Neighborhoods, check out all that
Welcome to this humble neighborhood
Rocksoul, okra, Bombay duck ra
Welcome stranger to the humble neighborhoods
You know, it's got a bit of, um, you know"
I said, but we do got
Gaelic heavy metal fans, fighting in the road
We got akee, lassi, somali waccy baccy
Dall, halal, walking down the road
Hommus, cous, cous in the jus of octopus
There's a bunch of players and they're really letting go
Pastrami and salami and lasagne on the go
He said, "Oh yeah, I'm pretty choosy"
We got rocksoul, okra, Bombay duck ra
He'd just got in from New Zealand
Exotic avocado or toxic empenada
Ah, Sunday boozers, for chewing gum users
Dall, halal and I'm walking down the road
He said, "Oh yeah, oh yeah, what's your music like?"
I said, "It's um, um, well, it's kinda like
What tikka's all about, what tikka's all about
I said, no, we hadn't really got 'em round here
Shrimp beansprout, comes with it or without
There's balti, bhindi, strictly Hindi
Welcome stranger to the humble neighborhoods
Welcome stranger, there's no danger
You can get inspiration along the highroad
Just check it out
Bagels soft or simply harder
Well, I said, "There's plenty of places to eat"
And he was looking for mushy peas
We got, Brit pop, hip-hop, rockabilly, lindy hop
I'm sure back home you know
Rocksoul, okra, Bombay duck ra
Shrimp beansprout, comes with it or without
Oh, welcome stranger
Mini-cab radio, music on the go
So anyway, I told him I was in a band
Welcome stranger to the humble neighborhoods
Ragga, bhangra, two step tanga
Balti, bhindi, strictly Hindi
You got balti, bhindi, strictly Hindi
Shrimp beansprout, comes with it or without, with it or without
Um, surfbeat, backbeat, frontbeat, backseat
Por da sol, por da sol
They got a crazy DJ and she's really letting go
Dall, halal and I'm walking down the road