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  • I Don’t Think You Have, Mate

    I Don’t Think You Have, Mate



    REBELLIOUSBARD

    What happens when the people asking for protection
    stop believing it will be applied equally?

    I Don’t Think You Have, Mate takes aim at the perception of two-tier policing in Britain, moving through protests, public disorder, speech and violent crime to question whether political sensitivity has begun to influence who receives scrutiny, sympathy and protection. Its title turns one brief exchange into the song’s refrain: a statement of disbelief becoming an accusation about trust in the institutions expected to enforce the law.

    I Don't Think You Have, Mate



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    FOR THE RECORD

    Flags in the street, but only the wrong ones get snatched
    Lads on the corner, they turn the other cheek
    While grannies get raided for a mean tweet
    “Community cohesion” that’s the brief

    One side throws bricks, gets a polite chat
    Other side waves a banner, riot van’s on the mat
    Stabbings in the park, but swift only on the chat
    Priorities twisted like a bureaucrat’s knot

    They kneel for the cause when the cameras roll
    But a kid on the ground? Just another patrol

    “I don’t think you have, mate” as the blood hits the floor
    “I’ve been stabbed” , “Nah, you’re fine, settle the score.”
    Handcuffs on the victim while the killer stands tall
    Two-tier justice, watching Britain fall

    “I don’t think you have, mate”, the words that kill
    Protect the narrative, ignore the spill
    From Southport to the streets, the pattern’s clear
    Don’t think you have rights… not if you’re from here

    Nowak on the pavement, bleeding out slow
    Told ’em straight up, but they already know
    Who to believe when the script’s been sold
    Racial abuse claim better safe than bold

    Rudakubana flowers? Nah, the real blooms of grief
    Ignored reports, hushed whispers, no relief
    Grooming gangs whisper while the papers sleep
    But a tweet gone viral? Full SWAT team

    “I don’t think you have, mate” as the blood hits the floor
    “I’ve been stabbed” – “Nah, you’re fine, settle the score.”
    Handcuffs on the victim while the killer stands tall
    Two-tier justice, watching Britain fall

    “I don’t think you have, mate” the words that kill
    Protect the narrative, ignore the spill
    From Southport to the streets, the pattern’s clear
    Don’t think you have rights… not if you’re from here

    One rule for the favoured, one for the rest
    “Far-right” label sticks to your chest
    While the real trouble hides behind the vest
    Of diversity quotas and fear of the press

    How many more Nowaks before they confess?
    The two tiers are cracking under the stress

    “I don’t think you have, mate…”
    “I don’t think you have…”
    Don’t think you have justice today

    WHY THIS SONG EXISTS

    The song was prompted by the case of Henry Nowak. After Nowak said that he had been stabbed while being detained by police, an officer responded, “I don’t think you have, mate.” That exchange became the title and central refrain of the song, and a starting point for its wider anger about policing, institutional judgement and the perception of unequal treatment under the law.

    Please Sir, Can I Have Some More? RebelliousBard