This Is London Lyrics

Lyric discussion by DRPISS29 

Cover art for This Is London lyrics by Akala

I'm not how much of the language makes sense outside of the UK (or even london), so here goes: Baller-footballers and sportsmen in general. it also means someone who is "ballin'", doing well in life and on top of the game. Premier league-A football tournament Cris-champagne Tugs-Thugs (pronunciation is londoners from the caribean) Slugs-Bullets Catchin cases-being prosecuted by the police Pikey-an english/irish/scottish mix. supposedly they are unusually strong and make good pikemen, but the current meaning is a white lower class kid, a larger lout chav Little girls getting shot in the back-this is a reference to a black girl getting shot by skinheads a while ago Chrome-gun (obv.) Ian Wright-A professional footballer from way back. He was black and also quite famous Congestion- the congestion charge, you have to pay like £10 to drive in central london because there are too many cars