Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song My City (Bodhi Vs. George The Poet) , by - Bodhi. Release date: 25.01.2015
Song language: English
My City (Bodhi Vs. George The Poet) |
| My city has a lot of faces |
| Some can be found in forgotten places |
| Comfortably sound with a lot of graces |
| The Sun could be down on his hungry town but in London he found him a shot at |
| greatness |
| My city has a lot of faces |
| Some can tell you what a «loss of faith» is |
| Be-Fore we hated people we were all created equal then we |
| Learnt to despise the strife and |
| Forgot that variety’s the spice of life — look around you |
| Constantly standing on the brink of history |
| Watching newsreaders linking mysteries |
| Even though a few reporters taught us to be cautious ‘cause they |
| Stink of this disease called inconsistency |
| See, my city has a lot of faces |
| Four of them belonging to Big Ben |
| The rest of them hidden behind big business and Big Brother |
| Ensures all of them are monitored with them |
| Under social tensions you can see London languishes: |
| 30% minorities, 300 languages |
| Differences — race and class, it’s all enormous |
| But the common ground we found surpasses all the borders |
| If you meet a rich man, ass-kiss all his daughters… |
| Or his sons. |
| We all live once |
| And who among us wouldn’t want all of his funds? |
| That’s rhetorical but I don’t need call and response |
| To know that’s how Londoners are from time to time |
| Only got the time to grind and whine |
| Technically I’m from an elegant city but I’m not the kind to wine and dine |
| I grew up around lots of crime, the violent kind |
| You might have heard about the rocks, the grime, the hype and shine |
| It’s not just Cockney rhyming slang, we’ve got block-beef, violent gangs |
| Awkward interactions which most don’t force |
| Children navigating through postcode wars |
| In estates with the least funding, look at the state of East London |
| That’s a paradox: |
| Witness economy blooming for the have-a-lots: |
| Business is gonna be booming |
| But there’s a difference between having a front row seat and watching from the |
| sidelines |
| TFL knows the world is your Oyster as long as you can afford it |
| Even though you might need to re-mortgage just to get from Aldwych to Shoreditch |
| Inconvenient if you’re poor, which |
| Could be expected in a tax system where the more rich get more rich |
| 273 times the wealth of the poorest yet your door is next door to the extra poor |
| We look on the bright side but we’re vexed for sure |
| Like all we have to ourselves is sex and war |
| And a lot of diversity, so what could I personally Hate a complexion for? |
| I see different coloured hands outstretched for more |
| Feel free to come to London and still see the London Dungeon |
| Experience a tube of mad claustrophobics |
| Where food and bad posture don’t mix |
| And join us in moving along to the groove of the song |
| What a sight to see, we could swap a nicety |
| Some of us feel you’ve forgotten my city |
| But hopefully you’ll be proving us wrong |
| If you can take the rough with the smooth then it’s on |