“Wham! Rap (Enjoy What You Do)” uses the then-novel sound of African American rap to critique the economic stresses of young white English men in the Thatcher era. “Everything She Wants” brings to “a sinewy disco-pop boil” a young man’s struggle to satisfy the material demands of his pregnant lover. “ Monkey”chronicles the impact of addiction on a love affair while both “Hand to Mouth” and “Praying for Time”grapple with the politics of poverty and apathy. That’s why I’m always gettin’ stoned yeah Bush, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in “Shoot the Dog”(2002), a funk-inspired dance song whose lyrics characterize Blair as the lap dog of the Bush administration: Michael satirized post-9/11 politics, then-US President George W.
