Strange Famous

Around a year or so ago this track was banned from UK television by OFCOM because it was judged to be racist.

I was listening to this today, and was thinking about whether it made any sense. Those who justify the ban said that if a white singer had made a similar track called "White Boys" it would have been vilified. In my opinion its possible, but I doubt it would have been banned. Should it really be necessary to protect people from hearing a young black man make a song wholly making positive comments about his own race?


Apologies for the capitalisation btw...

[quote]
[Bashy]
Look Straight Away,
No Long-Ting.
This Is Out To All The Black Boys Growing Up Yeah.
There's Bare Positive Black Boys Around You Makin Movements,
Makin Movements Towards Sucess.

(Verse 1)
[Bashy]
Look,
Its Like I Love It When I See Rich Black Men Like Diddy And Nelly,
But Was Even Happier When I See Dizzee Rascal Gettin Albums Or When He Gets His Face On The Telly.
Personally, When He Won His Mercury,
I Thought Well Done.
He's A Black Boy Whos Just Like Me So Like,
His Respect Is Due Certainly.
And When 679 Signed Kano,
I Dont Know Him,
But i Thought Ok Though,
That's Good For Him,
Another Black Boy That's Gonna Make Dough All Legal.
Hang Tight Lethal,
He Made 'Pow', and,
He Brought In A Few More Black People.
I Rate That Higly,
Thats Why, No Matter What We Had I Still Got To Shout Out Wiley.
He Built A Scene.
Amongst Us Black Young Boys He Built A Dream,
Like Mega-Man Did With So Solid.
To That Crew Right There We Owe Homage.
When They Won The Brits I Was Like Brapp,
Black Boys Up In This Bitch,
When I See Them Ball On The Pitch Im Like Brapp,
Black Boys Up In This Bitch Oh.

(Chorus)
[Bashy]
Black Boys, Black Boys,
Yeah We're All Black Boys,
And One Day We're Gonna Be Black Men,
And One Day We Might Have Black Boys And We Gotta Teach Them To Be Black Men. (repeat)

[Loick Essien]
Ooh Child, Things Are Gonna Get Easier, Ooh Child, Things Will Get Brighter.

(Verse 2)
[Bashy]
Yo Look,
No We Ain't Hooligans,
Just Young And Talented Nubians,
With Potential And Promise,
Inovative Young Masterminds Like Sean Wallis.
We Need Role Models,
So Youngers Know Are Sucess It Is.
Thats Why I Feel Boom Inside When I See A Black Man Like Tim Campbell Can Win The Apprentice.
But When Swiss Made Cry,
I Aint Gonna Lie I Could Of Cried.
Look What Happened To The Mother Land I Didn't Wanna See Blacks The Same As Another Man.
When I Heard That Line,
That Sent Tingles Down My Spine,
Shout Out All Them Ebony Dimes, Katie Pearl And Keisha White,
Miss Dynamite, Sadie, Dezza And Charde Hang
Tite Beverly Knight.
Black Diamonds What A Heavenly Sight,
Soon We'll Be Getting It Right.
See Themselves As Equal.
Big Up P.D.C And Northstar Coz There's Strength In Numbers.
When Your Black And Single You're Feeble,
Stick Toghether My Young Black People.

[Loick Essien]
Ooh Child, Things Are Gonna Get Easier, Ooh Child Things Will Get Brighter (repeat)

[Bashy]
And I Dont Want Anyone To Think I've Forgotten Them Yeah,
Coz I See All The Black Boys Striving Towards Sucess.
We All Need To Make Money Enitt.
Shout Out Sway,
Hang Tight Sincere, Flirta D,
Dun' Know All The Beef Innit.
Shout Out The Movement.
What's Poppin Magazine.
Shout Out All The Black Peeps And Big-Up Master Steps.
Hang Tite Trevor Nelson, Steve Sutherland.
R.I.P Dj Swing,
Lindon David Holden,
Big Up Shaun Wright-Phillips.
Shout Out All The Black Comedians.
Big Up Richard Blackwood, Hang Tite Kojo.
Hang Tite Paul Boatang.
MED's Like Darkus.
Shout Out All The Black Boys On Lock Down.
Keep Your Head High Mann.
All The Black Sons.
Know What Yeah Shout Out My Pups Man.
Positive Black Boys In My Life Yeah

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for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."

The Gospel of Thomas