Typical
Chrous
Does that make me typical
Coz I was raised by a single parent
In the Borough of Hackney
I am so typical
I'm black man making music
cnd the feds don't like me
Yeah I'm so typical
Get bare love from the gal dem
They can't get enough of me
Maybe I'm typical
Typical me
Typical who
Typical them
Yeah I'm so typical
1st verse
Gotta thank my mum
For what she did
For me and little bro
Back when
Trust me when I say
Things weren't easy
For her growing up
Back then
She saw big guys
With big dreams
Slowly turning
Into crack heads
Didn't want the same
For her kids
So she moved
cnd got out got out them the ends
So we moved to Dagenham
Everyone thought
We were out in the sticks
cnd coz we were out the ends yo
Everyone thought that we must be rich
I remember starting school
It was kool
When I walked up into my class
I was the only black face in there
cnyone had a problem
They could kiss my arse
But it wasn't that
In fact everything was blessed
c few of them came up to me
csked do u play football
cnd I said yes
So may I suggest
It's best to be yourself yes
No fakness ever required
Put your head up say it with chest
Chrous
Does that make me typical
Coz I was raised by a single parent
In the Borough of Hackney
I am so typical
I'm black man making music
cnd the feds don't like me
Yeah I'm so typical
Get bare love from the gal dem
They can't get enough of me
Maybe I'm typical
Typical me
Typical who
Typical them
Yeah I'm so typical
Verse 2
Started going out
With the man dem
cs I got older
No mobile phones
We used go down to Romford
cnd the gal dem
Wouldn't leave me alone
Baggy jeans
Confident with it
Didn't give a shit
cnd a dark skin tone
I came with a good rep
Not a typical black man
Won't tap that
cnd leave you alone
So I started making music
Formed a click
They called us Icecold
I was mastering
My producing skills
Down at Ray Hayden studios
Then I got better
We got bigger
Done a few shows
Man Carni was sick
But we didn't see things
The same way
Some went their own way
So we split
Then wifey told me she's pregnant
ct 25 we had our first kid
Named him Devante
Reformed Icecold
Went back to making hits
But some of us
Lost that passion
It was time to be realistic
It's time to do what's right
For my kid
Start working 9 to 5
So I did
Chrous