His compilation of Communist sympathizers – provided to the British government in 1949 – will now see the light of day later this summer. Timothy Garton Ash comments.
PATRIOTIC RAP: Here’s a lyric even arch-conservatives could support:
Draft me, pass me the M-16
Give me a buzz cut, ask me if I give a f**k
I’m comin’ out blastin’
Military four fashion
Twelve close castin’, for weapons of mass-distraction
Outlastin’ all the privates in my company
Fightin’ for my family, and the cats that grew up with me
My band of brothers, rarely just smother the enemy
Razor blades cut ya face and leave a scar so you remember me
Lurkin’ to leave y’all with bloody red turbans
Screamin’ “Jihad!” while y’all pray to a false god
A little crude, I guess. But it’s hip-hop. And it’s not a pose. Rapper Canibus joined up, finished his military training at Fort Knox, and is now a cavalry scout/reconnaissance specialist.
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