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Track: Slicker Than Your Average
Artist: Craig David
Album: Slicker than Your Average

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Born: May 5, 1981, Southampton, Hampshire, England Soulful vocalist whose early releases were a defining factor in the UK garage sound. More recently he has been moving towards a standard RNB style. David was born in Holyrood, Southampton, Hampshire, the son of Tina (née Loftus), a retail assistant at Superdrug, and George David, a carpenter. David's father is a Grenadian and David's mother is an English Jew related to the founders of the Accurist watch-making company; David's maternal grandfather was an Orthodox Jew and his maternal grandmother a convert to Judaism. David's parents separated when he was eight and he was raised by his mother. He attended Bellemoor School. David's father played bass in a reggae band called Ebony Rockers. As a teen, David began accompanying his father to local dance clubs, where DJs let him take the microphone. David's earliest exposure came when he worked on a b-side to British group Damage's cover of "Wonderful Tonight". He then started doing vocals for a few tracks with garage act Artful Dodger. The song "Re-Rewind", from the Artful Dodger album It's All About the Stragglers, hit Number 2 on the UK charts in 1999; thus, paving the way for a solo career. David's first single, "Fill Me In", released on Colin Lester's and Ian McAndrew's Wildstar Records made him the youngest solo male artist ever to reach Number 1 in the United Kingdom (he was 18 years old at the time). This was the first of a string of four Top 10 singles from his debut album Born To Do It, which eventually sold more than seven million units worldwide, earning multi-platinum status in more than 20 countries. The song "Key To My Heart", taken from the US version of the album, was also featured on the award-winning Warner Brothers animated film Osmosis Jones.

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Release: Craig David - Slicker Than Your Average
Year: 2002
Genres: Electronic, Hip Hop, Funk / Soul
Styles: Contemporary R&B, UK Garage

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Paroles de la chanson Slicker Than Your Average par Craig David
Yo craig (yeah)
there's some real jealous people out there right (uh huh)
tryin' to say how you're whack (what)
and your music's soft (what)
and you ain't got nothin' to say (what)
Well it's album number two right
so you gotta let 'em know (that's right)
so do your thing (yeah)
take your time (yeah)
speak your mind (listen)
Ever since I first stepped up
they thought I wasn't good enough, no
they told me that I'd only last one song
(that's foolish man - what's it like now? 7 million albums?)
they said I wasn't from the streets (the streets)
when I was working behind the scenes
shit like this don't happen overnight, no no
While they're tellin' me
about my imagery
How I'm so squeaky clean
whenever I'm on tv
Too much jealousy
in the industry
Why are you watching me
when you should just let me be (craig)

[chorus]
Slicker than your average
tell me what do you want from me
slicker than your average
tell me what do you want from me
slicker than your average, hey
tell me what do you want from me
slicker than your average
ooh tell me what you want from me
Some people say it's been too long
that's why I'm here to prove them all wrong
so why do imitators wanna bite my style
(ladies and gentlemen, will the real craig david please stand up?)
you never had a problem at all
when I was havin' woman trouble
somebody fill me in didn't I serve my time
remember who gave you rewind
While they're tellin' me
that i'm too r'n'b
How I turned right back up
the whole uk garage scene
Now they're stressing me when
I know there's much more to see
Why are you watching me
when you should just let me be (craig)
[chorus]
Everywhere that I go (everywhere that I go)
they keep stopping my flow (they keep stopping my flow)
everywhere that I go (everywhere that I go)
they keep stopping my flow
yo
check it
There comes a time (there comes a time)
when you've gotta take a step to do what's right
(as much as T like T can't possibly please everyone)
Slicker than your average
Singer serving garage
busy tryin' to slam me cos I smashed it
well they don't understand us
I'm hittin' I'm established
By takin' british music to the masses
the gold diggers go bananas
the same ones that didn't show me no love
when I was cashless
in the day when it really mattered
when I was pennin' competition no publishin' hits for damage (craig)
now the gold go to me so minimal
I'm involved in the platinum plaques and records sold
heaven knows that I've battle producer with ego
and there were those that were told exactly where to go
somebody please stop these little kids
they wanna pull bumpers off my 2.0.6
shoutin' outside of the block I used to live
they don't like my records so why listen to this
[chorus]

Everywhere that I go
(they be tellin' me that I can't rock the show)
they keep stopping my flow
(creepin' schemin' and schemin' tryin' to mess up my flow)
everywhere that I go
(I wanna tell the world and let them know)
they keep stopping my flow
(so tell me what you want from me)
every way that I go (oh ho oh ho oh yeah)
they keep stopping my flow
(don't listen to 'em)
everywhere that i go
(dum dum)
they keep stopping my flow
(let 'em know, yo, we out)

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