The Terrifying Tale of Thela Hun Ginjeet

"Thela Hun Ginjeet" is an anagramistic title
The song has to do with urban violence, crime in the streets, being mugged, you know all those kind of useful social comments
Now, there's a line in which the singer has to act the part of a person who's being mugged
And Adrian went out in the studio and was going in front of a microphone and saying
"He held a gun against my head, this is a dangerous place, I wouldn't like to live here"
You know, which isn't awfully convincing
So I said to him, "Why don't you take this pocket cassette machine and walk around the park
And get a bit more of a feel of what it's like to be on the street?"
So he went around the block, walking and talking into the machine
And as he walked around the corner, he said into the machine
"This is a dangerous place, he held a gun against my head, I wouldn't like to live here"
And immediately got set on by a street gang
He said "Hey man, hey man, what— what you got there?"

So, suddenly, these two guys appear in front of me
Stop, real aggressive
Start at me, y'know?
"Wha— what's that? What's that on that tape?"
Y'know, "What do you got there?"
I said, "Uh, it's a tape—"
"What're you talkin' into that for?", y'know?
I said, "Oh, well, it's— it's just a tape, y'know?"
And they say, "Well, play it for us!"
I said, "Oh no!"
Put 'em off as long as I could
Finally, they turned it on, y'know
They— they grabbed it from me, took it away from me
Turned it on, and it says
"He held a gun in his hand
This is a dangerous place!"
They said, "What dangerous place? What gun? You're a policeman!"
The deeper I talked, the worse I got into it, y'know?

Well, first of all, I couldn't even see his face
I couldn't see his face
He was holding a gun against me, and...
Um...
I was thinking...
"This is a dangerous place"
Well, this is a dangerous place

Thela hun ginjeet, thela hun ginjeet
Thela hun ginjeet, thela hun ginjeet
Thela hun ginjeet, thela hun ginjeet
Thela hun ginjeet, thela hun ginjeet

Qua tari mei, thela hun ginjeet
Qua tari mei, heat in the jungle street

I said, "I'm nervous as hell from this stuff"
Because those guys were gonna kill me for sure!
I mean, really, they ganged up on me like that, I couldn't believe it
I mean, look, I'm still shakin', y'know?
It's weird
Go out in the streets like this, you can't...
It's a dangerous place, it's a dangerous place

Thela hun ginjeet, thela hun ginjeet
Thela hun ginjeet, thela hun ginjeet
Thela hun ginjeet, thela hun ginjeet
Thela hun ginjeet, thela hun ginjeet

Qua tari mei, thela hun ginjeet
Qua tari mei, heat in the jungle street

I was walking down the street one day
It wasn't in Philadelphia, thank God
I was talking into a Walkman, not a Pac-Man
Suddenly I was surrounded by a gang of young, rough, tough individuals
They wanted to kill me
I said, "Watch out! It's a dangerous place!"

I talked— I told 'em, I said
"Look, man. I'm not ta—"
It went on forever
Anyway, I finally unbuttoned my shirt and said
"Look, look, I'm in this band here, y'know?
I'm in this band, y'know?
And we're making a recording, y'know?
It's just about New York City, it's about crime in the streets..."
The explanation was going nowhere, but
Finally, they— they just kinda let me go, I dunno why
So, I walk around the corner
I'm like, shaking like a leaf now
And I thought, "This is a dangerous place" once again, y'know?
*Sigh*
Who should appear but two policemen?
Hahaha
Ah, ha ha

Thela hun ginjeet, thela hun ginjeet
Thela hun ginjeet, thela hun ginjeet

What happened?
They didn't kill me
They didn't tear my limbs off!
They let me go
I walked right around the corner
Shaking like a leaf!
Straight in the hands of two policemen!
Watch out! It's a dangerous place!