The Specials foi uma banda formada em 1977 em Coventry, Inglaterra. Eles misturavam elementos do mod e do ska e criaram um novo som que se tornaria conhecido como Two Tone. Eles ficaram famosos mais por seus compactos do que por álbums, como “Ghost Town”, “Too Much Too Young” e sua estréia com “Gangsters”. A banda era formada por Jerry Dammers, Terry Hall, Roddy Radiation, John Bradbury, Sir Horace Gentleman, Lynval Golding e Neville Staples.
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...DO THE DOG... by The Specials ----------------................
*from 'The Specials' (1979)*
Intro:
*(Drum Fill)*
Verse 1:
GFD All you Punks and all you Teds, GFD National Front and Natty Dreads. GFD Mods, Rockers, Hippies and skinheads, GFD Keep on fighting 'till you're dead.
Verse 2:
GFD Who am I to say? Who am I to say? GFD Am I just a hypocrite; a-nother piece of your bullshit? GFD Am I the dog that bit the hand of the man that feeds it?
Chorus 1:
GFD Do the dog, do the dog. GFD Do the dog, not the donkey.
CBbG Do the dog, don't be a jerk. GFD Do the dog, watch who you work for. DCG (n.C) Do the, do the, do the, do the dog; everybody's doing the dog.
Interlude:
*(Drum Fill)*
Solo:
GFD (x4) CBbG (x2) GFD, DCG (n.C)
Interlude:
*(Drum Fill)*
Verse 3:
GFD Take your F.A. aggravation, fight it out on New Street Station. GFD Master racial masturbation, causes National Front frustration.
Verse 4:
GFD Who am I to say? To the IRA, GFD To the UDA, soldier boy from UK. GFD Am I just a hypocrite; a-nother piece of your bullshit? GFD Am I the dog that bit the hand of the man that feeds it?
Chorus 2:
GFD Do the dog, do the dog. GFD Do the dog, not the donkey.
CBbG Do the dog, don't be a jerk. GFD Do the dog, watch who you work for.
DC Do the, do the, do the, do the dog, DC Do the, do the, do the, do the dog, DCG Do the, do the, do the, do the dog; everybody's doing the dog.