John Lennon, "Working Class Hero"
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Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV And you think you're so clever and classless and free But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be.

— John Lennon on Class consciousness

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV And you think you're so clever and classless and free But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be." in the context of "John Lennon, "Working Class Hero"" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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John Lennon

About John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980), born John Winston Lennon, was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, political activist and founding member of The Beatles. His second wife was Yoko Ono. He was murdered in 1980.