Key: F# minor
Verse 1
Em
Bm
Em
Yeah, I was born in Stoke Newington,
Stokey from old city
Bm
Where concrete is over trees and all
dreams get cut and bleed
Em
Walking free, when I was young
I used to duck and weave
A
Bm
Playing up in Clissold Park and laughing
Em
in that London breeze
'93, I was a three year old
with many schemes
Bm
Junior playing football skills
of Arsenal just like they call me
Em
Sticker books remember wrestling
A
the young'n takin' I was phased
Bm
Used to idolize when he gave
Em
you a break- up
I was in a nursery making story cakes,
Bm
fell in love
For the first time I remember days
Em
When I was bullied, beat up,
then kicked and slapped away
Bm
Clutching on the monkey bars
and hoping they'd all go away
Em
Loved them city sounds and sirens
in the dark at night
Bm
Helicopters fly above my head,
I'd never get a fright
Em
I loved them early days,
living in that constant noise
Bm
Bustle in my ear was like music
Em
to this little boy
Verse 2
Bm
Sometimes we go and forget where we
came from
And we don't know
Em
Sometimes we go and forget
Bm
where we came from
Em
And we don't know
Sometimes we go and forget
Bm
where we came from
Em
And we don't know
Bm
Yeah, we don't know
Verse 3
Em
July '94, we packed up
and closed the door
Bm
Every note was now just
some image I'm returning to
Em
What we left behind, my friends,
my cousins, relatives
Bm
My birthplace,
Em
my first taste of how to live and how to give
Hackney down's playin'
fuses the memories
Bm
Sittin' on the boat,
crying that was all that's meant to be
Em
I was scared of startin' school
Bm
again; will some be all rude again?
Beat me up and treat me like a fool again.
Em
The green emerald a thousand
welcomes negative,
Bm
Growin' up a ? an outsider
never settled quick
Em
Settling was hard when
you're treated like a lump of shit
Bm
Saying you were black and tan
and come for what you fucking did
Em
But I never did nothing,
told 'em that so many times
Bm
Got in scuffles screamed out loud sayin'
Em
shit like maybe they were right
I hate that history,
Bm
I hate that Union Jack
Verse 4
I'll never speak for any man or any flag
Em
Sometimes we go and forget
Bm
where we came from
And we don't know
Em
Sometimes we go and forget
Bm
where we came from
Em
And we don't know
Sometimes we go and forget
Bm
where we came from
Em
And we don't know
D
Bm
Yeah, we don't know
Verse 5
Em
Bm
Sit tin' back, staring through the haze
of that road on that beaten child
Em
Bm
Sittin' back, staring through the haze
of that road on that beaten child
Em
It was like I'm in a beast of a lion
Bm
and me peacefully dying
I had no friends that I could ever rely on
Em
I was sittin' back, watchin' through the haze of
Bm
that road on that beaten child
But keeping that evil intact
I put the beat to track
Em
Found freedom, found out
Bm
I could be myself,
I'll find my world through my roots back
Em
Bm
I never wanted to adapt or in fact
take an action over night
That for years they told
me "Fuck facts"
Em
Bm
Verse 6
Em
Sometimes we go and forget
Bm
where we came from
And we don't know
Em
Sometimes we go and forget
Bm
where we came from
Em
Bm
And we don't know
Em
Bm
Em
Bm
Em
Sometimes we go and forget
Bm
where we came from
Em
And we don't know
Outro 1
Yeah, we don't know
Bm
Em
Bm
Em
A
Bm
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