I got that northern soul,
We're far from ordinary people
The hearts in our chest are
And even when we're broke,
We're far from ordinary people
(We're far from ordinary) alright
no-one expects expects us to make it
But when they were big we were still babies
I'm talking to the new generation
And we wasn't born in the 80's
'Cause nobody left here for ages
Serious love for the people that raised us
Poverty stricken but that never phased us
And I'll be the first to say
I'll never forget where I came
It's the struggle that saved me
On the streets we got brought up
And we'd play on the grass 'cause
we're tryna be pro footballers
They say there's no kings out here,
nobody's got money, everyone of us paupers
I beg to differ 'cause I see
We could live on the street
They can keep throwing out orders
We've been fighting for survival
An d you're gonna learn what war does
Why did they call it an army?
That's 'cause it's filled
You can keep the revolvers
I got that northern soul,
We're far from ordinary people
The hearts in our chest are full
And even when we're broke,
We're far from ordinary people
Okay, what did they expect?
They expect us to fail this test
They think 'cause we're broke
And more time our parents are broken up anyway,
And that's 'cause there's no
keeping up with their finance
What do they want us to do?
Skip down the road to the job
centre and just hold hands?
Especially when you've got no plans
So much pain on a daily basis
Would you not grab the painkiller
It's a shame the painkiller's weed
If I'm being brutally honest
I don't condone it, but I understand
the stealing and the violence
Yeah man run when they hear the sirens
Leave the room in silence
That's the same boy who's mum got
treated bad in the job centre on Friday
Dad don't care so he lacks the guidance
But that's just where we grown up
And not everything was legal
But that's where we learnt to be tough
Most people grind to a halt
Like a car with no petrol or no diesel
But we keep it moving round here
'Cause we're far from ordinary people
I got that northern soul,
We're far from ordinary people
The hearts in our chest are
And even when we're broke,
We're far from ordinary people
If you wanna know something
The blood in my veins is full of northern grit
I got that northern soul,
We're far from ordinary people
The hearts in our chest are full
And even when we're broke,
We're far from ordinary people
We're far from ordinary people (people,