UNIT Better Dead Than Red (2025 Version).

Note: all tracks recorded under the names Academy 23 or UNIT are the property of DNA Records and protected by copyright, regardless of who wrote the works concerned. This is a track from Faith, Family & Freedom, our 54th album, recorded in 2025.

This is their law. You may well wonder just what it is for.
To keep us under but not any more. You must understand
it is better to be dead than red. It’s time to save our land.

Council housing is a mess. Culture’s finished, more or less
but it’s a crime to raise objections.
Great Britain’s now a wilderness yet they expect you to express
a belief in their elections – ha!

Now the immigrants are here. There’ll be even more next year;
it’s virtually an occupation.
So, for Britain, shed a tear for the land we held so dear
is now a bloody mongrel nation – ugh!

This is their law. You may well wonder just what it is for.
To keep us under but not any more. You must understand
it is better to be dead than red. It’s time to save our land.

Working class life’s now a drag. You can’t even smoke a fag.
Marxist rhetoric’s all there is.
Christian values aren’t allowed, outlawed by the left wing crowd.
Schools are run by reds and fairies now.

You buy food and pay your rent; that’s your wages nearly spent.
Deep inside there’s anger lurking.
You would express your discontent but it’s illegal to dissent.
Socialism isn’t working now.

This is their law. You may well wonder just what it is for.
To keep us under but not any more. You must understand
it is better to be dead than red. It’s time to save our land.

So here it is: liberation! Everybody’s having fun;
thousands of dead red bastards. We have only just begun.

Andy Martin – Vocals, Hammond Organ, CS 80, Piano.
Keilan Knight – 5 String Bass Guitar.
Karen Elliot – Drums, Vibraphone.

Text & Music – Andy Martin.

You may be interested in these other tracks by UNIT, all of which are available on our Rumble channel.

The Earth Is Finite.
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes.
Osaka Boy.
Barbara’s Bridge.
A Study Of Alkaline Metals.
The 613 Mitzvot.
The Unwanted.
A Song For Eric Cooper.
Amery Hill School.
Realise Your Potential.
1985.
Resonance Rocks Out.
Yom Kippur.
The Noahide Laws.
Hup Soon Heng.
Eagle.
When We Were Friends.

In addition we have 9 books available in PDF format free on request.

Chinese Cinema 1905 – 2005
The Essays – Articles, Essays & Monographs on science and culture
Not In Front Of The Children: A Study Of Grange Hill 1978 – 1993
Fast – Clean – Cheap (A Compendium)
Civil Disobedience – A Collection Of Short Stories For Children
Behind The Bike Shed – A Novel For Children
Grange Hill 1994 – 2008
The No Nation Interview
Birds, Bridges & Boys – Short Stories For Adults