We Live Here lyrics

[Spoken Intro]
Was a lovely area before you come here, lovely

[Verse 1]
Free school dinners for the poor
Pizza with a side of misery
Teachers said when I leave
No one here will miss me
Didn't know I was a sinner
But if they say so, well I must be
Big lips, wide nose
God knows no one will trust me
Mum don't look like me
But thank God she still loved me
Neighbours called me n*gga
Told me "go back to my own country"
Said since we arrived
This place has got so ugly
But this is my f*cking country
And it's never been f*cking lovely

[Chorus]
We didn't appear out of thin air
We live here
We didn't appear out of thin air
We live here
[Verse 2]
Give it the bigun 'round town
Have a drink and puff your chest out
Not a racist, you're just proud
Why should you be left out?
The fairies get a march
And the nig-nogs get a month
We've got the right to vote
I mean, what more could we want?
Free to go where I like
If I look like I belong
If not, f*ck off
Go on boy, move along
Remember Stephen Lawrence
He too was free to roam
Eighteen years old at the bus stop
Murdered on his way home

[Chorus]
We didn't appear out of thin air
We live here
We didn't appear out of thin air
We live here

[Bridge]
The first time I was called n*gga
I was about seven or eight years old
I was playing across the street
And one of the older kids called me it
I went home for bath time a little later
And asked my mum what it meant
My white mum
She told me it was a bad word
[Chorus]
We didn't appear out of thin air
We live here
We didn't appear out of thin air, mate
We f*cking live here, you c*nt