White Boys Can't Control It

Culture Club • Kissing to Be Clever (1982)

When you're a white boy
Life gets you high
You hold out thinking
That you know why
You hold out with the law of men
And when you die, you're born again<

Put down your gun and find your heart
We're dying soldiers, we don't dance for the devil

When you're a white boy
Your life is lust
You kiss and run, and you mistrust
You hold out with the nowhere men
You dance your dance and try again

Put down your gun and find your heart
We're dying soldiers in the dark, we're no rebels

You know white boys can't control it
You know white boys never hold it
You know white boys hard to swallow
You know white boys always follow
Always follow
Follow who?This track is one of my personal faves. A scathing critique of white male privilege, masculinity, and performative rebellion. Lines like "we don't dance for the devil" and "you know white boys always follow" hit like poetic gut punches, layered with George's raw emotion and social insight.

Put down your gun and find your heart
We're dying soldiers, we don't dance for the devil

You know white boys can't control it
You know white boys never hold it
You know white boys hard to swallow
You know white boys always follow
Follow
Follow who?

When you're a white boy
Life gets you high
You hold out thinking
That you know why
You hold out with the law of men
And when you die, you're born again

Put down your gun and find your heart
We're dying soldiers in the dark, we're no rebels

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