Oi Polloi - Unite and Win 1987 - Oi! Records

1.Punx 'N' Skins 
2.We Don't Need Them 
3.Kill The Bill 
4.Lowest Of The Low 
5.Nuclear Waste 
6.Commies And Nazis 
7.Pigs For Slaughter (extended mix) 
8.Scum 
9.Thrown On The Scrapheap 
10.Punx Picnic In Princes Street Gardens 
11.Mindless Few 
12.Unite And Win

PUNX 'N' SKINS
oi! oi! let's go! we're here to play oi! oi! music for you and in return here's 
what we want you to do come to our gigs - dance but don't fight punx 'n' skins 
unite! unite! unite and win - punx 'n' skins do you like our country being run 
this way? doyou like the government? and doing what they say? punx 'n' skins 
together we'll put things to rights so unite now and put an end to the fights no 
punx versus skins no us versus them if we stand together we'll beat the system 
punx 'n' skins united - you know that it's right unite now - can you see the 
light? oi rat! punx 'n' skins have got to unite eh? yeah, too right mate aye, 
'cos if we're united then we can fight back against the system eh ken? and 
against government oppression yeah that's right - oi! fancy coming down the pub 
for some lager top? well i wouldn't mind a pint of merrydown myself yeah - and 
some dry roasted peanuts full of mother nature's protein that's if we don't get 
lifted on the way down there what? like we might get done by the pigs on the way 
down oh yeah too right mate ruin a good night's drinking aye let's go then... 

WE DON'T NEED THEM
opened the paper what did i see? a load of complete rubbish staring out at me 
"oi man killed" so the headline read said one of oi polloi had wound up dead 
well we all knew that that wasn't true 'cos we're still here playing oi! oi! 
music for you no one of us had wound up dead hear our oi! oi! music pounding 
through your head we don't need them - we don't need them we don't need them - 
don't need to read them we don't need them - so don't believe them oi! is dead 
so the music press say they seem to think that we'll all just fade away seem to 
think that oi! is over and done but i'm telling you straight we've only just 
begun there's thousands of folk like me and you we're still here and we're still 
true they can try to ignore us or smear us with lies but we'll fight on and our 
spirit never dies the papers have always got it wrong they try to deceive they 
lie and they con just a form of brainwashing by the ruling elite so what you 
read you shouldn't always believe but there's alternatives in the music scene 
who needs rags like "sounds" when we've got our own zines? yes we've got our own 
press doing things our own way and as for rags like "sounds" i want to hear you 
all say: 

LOWEST OF THE LOW
spreading lies and muck behind our backs a vicious cowardly attack a spiteful 
scheming slimeball with a huge ego your pathetic negative actions make me want 
to throw i can't belive the depths to which you've sunk you've got some nerve to 
call yourself a punk but you'll pay for your trouble making and your deceit for 
as ye sow so shall ye reap you make me sick - you make me sick you're the lowest 
of the low - lowest of the low you've sunk so low down you've got nowhere to go 
you pass by the pickets on the front gate you don't care that you're letting 
down your mates i don't know how you dare to show your face scum like you are a 
disgrace deserting your mates sucking up to the boss has all your self respect 
been lost? you're only thinking of the money thinking of yourself well you're a 
dirty scab and you can go to hell you dirty scab - you dirty scab well now you 
really must take the prize you must be so warped and twisted inside to actually 
grass someone up to the pigs you wanted me in front of the judge in his wig you 
fingered me for that crime you stinking piece of slime scum like you are just 
the pits there's ony one description that fits you filthy grass - you filthy 
grass 

COMMIES AND NAZIS
i want to have a drink i want to have a laugh i don't want no dodgy politics 
'cos i ain't that daft don't need some nutter telling me what to do i can think 
for myself and so can you commies and nazis they're all the same they only want 
to use you for their own gain they lie deceive and try to confuse you commies 
and nazis they only want to use you right wing nutters spreading race hate 
communist loonies who want a one party state their extremist views are all too 
clear commies and nazis you're not wanted here commies and nazis what a shower 
they only want to use you to grab themselves power but once they got it they 
don't care about you commies and nazis give 'em the boot! commies and nazis - 
oi! commies and nazis - on yer bike! a fascist government you're almost better 
off dead! and it would be much the same under the reds more police more laws 
more prisons and the draft that ain't exactly my idea of a laugh and when 
there's no fun no freedom no future is marching round in jackboots really going 
to suit you or going on your parade waving your red flag if you're into that 
rubbish then you must be mad commies and nazis try it on with us but we tell 
them where to go 'cos we've got more sus than to be taken in by these scum we 
despise commies and nazis we can see through your lies commies and nazis they've 
got to be stopped they only want to use you to get to the top but once they're 
there they don't care about you they only want to give you orders and tell you 
what to do commies and nazis try it on with you but these people are plonkers 
they ain't got a clue try to flog your papers full of drivel and lies well i'm 
asking you now is it any surprise that these people and their ideas are so 
despised when they've nothing to offer to you and i they only want to use you as 
their tools so tell 'em where to go if you know what's good for you but if you 
think that it's smart, hard, or hip to be a commie or nazi then mate get a grip 
you don't want to be taken in by none of that drivel commies and nazis sit and 
swivel! we ain't thick and we won't play your game our message to you will 
always be the same commies and nazis go take a hike! commies and nazis on yer 
bike! 

