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There Goes the Neighborhood (Body Count song)

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"'There Goes the Neighborhood'" is the debut single by Body Count. It is the twelfth track on the band's self-titled debut album. The song is a sarcastic response to critics, sung from the point of view of a racist white rocker who wonders "Don't they know rock's just for whites? / Don't they know the rules? / Those niggers are too hardcore / This shit ain't cool."Body Count (1992). Lyrics sheet. 'Body Count'. Sire/Warner Bros. For the song's music video, the word "nigger" was replaced with the phrase "black boys". The music video, directed by Matt Mahurin, ends with a black musician implanting an electric guitar into the ground and setting it on fire. The final image is similar to that of a burning cross.Body Count (1992). "There Goes The Neighborhood". Music video. 'Body Count'. Sire/Warner Bros. Records.

The main guitar riff was later sampled in Vaginal Jesus' "Beat Rodney Down" and Anal Cunt's "Lenny's in My Neighborhood".

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Category:1992 debut singles

Category:Body Count (band) songs

Category:Protest songs

Category:Songs against racism and xenophobia

Category:1992 songs

Category:Sire Records singles

Category:Warner Records singles

Category:Songs written by Ice-T

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