The Streets - Two Nations [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Hook]
Two nations divided by a common language
And about two hundred years of new songs and dances
But the difference is language and just the bits you got wrong
Cause we were the ones who invented the language

Sorry oi, that's just my idea of a joke
But you guys are different to us across the pond folk
And I keep having to say that I'm only joking
In New York when I have to buy fags on the road, oi

Biggie man, God bless America and that
But you lot keep killing all your best talent
We build up our stars and then papers sweep on them
And you build on stars and maniacs shoot them

I don't know much about nines and MACs
But we still got two twos, we're inclined to pack
And I much prefer the profit margin nowadays
And crystal meth, it's all hype with crack

It was no shock to me when we flew to the door
At the Nas gig where the mans were shooting in a war
Since it got reported in the latest news story
That London is now more dangerous than New York

[Hook]

Understated is how we prefer to be
That's why I've sold three millions and you've never heard of me
The paparazzi shoot me, the girls all lose on me
But don't shoot idols, we fight football rivalry

The word whack means to come back home
And I wrote the Ten whack Commandments on my own
I was in front of the bloke shooting at the Nas show
They weren't shooting at him, it was honor that night though

We don't shoot idols, happily shoot instead
Up my road the police just shot a yute dead
Cause they guessed he might of been a bit of a terrorist
Does my bomb look big in this bag then

But we love Biggie, Johnny Cash and Stevie Wonder
It's no biggie we got no cash and it's no wonder
Cause I'm proud we gave you people like John Lennon
Even though you shot him as well

[Hook]