SCUM
dealers selling smack that will ruin your brain and bring you nothing but misery 
and pain teenage adicts dying - that's hardly very funny but the dealers are 
laughing as they pocket the money bring them down - run them out of town they'll 
screw up your body and they'll screw up your mind but as long as they're making 
money they think that's fine they just don't care as long as they gain folk 
dying of the aids outrage well that's just part of their game there ain't 
nothing that they won't do they want to make a junkie out of you so when the 
dealers come your way you've got to make them pay find the scum, bring them down 
run the dealers out of your town smack the pushers - oi! oi! oi! smack the 
pushers - get them boys! 

THROWN ON THE SCRAPHEAP
they fought in the war to keep the people free from the nazi scum who would 
invade our country fighting the fascist filth they risked their lives but now 
they're old and weak they're just left to die it ain't right - no way! it ain't 
right - they've been betrayed as soon as they're no use the government says 
goodbye they throw them on the scrapheap and leave them to die as soon as you're 
no use the government will say goodbye they're throw you on the scrapheap and 
leave you to die folk who've worked for society for all of their years given 
blood and sweat and toil and tears as soon as they're no use when they're too 
old the government lets them freeze to death in the cold on the pittance of a 
pension, struggling to survive freezing to death in the winter while the 
government stands by they don't care about the old but what did you expect? put 
your trust in government and this is what you'll get 

PUNX PICNIC IN PRINCES STREET GARDENS
if you go down in the gardens today you're in for a big surprise if you go down 
in the gardens today you won't believe your eyes 'cos every punk 'n' skin that 
ever there was is there today because because today's the day the punx 'n' skins 
have their picnic! picnic time for punx 'n' skins the punx 'n' skins are out to 
have some fun picnic time for punx 'n' skins having a laugh in the sun oi! 
merrydown and salad rolls in hand we come from all across the land skins and 
punx out to have some fun having a laugh in the midday sun punx picnic! punx 
picnic! punx picnic! oi! oi! oi! punx picnic! - in princes street gardens park 
attendants quake with fear 'cos the skins and punx are here they all know not to 
mess so come and join the fun with all the rest having a drink and having a 
laugh trading zines and tapes - and acting daft making new friends and palying 
the fool so come to the punx picnic if you know whats good for you! 

MINDLESS FEW
went to a gig for a good night out but of course it had to be ruined by some 
moronic louts we were all looking forward to a good night when for some stupid 
reason they started to fight picked on some folk and knocked them to the floor 
ten kicking one - oh very hardcore one poor kid got a bottle down the side of 
his face this ain't punk - it's a bloody disgrace yet another gig wrecked by the 
mindless few broken heads and toilets is what they're out to do yet another gig 
wrecked by the mindless few they've got to be stopped and it's up to me and you 
for breaking up our concerts who needs the pigs? when there's idiots like these 
who smash up our gigs they gob on the bands and ruin the atmosphere well don't 
come back 'cos you ain't welcome here kicked in the toilets and smashed up the 
chairs just another venue with no punk gigs there and i bet they thought that 
they were really hard but the only result's another venue from which punk bands 
are barred oi meathead! so you've smashed up a toilet eh? hey, you must be 
really punky! big hardman eh? but of course toilets can't fight back can they? 
just like most of the folk you pick on at gigs. they're always weaker than you 
or else you've go a big crowd of your mates with you to back you up. hey! big 
hardman! you get your kicks out of smashing up venues and ruining folks' nights 
out - moron. think you're really hard but all you do is close down venues and 
muck up our scene. call yourself a punk or a skin? you're scum. folk like you 
make me sick - pathetic little creep. went to another gig out for some fun but 
it wasn't long before the trouble had begun group of idiots picking on folk on 
the dancefloor punched and kicked 'em about and then did it some more well it 
made me so sick that i couldn't stand back so i went to help some people fomr 
the mindless attack but no one backed me up so then i was kicked about if we 
don't want these idiots at our gigs we must all throw 'em out 

UNITE AND WIN
oi! oi! oi! unite and win stick together - punx 'n' skins! oi! oi! oi! unite 
unite! young and old, black and white oi! oi! oi! unit eand win stick together 
through thick and thin oi! oi! oi! unite unite! young and old, black and white  

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