Specials - Why Lyrics
Why did you try to hurt me?I've got ten??????????Did you really wanna kill meTell me why, tell me why, tell me whyWhy do we have to fight?Why must we fight?I have to defend myself from a crack last nightI know I am black, you know you are whiteI'm proud of my black skin and you are proud of your white, soWhy did you try to hurt me?Tell me why, tell me why, tell me whyDid you really wanna kill me?Tell me why, tell me why, tell me whyWe don't need no British movement, nor the Ku Klux Klan, nor the national frontYou make me a angry manI just wanna live in peaceWhy can't you be the same?Why should I live in fear?This fussing and fighting is insaneWith a Nazi salute and a steel capped bootA Nazi salute and a steel capped bootYou follow like sheep in a wolf clothesYou follow like sheep in a wolf clothesWe chase you out the dance hall, we chase you through the doorWe chase you out the dance hall, we chase you out the doorCos' we can't take no more of this at allCos' we can't take no more of this at allWith a Nazi salute and a steel capped bootTell me why, tell me why, tell me whyYou follow like sheep in a wolf clothesTell me why, tell me why, tell me whyYou're too scared to make a speech during the lightWithout a thousand police protecting your rightsTo threaten and abuse, incite or fightBut who will protect me from you in the night?Why did you try to hurt me?Tell me why, tell me why, tell me whyDo you really want to kill me?Tell me why, tell me why, tell me whyWith a Nazi salute and a steel capped bootTell me why, tell me why, tell me whyYou follow like sheep in a wolf clothesTell me why, tell me why, tell me whyEarth my friend; you're on the earth, me toTell me why, tell me why, tell me whyI know one of you, I know two of youTell me why, tell me why, tell me whyUnholy by that mean I the National FrontTell me why, tell me why, tell me whyThey kick up my friend, him have me give me tooTell me why, tell me why, tell me whyAuto duel, evasion forTell me why, tell me why, tell me whyAbout?????????? if I waited on the government?????????? if I waited on the government'Cause we can't take no more of this at allNo, we can't take no more of this at allWith a Nazi salute and a steel capped bootA Nazi salute and a steel capped bootThey follow like sheep in a wolf clothesThey follow like sheep in a wolf clothes
