Lyrics:

The Specials first single, released when they were still known as The Special A.K.A. Also, the first release on 2 Tone Records, number TT1.
(Bernie Rhodes knows
Don't argue!)

Why must you record my phone calls?
Are you planning a bootleg LP?
Said you'd been threatened by gangsters
Now it's you that’s threatening me

Can't fight corruption with con tricks
They use the law to commit crime
And I dread, dread to think what the future'll bring
When we’re living in gangster times
(Don't call me Scarface!)


Don't interrupt while I'm talking
Or they'll confiscate all your guitars
And Catch-22 says if I sing the truth
They won't make me an overnight star

Don't offer us legal protection
They use the law to commit crime
I dread to think what the future'll bring
When we're living in real gangster times

(Bernie Rhodes knows
Don't argue!)