mellybrown

Lady Sovereign - My England

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fKIxQNqnr8

Brilliant

It ain't about the tea and biscuits, I'm one of those English misfits, I don't drink tea I drink spirits, and I talk alot of slang in my lyrics,
These goes a horse, horses for courses, nah more like corpses on corners,
And Staffordshire Bull Terriers and late night crawlers,
Polics carry guns not truncheons, make your on assumptions,
London ain't all crumpets and trumpets, it's one big slum pit.

[Chorus]
We ain't all posh like the queen, we ain't all squeaky clean,
Now do the Tony Blair, throw your hands in the air now everywhere,
We ain't all squeaky clean, we ain't all posh like the queen,
Now do the Tony Blair, throw your hands in the air now everywhere,
This is the picture I painted my low down, This my London that I call my home twon,
It's where I'm living and this is my low down,
This is my England I'm letting you know now,

No I don't watch the Antiques Roadshow, I'd rather listen Run the Road,
And smoke someone's fresh homegrown,
And not get bloated on a plate of scones,
Cricket, bowls, croquet, nah PS2 all the way, in an English council apartment,
We don't all wear bowler hats and hire servants,
More like 24 hour surveillance and dog shit on pavements,

[Chorus]
We ain't all posh like the queen, we ain't all squeaky clean,
Now do the Tony Blair, throw your hands in the air now everywhere,
We ain't all squeaky clean, we ain't all posh like the queen,
Now do the Tony Blair, throw your hands in the air now everywhere,
This is the picture I painted my low down,
This my London that I call my home town,
It's where I'm living and this is my low down,
This is my England I'm letting you know now,

Big up Oliver Twist, lettingus know the nitty gritty of what London really is,
It ain't all pretty, deal with the realness, it's all gritty, deal with the realness,
Ohh the changing of the Queen's guard, that's nothing for me to come out of the house form
Tra la la, I'd rather sit on my arse,
And have a glass of Chardonnay, nah
We ain't all Briget Jones clones, who say pardon me,
More like gwanin mate, You get me...
Now i can select a few, paper people like to reject all my views,
Well I'm letting you know the news and
well, this is the straight up truth,

[Chorus]
We ain't all posh like the queen, we ain't all squeaky clean,
Now do the Tony Blair, throw your hands in the air now everytwhere,
We ain't all squeaky clean, we ain't all posh like the queen,
Now do the Tony Blair, throw your hands in the air now everytwhere,
This is the picture I painted my low down, This my London that I call my home town,
It's where I'm living and this is my low down,
This is my England I'm letting you know now,

sime303

she reminds me of my cousins 17 year old daughter.

mellybrown

ye, reminds me of my sister - she is also 17...

Emma M

ACCCCCCCCK!!!!!!!!!! CHAVVY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for reminding me of one of the good things about being away from the UK, it physically turned my guts!

bevinva

Wait until you've been here for a while.......it's funny how being an expat changes the way you view things. Also, it doesn't matter if you show people that or not, you'll still spend the rest of your life answering the same questions1

geeandtee

Yup, like..."Are you Australian?"

Kaffy Mintcake

Doesn't sound very nice.

sime303

oh you know it.

Emma M

I got asked by this complete stranger in the middle of a supermarket once: "Are you from Germany?"

JEM3110

I have been asked: Are you Australian, Dutch, German, Greek, Swedish..... (I don't mind if people say English or Irish as they're almost right) Why don't people just say "where are you from?"
I was at the counter in Walgreens the other day and the guy serving me said "I love your accent, it's so cute (?) where are you from? I said "Wales". His response "Oh that's where Princess Diana's from right?" I just nodded and got the hell out of there!! Couldn't be arsed to explain....

geeandtee

There was one person who genuinely believed that I was from Texas, so now, when I'm asked where I'm from, I tell them that I am, indeed, from Texas

sambapink

A girl in a shop asked me where I was from.. I said England.. she said how long have you been here.. I said 6 months.. she said... "wow you picked up the language very well"

bevinva

I went from the outskirts of London to the south (Charleston), it will be interesting to hear your first impressions when you get to Atlanta, good luck with the move.

A neighbour told me to watch "Muriel's Wedding" with her the other day because it was from England!

Emma M

Oh what?!

mellybrown

I dont think I have actually heard an Atlanta accent.....the only real american i have met and had a convo with is hubbys boss over there, and i think he is from new york anyway!!