Lily Allen Songs - Silver Spoon Lyrics

Lily Allen - Silver Spoon

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Album: Sheezus
Released: 2014

Silver Spoon Lyrics

So I went to posh school
Why would I deny it?
Silver Spoon at the ready
So don't even try it
Yeah the house I grew up in it was Georgian
Ten bedrooms, beautiful proportions
Can't say that life isn't easy
Double negative, can't nothing please me?
Only make it here
'Cause of my daddy
Fucking your tea bags
Yo, where's my tea caddy?

(This life, that life)
Life isn't fine but we all can try
(Not fair, it's not right)
Doing my thing I'm just
Keeping my head down and

Do we have to
Keep talking about
Where you think it is I'm from?
I'ma make you see
You don't know me
You don't know me
No things never change
No talent on me
I don't believe
I'm still here
Still telling you that you're wrong
Are you losing sleep
You don't know me
You don't know me
No things never change
No talent on me, boy

So I got a trust fund, so what am I doing?
Buying property, can't be bothered with the viewings
I'm getting hungry, could you fetch my butler?
Step back I couldn't be any humbler
Sucked dick, got signed to a major
I'll do anything just to entertain you
I'm from western lovin', and when it's over
I'm going straight to heaven in a Range Rover

(This life, that life)
Life isn't fine but we all can try
(Not fair, it's not right)
Doing my thing I'm just
Keeping my head down and

Do we have to
Keep talking about
Where you think it is I'm from?
I'ma make you see
You don't know me
You don't know me
No things never change
No talent on me
I don't believe
I'm still here
Still telling you that you're wrong
Are you losing sleep
You don't know me
You don't know me
No things never change
No talent on me, boy

Round and round again (Oh, oh)
Please could you repeat the question?
Driving round the bend (Oh, oh)
I've heard it all before, and then some
Round and round again (Oh, oh)
Please could you repeat the question?

Doing my thing I'm just
Keeping my head down and

Do we have to
Keep talking about
Where you think it is I'm from?
I'ma make you see
You don't know me
You don't know me
No things never change
No talent on me
I don't believe
I'm still here
Still telling you that you're wrong
Are you losing sleep
You don't know me
You don't know me
No things never change
No talent on me, boy

And I'ma make you see
You don't know me
You don't know me
No things never change
No talent on me, boy

But I'm losing sleep
You don't know me
You don't know me
No things never change
No talent on me, boy

And I'ma make you see
You don't know me
You don't know me
No things never change
No talent on me, boy

Writer/s: KURSTIN, GREG / ALLEN, LILY
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Silver Spoon

Allen sings here about the myth that, as the daughter of actor/comedian Keith Allen, she had a privileged upbringing. "Oh gosh, it sounds really boring," she said to Q magazine, "but the idea that I've been driving around in stretch limousines my whole life because my dad's an actor couldn't be further from the truth. My dad's got eight kids, and I think his highest-paid gig was for a Listerine advert – divide that by eight and that's not really going that far."

As well as having supposedly rich parents, Allen takes on several other misconceptions in the song such as she slept with executives in order to get signed. "People are just so judgmental and convinced they know exactly who I am," she told Rolling Stone. "They come to their own conclusions and their mind won't be changed. That's the world we live in. I always kind of try to look at people and see the best in them and give them a chance."

"But people that are probably less fortunate look at me and think, 'Well, she's got everything. She's had everything. It's been handed to her on a silver plate," Allen added. "It's just not true. I've been through some really, really awful things that other people haven't been through. We're all human beings and life is not f---ing fair."

The song title comes from the phrase: 'Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth.' The term refers to somebody who's born into a well-to-do family environment; the reference being to the gift of a silver spoon by the godparents. The lucky child does not need to wait for the gift as he or she inherits it at birth.

The song was previously titled "Some People."