Eddy Grant

Down in the street there is violence 

And a lots of work to be done 

No place to hang out our washing 

And I can't blame all on the sun 

We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue 

And then we'll take it higher 

(The Co-operative Republic of Guyana achieved independence on this date in 1966.  Eddy Grant was born in Plaisance, Guyana, in 1948, but had moved with his family to London long before 1966.)