Lady Sovereign My England

Artist: Lady Sovereign
Album: Public Warning
Year: 2006
Title: My England


It ain't about tea and biscuits. I'm one of those English misfits.
I don't drink tea I drink spirits, and I talk a lot of slang in my lyrics.
There goes a horse, horses for courses, nah more like corpses on corners,
and Staffordshire Bull Terriers and late night crawlers.
Police carry guns not truncheons, make your own assumptions.
London ain't all crumpets and trumpers, 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 int 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!

No I don't watch the Antiques Roadshow, I'd rather listen to 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 coucil apartment,
We don't all wear bowler hats and hire servants.
More like 24 hour surveillance and dog sh*t on the pavements

[Chorus]

Big up Oliver Twist, letting us 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 for,
Tra la la, I'd rather sit on my arse,
And have a glass of Chardonnay, nah,
We ain't all Bridget Jones clones, who say pardon me
More like gwanin mate. You get me...

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[misslilypad2011]

american dude : aw your english, did you have tea with the queen?

English Chick : Aw your american did you have maccy d's with obama?

yeah thats what i thought, fuck you.....

[MssFernxX]

THUMBS UP IF YOU MASTERED THE WHOLE SONG!

[jadiiebabbie]

im from england and proud, YES BRO!

[Xeblaro]

you peeps are bitchen about an area smaller than the province I live in. Get over your tiny differences.

[ceedubya027500]

@misslilypad2011 Its mickey d's but otherwise your spot on. Damn my yank is showing.

[XDHawkster]

Britain is all the islands, (England, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland. ROI, the little islands) England scotland and wales are 'Great Britain because its the largest island in britain, the UK is england scotland wales and n. ireland

[BlackCat7430]

I love this song. Im from the UK. I just moved to Oregon. Miss my hometown London :( everyone thinks im cool just cuz i got an accent. if they went to England and stayed there for about a year theyd all have one too, im nothin special.

[xaxlxpxhxaxbxextx]

ooh, the changin of the queens guard, thats nuffin for me to march out my house for, tra la la, rava sit on my ass

[matikalyere]

@misslilypad2011 Never heard anybody ask a Brit that. And we say MICKEY D's.

[ForeverClimbingAir]

New national anthem!

[ForeverClimbingAir]

@RidmikTV Well not N. Ireland... N. Ireland's in the UK but Britain specifies the island composed of England, Wales and Scotland. Hence 'the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland'.

[RidmikTV]

@AnnoyingBeast so does scotland and wales, they're still definitely in britain, i'm british i do know what i'm talking about