The Clash - the escapades rap

화자는 자신의 이름이 Futura임을 밝히고, 그래피티가 어떻게 자신의 명성을 가져다주었는지를 설명한다
그는 이 예술이 단순한 이름 붙이기가 아니라, 헌신과 개성이 있는 깊이 있는 활동임을 보여주고 싶어 한다
또한, 과거의 여러 작가들이 그래피티 문화의 기초를 다졌고, 그들의 영향 덕분에 자신은 이 길에서 실패하지 않을 것임을 확신한다

Futura is my name
And I say graffiti is where I got my fame
But it's not my fame that I'm here to claim
I wanna tell the real story about my game
Aw, yeah, this is just a little tune about graffiti
The idea is to let you know
That graffiti is rockin' and it's on the go
And there's a lot more to it if you check in to it
But the problem is you're probably lookin' right through it
It started for me back in seventy-two
I really wasn't sure what I wanted to do
I saw names everywhere, style color, and flair
I knew I had to join in, I knew my answer was there
There was TAKI bein' tacky with his Dri Mark pen
He was writin' his name way back then
Frank 207, SJK (Aw, yeah)
COCO144 and the UGA, PHASE2, stay hot
Graffiti is a thing that's kinda hard to explain
It's not just runnin' around spray paintin' your name
It starts as a game, can't stay the same
Dedication makes you put it in a different frame
Joe 136 (To the beat)
And there were writers in the past who I bet if you asked
Would say graffiti cannot last
But they crossed that rail and they blazed that trail
And it's because of them that I won't fail (You know it)
You know they jumped that fence, they crossed that track
And it's because of them I can never be the wack (And you know that)
(To the beat)