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Hate And War

This version of Hate And War was released by The Clash in 1977.

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Hate and war – the only things we got today

An’ if I close my eyes
They will not go away
You have to deal with it
It is the currency

Hate…hate…hate…

The hate of a nation
A million miles from home
An’ get war from the junkies
Who don’t like my form

I’m gonna stay in the city
Even when the house fall down
I don’t dream of a holiday
When hate an’ war come around

Hate and war…

I have the will to survive
I cheat if I can’t win
If someone locks me out
I kick my way back in

An’ if I get aggression
I give it to them two time back
Every day it’s just the same
With hate an’ war on my back

Hate and war – I hate all the English
Hate and war – they’re just as bad as wops
Hate and war – I hate all the politeness
Hate and war – I hate all the cops

I wanna walk down any street
Looking like a creep
I don’t care if I get beat up
By any Kebab Greek

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You can understand the lyrics to Hate And War if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Hate And War" means the words set to the music of Hate And War, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Clash. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Hate And War and the lyrics to Hate And War are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Clash who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hate And War, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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