The Irony Of It All.

The streets are again like modern day poetry. The song The irony of it all, i find interesting, the song is about a drinker and a marijuana smoker it's interesting and quite right really..
the song starts with the two blokes introducing themselves.



Basically the drinker is aggressive and a thug, having fights and shouting. but goes on about how it's legal and he abides by the law.


"Hello, Hello
My name's Terry and I'm a law-abider
There's nothing I like more than getting fired up on beer
And when the weekend's here
I exercise my right to get paralytic and fight
Good bloke fairly
But I get well leery when geezers look at me funny
Bounce 'em round like bunnies
I'm likely to cause mischief"
The marijuana smoker however, is quite polite.
he mentions that he is a criminal, although he sits playing PlayStation he's quite friendly, just wants to relax, but in the eyes of the law he's a criminal.



"Um, Hello
My name's Tim and I'm a criminal
In the eyes of society I need to be in jail
For the choice of herbs I inhale
This ain't no wholesale operation
Just a few eighths and some PlayStation's my vocation
I pose a threat to the nation"


Cannabis was going to be legalised, and this brought up quite a discussion in society, when people hear drugs they assume they are wrong and bad for you, but really when you think about it, smoking Tobacco and drinking alcohol is by far as bad as if not worse than drugs such as Cannabis.



Love songs are bought into the streets songs, but not in the same context that they are in most songs. songs in  the charts and popular pop songs about love are usually about a boy meeting a girl and falling "madly in love" or about a being so heartbroken.


the streets take these emotions and put them in a different way, bit more of a way that will relate to people, esspecially young people. The song Dry your eyes is about someone telling their mate to move on.
And then explaining how he feels and whats going through his head.  "Dry your eyes mate
I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up
There's plenty more fish in the sea
Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now
It's over"


The song Don't mug yourself is about a bloke hanging on to a girl, and doing what ever the fuck she says, and a mates saying pull yourself together and don't be a mug, pretty much. 




"I didnt know that it was over
'Til it was too late
But if I ever needed you
Would you be there" - It's too late, The Streets.


A grand don't come for free tells the story of his recent trooubles and triumps. The Story is simple but the narrative is far more cohersive than a string if songs explaning the plot. The stucture of the music as if it were following dialogue.