proud

so it's nearly time for me to go

but i want to thank you for being here

it's been a pleasure

i mean that truly

and now i'm going to do a convoluted tune

a composition that i'm particularly proud of

never been a fellow to be down with the gs

hardly ever collect felonies out on the street

my criminal record took minimal effort

to scribble and get all it down on a sheet

me

i can do without the police

see

i'm a dude renowned to be tedious

no pissing about

i'm serious

i really just sit around on a seat

read a book

put it down

have a wee

'til i feel i've had enough then i slouch in my pjs

these days when i'm counting my sheep

it takes me ages drowsing to sleep

feel i'm thousands of feet out of my league

like a floundering dinghy down in the deep

people shouting at me i'm not allowed on a beat

but there's four times more that'll tell me i'm sweet

i found my release when i bought me a mic

and recorded a tight lyric down on a beat

with the sound so loud that the speakers

melt with the heat cos i'm dan to the b

one

two

i'm counting to three

then i want you

to bounce to the beat

from the north to the west to the south to the east

we can all get well rowdy

i oughtn't lie

i mean demographically

there's a hypothesis i support: that i am the more priviliged in all of society

quite unlike the baller i try and be

i was born in a nice region

and brought up politely

so i was taught to mind my ps and qs

and make way for oaps in queues

i'm a decent dude

peaceful too

but on a beat i speak with lethal truth

this sequel to my debut album's

a way to tell them the good news: that i'm a middle class kid from the midlands

less safe" more like "how you diddling?"