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DEE IT COZ AA CAN GREEN EGGS AND HAM
PEOPLE AALW AYS TELL IZ THAT AM JUST LIKE ME MAM
AA WUZ BORN AA WAS BRED IN SMELLIN DISTANCE O THE TYNE
AN AA COULDNT GIVE A TOSS THAT THE FOGS NOT MINE
AA LIKE ME BLAA AN AA LIKE A PINT
BUT AVE NEVER NEEDED SPEED FOR AN AALREET NEET
AA DIVVENT DRIVE A CAR'COS THEY JUST GET TWOC'ED
ME KEN'S CANNY SAFE IT'S ON TOP OF A SHOP
BUT ITS CHOCKA BLOCK WITH CRAP'N SHITE THAT
AA FIND IN THE BACK STREETS OUTA THE LIGHT
I'VE TRAVELLED FAR AND WIDE AND AVE HAD NEE HASSLE
BUT AM AALWAYS GETTIN HASSLE WHEN AM BACK IN NEWCASTLE
'COS MOSTA THE CHARVA'S AA AALWAYS SEE
JUST HAVE'NT GOT TIME FOR A FREAK LIKE ME
Y'SEE TH'THINK AM A FOREIGNER NOT FROM THE TOON
AN IT'S SAD WHEN Y'SEE THAT GEDOON, GEDOON, GEDOON -
BLOKE ON THE BOX'COS HE'S JUST LIKE THEM
AN AAL AM REALLY ASKIN' THEM AAL IS WHEN
WILL YA CALM DOON AN SHADDAP, AN CHILL OOT'N THAT
'COS AM NOT A HIPPY BASTARD AN AA KNAAR AM FAT-
AALREADY SO SHAADAP WISH'T HAD YA GOBS
THE WHOLE WORLD THINKS THAT WA AAL JUST SLOBS
WI' HEEDS FULLA SHITE AN FOOTBAALS FOR BRAINS
WUV AAL GORRA WAKE UP AN THINK WHAT WA DEEIN'
SHOULDNT REALLY MATTER THAT ME SKEETS ARE AAL TATTY
AN AA WEAR FUNNY CLOTHES WI' ME DREADS AAL NATTY
'COS UNDERNEATH AM JUST LIKE YEEZ
OR HAVE AA JUST MANAGED TO OOTRUN THE DISEASE
'COS THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE AN AA TELL YA MAN ITS SPREADIN'
AN YA DON'T KNAA WHAT YOU'VE GOT TILL Y'VE HAD A BIT'O GETTIN'
AA GET ME SHARE AN IT JUST KEEPS COMIN'
BUT AA TELL YA MAN THERE'S NEE WAY AM RUNNIN'
AWAY FROM ME HOME AN THE PLACE IN ME SONG
IT'S ME ROOTS MAN AM BORN HERE - TTS HERE WHERE AM FROM
AM A GEORDIE AN PROUD'O THE PLACE WHERE AM BORN
BUT AA LOOK AROUND AT WHAT'S GANNIN' ON
AN ME EYES JUST SING THE SAD, SAD SONG
OF THE HATRED THE PARENTS INSTILL IN THA YOUNG
FOR ME - THA BROTHER - BUT NOT OUTA CHOICE
AN AA THANK GEORGE JESUS THAT AVE GOT A VOICE
'COS AAL NEVER SHADDAP AN AAL NEVER SIDDOON
'AM THAT DREADLOCK HIPPY BASTARD THAT COMES FROM THE TOON



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