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Picking up the story
from where I left off
It's 1990 now
So school can fuck off
I got no GCSEs,
nothing higher than a 'D'
I couldn't tell me Mum
because she'd batter me
Me and Tate sat on the bowling green
Life was a shitter
We had five quid between us
And bought us six cans of bitter
I took me ten Benson home
And I smoked through the sorrow
If I could just avoid me Mum
Maybe I'd tell her tomorrow
I stumbled through the door
I said Mum it's like this
She said "That man's been on the phone
And you've made the list
You're in that boy band son
Come and giz' us a kiss"
Phoned up Martin and Rich
And carried on getting pissed
Boys I don't believe it
I'm gonna be famous
Pick you up in a Porsche
and buy you lots of trainers
I met the other guys
one seemed like a cock
I think it's going to be like New Kids On The Block
I can't be bothered 'cause I'm lazy
(I only wanted to get down)
I hate those that hate me
I can't forgive and it's crazy
Baby
Now I'm a video star
(I'm making trouble in this town)
Do you know who you are?
(For the five of us)
Baby
I adopted four brothers,
Some I liked more than others
One was like a brother from another mother
But the lead singer made it hard to like him
And I still loved him
despite him
The first three months
you know I nearly quit
I played snooker with my Dad
he said "Don't be a dick
Unload the bullets
you're mind is a gun
You're gonna shoot yourself when they're number one"
I can't be bothered 'cause I'm lazy
(I only wanted to get down)
I hate those that hate me
I can't forgive and it's crazy
Baby
Now I'm a video star
(I'm making trouble in this town)
Do you know who you are
(For the five of us)
Baby
Now it's dinner with Versace
And lunch with Princess Diana
And I'm gonna get belted if I go out of my manor
Cause as much as we were loved
We were also hated
The boys got jealous
Cause the girls got plated
And now we're famous and that
and we're dancing and that
And I'm thinking I can sing
why am I stood at the back
So fu.ck the band
give me Sambuka and gak
Now we're all a bag of nerves
Were not a band of brothers
I can't be bothered 'cause I'm lazy
(I only wanted to get down)
I hate those that hate me
I can't forgive and it's crazy
Baby
Now I'm a video star
(I'm making trouble in this town)
Do you know who you are?
(For the five of us)
Baby
And now it's breaking my heart
because the dream's turned to sh.it
It ain't broke but I'll break it in a little bit
And I'm always in trouble
but I've stopped saying sorry
Everybody's worried
What the fu.ck's wrong with Robbie
He's not answering his phone
He's not talking to me
I saw him on the telly at Glastonbury
And now I'm running away
from everything that I've been
And I'm pissed and I'm fu.cked
and I'm only nineteen
I can't conform no more
I can't perform no more
But the boys know I'm fu.cked
and so they show me the door
And if the truth be told
I wasn't fit enough to stay
So I put my head down
and walked away
That was the 90's
90 to 95
I can't be bothered 'cause I'm lazy
(I only wanted to get down)
I hate those that hate me
I can't forgive and it's crazy
Baby
Now I'm a video star
(I'm making trouble in this town)
Do you know who you are
(For the five of us)
Baby
from where I left off
It's 1990 now
So school can fuck off
I got no GCSEs,
nothing higher than a 'D'
I couldn't tell me Mum
because she'd batter me
Life was a shitter
We had five quid between us
And bought us six cans of bitter
I took me ten Benson home
And I smoked through the sorrow
If I could just avoid me Mum
Maybe I'd tell her tomorrow
I said Mum it's like this
She said "That man's been on the phone
And you've made the list
You're in that boy band son
Come and giz' us a kiss"
And carried on getting pissed
Boys I don't believe it
I'm gonna be famous
Pick you up in a Porsche
and buy you lots of trainers
I met the other guys
one seemed like a cock
I think it's going to be like New Kids On The Block
(I only wanted to get down)
I hate those that hate me
I can't forgive and it's crazy
Baby
(I'm making trouble in this town)
Do you know who you are?
(For the five of us)
Baby
Some I liked more than others
One was like a brother from another mother
But the lead singer made it hard to like him
And I still loved him
despite him
The first three months
you know I nearly quit
I played snooker with my Dad
he said "Don't be a dick
Unload the bullets
you're mind is a gun
You're gonna shoot yourself when they're number one"
(I only wanted to get down)
I hate those that hate me
I can't forgive and it's crazy
Baby
(I'm making trouble in this town)
Do you know who you are
(For the five of us)
Baby
And lunch with Princess Diana
And I'm gonna get belted if I go out of my manor
Cause as much as we were loved
We were also hated
The boys got jealous
Cause the girls got plated
and we're dancing and that
And I'm thinking I can sing
why am I stood at the back
So fu.ck the band
give me Sambuka and gak
Were not a band of brothers
(I only wanted to get down)
I hate those that hate me
I can't forgive and it's crazy
Baby
(I'm making trouble in this town)
Do you know who you are?
(For the five of us)
Baby
because the dream's turned to sh.it
It ain't broke but I'll break it in a little bit
And I'm always in trouble
but I've stopped saying sorry
Everybody's worried
What the fu.ck's wrong with Robbie
He's not answering his phone
He's not talking to me
I saw him on the telly at Glastonbury
from everything that I've been
And I'm pissed and I'm fu.cked
and I'm only nineteen
I can't conform no more
I can't perform no more
and so they show me the door
And if the truth be told
I wasn't fit enough to stay
So I put my head down
and walked away
90 to 95
(I only wanted to get down)
I hate those that hate me
I can't forgive and it's crazy
Baby
(I'm making trouble in this town)
Do you know who you are
(For the five of us)
Baby
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I love this one, it lets us know almost everything about joining "Take That", and what was in Rob's head around that time. It's interesting to hear, and you get to understand his behaviour and his ways at the time. Which is also full of hope, since he once was so "fucked" in his own words, and managed to rise above and be the megastar he is...
Robbie says: "The 90s on the other hand was, originally going to have a sample from one of my top 5 favourite songs: Wichita Lineman in it. I didn't like it at first, but I came around to it and did some poetry on it, some comfy rapping, with very English storytelling like a modern Roald Dahl but fatter! The 90s then on became the 90s after we took the sample out. I look back at it now with a fondness in my heart. I think they are just two nice bookends; ˜The 80s" up until I'd left school, lost my virginity, done all kinds. Then there was the whole Take That story to tell which was ˜The 90's". It's weird now, I've spunked all the best material so I'll have to do something drastic so that we have some source material for the next one."
Can't believe only one comment. Possibly Robbies best song to date bar Angels. A bit of an insight into his life and some of the people surrounding him. His voice actually works very well on this song. Rudebox on the other hand........
this is the true life of robbie when he starts in take that. he was a bad learner, he had bad qualifications, and he didn't know what to do with his life. so answer the phone and his life change. since he enter in take that, and his troubles with gary barlow. nobody understood him, even his family. i play with my dad he said don't be a dick... and he felt bad, because the fame was not as good as he thought. so he pissed and fucked, because he was only 19, he was a child and he wanted girls, money, cars, fame. but after that he runaway, he couldn't live with gary barlow and runaway. but the boys know i'm fucked so they show me the door. poor robbie, he was too young and the fame was so big....he couldn't resist.