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The Specials (sometimes called The Special AKA ) are an English 2 Tone ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude", and had a "more focused and informed political and social stance" than other ska groups. The band wore mod-style "1960s period rude boy outfits (pork pie hats, tonic and mohair suits, and loafers)." In 1980, the song "Too Much Too Young", the lead track on their The Special AKA Live! EP, reached number one in the UK. In 1981, the unemployment-themed single "Ghost Town" also hit number one in the UK Singles Chart. After seven consecutive UK Top 10 singles between 1979 and 1981, the band broke up. Their 1983 song "Free Nelson Mandela" was a No. 9 U… more »

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1979

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What you gonna do
When guests drop in on you?
We won't go away
'Cause we've come out to stay

Stand there like parked cars if you want to
We can't force you to enjoy this music
Take it or leave it we'll carry on regardless
If you don't like it you don't have to use it

It's up to you (up to you)
It's up to you (up to you)
It's up to you (up to you)
It's up to you (up to you)

Looks like a case of the blind leading the deaf to me
You must be bored out of your pants
Take it or leave it we'll carry on regardless
If you don't like it you don't have to dance

It's up to you (up to you) black
It's up to you (up to you) white
It's up to you (up to you) unite
It's up to you (up to you) or fight

In London town you can hear the youth, them say "take warning"
It's up to you, what you really want to do
For you were standing on the corner giving trouble
When the policeman come, he say you have to move on the double
Yeah
So, steppin' up the street with my little rude girl
With her 'stay-pressed' to her ankles
It's up to her what she really wants to do
It's up to you, you and strictly you and you

What you gonna do
When morons come for you?
And they won't go away
They want the whole world painted grey

It's up to you (up to you)
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