In The Heat Of The Summer

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[Verse 1]

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In the heat of the summer
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When the pavements were burning
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The soul of a city was ravaged in the night
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After the city sun was setting


[Verse 2]

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Now no one knows how it started
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why the windows were shattered
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But deep in the dark, someone set the spark
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And then it no longer mattered


[Verse 3]

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Down the streets they were rumbling
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All the tempers were raging
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Oh, where, oh, where are the white silver tongues
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Who forgot to listen to the warnings?


[Verse 4]

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On and on come the angry
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No longer following reason
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And all the stores were the target now
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Where just the other day they were buying


[Verse 5]

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Drunk with the memory of the ghetto
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Drunk with the lure of the looting
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And the memory of the uniforms shoving with their sticks
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Asking, "Are you looking for trouble?"


[Verse 6]

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"No, no, no," moaned the mayor
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"It's not the way of the order
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"Oh stay in your homes, please leave us alone
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"We'll be glad to talk in the morning"


[Verse 7]

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"For shame, for shame," wrote the papers
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"Why the hurry to your hunger?
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"Now the rubble's resting on your broken streets
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"So you see what your rage has unravelled"


[Verse 8]

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Barricades sadly were rising
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Bricks were heavily flying
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And the loudspeaker drowned like a whispering sound
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when compared to the angered emotions


[Verse 9]

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And when the fury was over
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And the shame was replacing the anger
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So wrong, so wrong, but we've been down so long
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And we had to make somebody listen
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In the heat of the summer