

There were times, we stood by, like we could not see,
But there won‘t be no more, can't be no more,
We'll get guns to defend our communities.
There won‘t be no more, can't be no more,
We’ll control our destiny, no more murder
Of our people in their sleep. (1)

To this way of life, we’re closing the door,
So here won’t be no more, won’t be no more.

Wars 'round the world to keep folks from being free,
There won’t be no more, Black people - can't be no more,
Sending us to fight some false enemy,
There can't be no more, can't be no more,
Because now we understand, there‘ll be peace
When racism is killed ln this land. (2)

To this way of life, we’re closing the door,
So there won’t be no more, won’t be no more.
Note:

(1) Il riferimento è alla morte di Fred Hampton, leader delle Black Panthers, ucciso a tradimento dalla polizia e dal’FBI il 4 dicembre 1969 in una casa delle BP a Chicago. Solo qualche giorno prima due poliziotti erano stati uccisi in un’imboscata, attribuita alle BP, così venne deciso che qualunque tentativo di arresto di militanti dell’organizzazione doveva risolversi nella loro eliminazione. Nel gruppo di Hampton c’era un infltrato, tal William O'Neal, che fornì alla polizia tutte le informazioni logistiche e che, prima dell’irruzione, riuscì pure a somministrare ai compagni presenti un potente sonnifero. Così Fred Hampton e Mark Clark, una sua guardia del corpo, vennero assassinati nel sonno.

(2) E’ la posizione sulla guerra in Vietnam sintetizzata dalla famosa frase pronunciata da Muhammad Ali nel 1966, quando cercarono di distruggergli la carriera pugilistica per il suo rifiuto all’arruolamento: "I ain't got no quarrel with the Vietcong... No Vietcong ever called me nigger!"… “Non ho nulla contro i Vietcong, nessuno di loro mi ha mai chiamato negro!”

Contributed by Alessandro - 2010/2/1 - 09:01




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