The Streets - Two Nations lyrics
[The Streets - Two Nations lyrics]
Two nations divided by a common language, oi
And about two hundred years of
New songs and dances
But the difference is language are just
The bit's you got wrong
'Cause we were the ones
Who invented the language
Sorry, oi, that's just my idea of a joke
But, you guys are different to
Us "across the pond" folk
And I keep having to say that I'm only joking
In New York when I have to
Buy fags on the road, oi
Biggie, man, God bless America and that
But, you lot keep killing
All your best talent
We build up our stars and
Then papers sweep on 'em
And you build up stars and maniacs shoot 'em
I don't know much about nines and MACs
But we still got two twos
We're inclined to pack
And I much prefer the profit margin nowadays
And crystal meth, it's all hype with crack
It was no shock to me when
We flew to the door
At the Nas gig where mans were shooting a war
Since it got reported in
The latest news story
That London is now more
Dangerous than New York
Two nations divided by a common language, oi
And about two hundred years of
New songs and dances
But the difference is language are just
The bit's you got wrong
'Cause we were the ones
Who invented the language
Understated is how we prefer to be
That's why I've sold three million and
You've never heard of me
The paparazzi shoot me
The girls all loot on me
But don't shoot idols
We fight football rivalries
The word "whack" means to come back home
And I wrote the Ten Whack
Commandments on my own
I was in front of the bloke
Shooting at the Nas show
They weren't shooting at me
It was honour that night though
We don't shoot idols, happily shoot instead
Up my road, the police just shot a yute dead
'Cause they guessed he might have been
A bit of a terrorist there
Does my bomb look big in this bag then?
But we love Biggie
Johnny Cash and Stevie Wonder
It's no biggie we got no
Cash and it's no wonder
'Cause, I'm proud we gave you
People like John Lennon
Even though you shot him as well
Two nations divided by a common language, oi
And about two hundred years of
New songs and dances
But the difference is language are just
The bit's you got wrong
'Cause we were the ones
Who invented the language
And about two hundred years of
New songs and dances
But the difference is language are just
The bit's you got wrong
'Cause we were the ones
Who invented the language
Sorry, oi, that's just my idea of a joke
But, you guys are different to
Us "across the pond" folk
And I keep having to say that I'm only joking
In New York when I have to
Buy fags on the road, oi
Biggie, man, God bless America and that
But, you lot keep killing
All your best talent
We build up our stars and
Then papers sweep on 'em
And you build up stars and maniacs shoot 'em
I don't know much about nines and MACs
But we still got two twos
We're inclined to pack
And I much prefer the profit margin nowadays
And crystal meth, it's all hype with crack
It was no shock to me when
We flew to the door
At the Nas gig where mans were shooting a war
Since it got reported in
The latest news story
That London is now more
Dangerous than New York
Two nations divided by a common language, oi
And about two hundred years of
New songs and dances
But the difference is language are just
The bit's you got wrong
'Cause we were the ones
Who invented the language
Understated is how we prefer to be
That's why I've sold three million and
You've never heard of me
The paparazzi shoot me
The girls all loot on me
But don't shoot idols
We fight football rivalries
The word "whack" means to come back home
And I wrote the Ten Whack
Commandments on my own
I was in front of the bloke
Shooting at the Nas show
They weren't shooting at me
It was honour that night though
We don't shoot idols, happily shoot instead
Up my road, the police just shot a yute dead
'Cause they guessed he might have been
A bit of a terrorist there
Does my bomb look big in this bag then?
But we love Biggie
Johnny Cash and Stevie Wonder
It's no biggie we got no
Cash and it's no wonder
'Cause, I'm proud we gave you
People like John Lennon
Even though you shot him as well
Two nations divided by a common language, oi
And about two hundred years of
New songs and dances
But the difference is language are just
The bit's you got wrong
'Cause we were the ones
Who invented the language