UB40's "C'est La Vie" opens with a spoken monologue over dark imagery: a woman selling her baby, violence, fratricide. The narrator loops a section about Andy Gordon, weaving pop culture references into commentary on poverty and exploitation.
Seen the lady sell her baby for $10 and $20, baby. Everybody thinks she's crazy. It's too blind to see. She didn't fail to call attention to the things we never mentioned. Real Larry Daley goodness with your TV. Real Larry Daley. A woman came and said to me, now listen very carefully, this brother killing brother, people really know no peace, but you should record it first for the king of this disease. A woman came and said to me, she had an husband on an island, pani pani ya. A woman came and said to me, Now listen very carefully. It's Father killing brother. People living on their knees. Fighting should have got it worse. For the freedom is easy.
Do it again. Done it again, man. Again, Andy Gordon.
Beautiful. Thank you.
You are a musical genius. Thank you very much.
UB40 - The Earth Dies Screaming / Madness - Too Hot To Handle ft. UB40 / One in Ten (Live)
