It's about British Army recruitment in the 1980s.Oliver is Oliver Cromwell a historical figure who devised the New Model Army in 1680. The Murder Mile is The Falls Road, Belfast a high casualty area during the 70/80s conflict. Check Point Charlie refers to West Berlin a large British army garrison. White Nigger is an abusive term for the white unemployed working class in the UK The reference to the boys from the Mersey, Thames and Tyne refer to working class unemployment black spots in 1980.
hamsterwaffle(November 18, 2008 at 8:32 pm)
Wasn't Olivers army the New Model Army?
denman0161(November 17, 2008 at 11:32 pm)
a true 80's classic didn't like it as a kid but now........
JLees2000uk(November 16, 2008 at 7:02 pm)
Oliver Cromwell. Olivers Army refers to the British Army.
Dwslassls(November 15, 2008 at 7:16 am)
oliver tambo african leader
moleyhtfc(November 13, 2008 at 1:20 pm)
Oliver Cromwell
2bsom1(November 13, 2008 at 7:53 am)
so who is oliver?
lvn4life(November 9, 2008 at 3:20 pm)
nice we can all have opinions huh?
kelsEtv(November 9, 2008 at 3:16 pm)
oh, i know. but I am like the only person out of a bunch of people i know who even know who EC is. but yeahh i understand.
lvn4life(November 9, 2008 at 3:09 pm)
All genre's of music have a place. Not everyone likes EC especially this song because its political but again most can appreciate it. Whether he is rapping or singing about politics all genre's have their place.
