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WHY DO YOU BECOME A SKINHEAD?
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A question I'd love to ask, but I myself can't get that perfect answer. Because to me, I don't think there is a perfect answer. However people have been telling me, its about the music, its a way of life, its an anti-racist movement. To me, half of these people know what they are talking about, the rest are just bollocks. They told me, skinhead is a way of life. So I'd ask them, isit your way of life? And they dumbly said yes. To me, it can't be my way of life, but it is what I want my life to be. However, how bout your religion? There's the big "oh ya"! If you're born a muslim, and you admit yourself to this way of life, it has made you a murtad rite? And so, the closest we can get to being a REAL skinhead is, just listening to music, drinking beers and having a laugh. Not saying that its wrong lah, for those who wants it to be a way of life, then be it. However, its like denying your true roots. Speaking of roots, skinhead have their own roots too, since 1960s, from the days of reggae clubs and football matches to the days of fighting on the streets getting rid of racist movement and immigrants, till the day the were almost dead but revived by SHARP and the hardcore/punk movement in NY/US. Some people deny that part, but to me, its the important role in being a skinhead. However I have mates who don't even think of understanding this sub-culture that they have put themselves into, and I'm truely ashame. When we ask them or tell them, they think we are fanatic or something. NO! Its good to once in a while talk about your roots and of those who have 'been there, done that'. To me, everybody was a poser, including me, but then, they either move on or they drop their 'way of life' by saying "dah rilek ah". To me, those who have moved on, either had a better crowd to mix with or they just found something valuable in what they wanna be. So yes, when some of them say 'skinhead for life', it can be true! There's some skinhead I know that is reaching to almost 40 years old and they are still skinheads and they know how to managed it. So yeah, everytime I think about it, it makes me proud to be part of this crew.
PS: sorry for any mispelled or missing words, fill it out yourself. I'm lazy to check =)
Voiced at 9:38 PM on 13 September 2008