The Mancunian

Cause I come from The North The swagga, swagga That you see in my step You'll also notice In the way That I talk Just like the city That I'm from I'm a multicultural Son of bi-racial love Italian, Espanola West Indian from the Tropical Caribbean shores I'm from the place That brought the world The Hacienda World domination We're the super band contenders Look to the Nineties If you wanna see history Oasis in command (Oh, uh) A happy Monday Every day in the city A rainy city With a diversity That's gritty Keeping it real And I'm Manchester Born and bred And proud of who I am I'm a Mancunian Everything about my ways May seem just seem Just a little peculiar And all my characteristics And all my traits May be all so new to ya And just because I say it straight Doesn't mean that I'm gonna be rude to ya Cause I come from The North (North) The football rivalry Starts from the very First breath that we take When we're born Where the standard is You either love the Sky Blues Or you love the Red Devils, of course (Course) We're such a melting pot Although it rains a lot We're such a funny lot But don't you know Mancunians are the friendliest of all We got English, Irish, Polish Got Jamaicans German and Italians Sitting in the neighbourhood Got Israelis and Palestinians Living side-by-side Where they work all night I come from Britain's (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) Most diverse city (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) With a variety (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) Nothing short of thrilling (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) Keeping it real (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) And I'm Manchester (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) Born and bred (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) And proud of who I am I'm a Mancunian And everything about my ways May seem just seem Just a little peculiar And all my characteristics And all my traits May be all so new to ya And just because I say it straight Doesn't mean that I'm gonna be rude to ya (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) Cause I come from The North (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) Cause I come from The North (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) Cause I come from The North (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) Yeah I'm a Mancunian (Mancunian) And everything about my ways May seem just seem Just a little peculiar (Peculiar) And all my characteristics And all my traits (All my traits) May be all so new to ya And just because I say it straight Doesn't mean that I'm gonna be rude to ya (Be rude to ya)