Roots Radicals
"Roots Radicals" is a song by the American punk rock band Rancid. It was first released as a single in 1994. The song was re-recorded and released as the first single from its third album, ...And Out Come the Wolves. The song reached number 27 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks. The b-side, "I Wanna Riot" was originally featured on the Epitaph Records compilation Punk-O-Rama Vol. 1 (1994), and a slightly different and longer version of "I Wanna Riot" with the Stubborn All-Stars was later featured on the Beavis and Butt-head Do America Soundtrack (1996).
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out of downtown Cambell Ben Zanatto
he was on there he was waitin` for me
all the punk rockers
and the moon stompers
are out on the corners where
they`re sparing for change
I started thinkin`
you know I started drinkin`
I don`t really remember too much of that day
somethin` struck me funny when we ran out of money
where do you go now when your only 15
with the music execution and the talk of revolution (woah)
it bleeds in me and it goes
give `em the boot, the roots the radicals
give `em the boot, you know I`m a radical
give `em the boot, the roots the reggae on my stereo
the radio was playin` Desmond Dekker was singin`
on the 43 bus as we climb up the hill
nothin` incoming but the reggae drummin`
and we all come from unloving homes
I say, why even bother I pick up the bottle
hey mr. bus driver please let these people on
rude girl Carol was a mini-skirt girl
my blurry vision saw nothin` wrong.
[woah]
with the music execution and the talk of revolution
(woah)
it bleeds in me and it goes
give `em the boot, the roots the radicals
give `em the boot, you know I`m a radical
give `em the boot, the roots the reggae on my stereo
yeah , yeah , yeah ,yeah , yeah , yeah, yyeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaahh
yeah , yeah , yeah ,yeah , yeah , yeah, yyeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaahh
yeah , yeah , yeah ,yeah , yeah , yeah, yyeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaahh
yeah , yeah , yeah ,yeah , yeah , yeah, yyeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaahh
Took the 60 bus
out of downtown Cambell Ben Zanatto
he was on there he was waitin` for me
all the punk rockers
and the moon stompers
are out on the corners where
they`re sparing for change
the radio was playin` Desmond Dekker was singin`
on the 43 bus as we climb up the hill
rude girl Carol was a mini-skirt girl
my blurry vision saw nothin` wrong.
[woah]
with the music execution and the talk of revolution
(woah)
it bleeds in me and it goes
give `em the boot, the roots the radicals
give `em the boot, you know I`m a radical
give `em the boot, the roots the reggae on my stereo
give `em the boot, the roots the radicals
give `em the boot, you know I`m a radical
give `em the boot, the roots the reggae on my stereo
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