Released: March 5, 2001
Featuring: Sweetie Irie
Songwriter: Del The Funky Homosapien Sweetie Irie Damon Albarn
Producer: Ed Case
[Intro: Sweetie Irie]
Wh-whoa
Dis the one you call Sweetie Irie
Alongside a man called Ed Case
With the Gorillaz
The refix in the seat
Na na na all right
Na na na oh
It's a bigger road ting
Cha
[Chorus: 2-D]
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
[Verse 1: Sweetie Irie]
Ah ah ah ah, give 'em something, ah ah
Ah ah ah ah, bend around, ah ah
Oh, true, man ah live like star
Oh, have pretty clothes fi di car
Oh, boy dem see mi new Rolex
Time to get the sergeant vexed
So me go seh oh, babylon ah carry [?]
Oh, them all ah watch ingredients
Oh, jewellery see diamonds and pearl
Oh, the baller brought you red rose, girl
Oh, come on, we're makin' money
Oh, babylon ah chat to me funny
Oh, true, they say the leng sells cheap
That'll get the Sergeant weak
So me go seh
[Bridge: Sweetie Irie]
Feed my 'motion
Feel my 'motion
Music is from the street
Designed to make you move your feet, mmm
Feed my 'motion
Feel my 'motion
Na na na
Na na na, oh
[Chorus: 2-D]
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
[Verse 2: Sweetie Irie]
Oh, true, man ah make 'nuff dough
Oh, babylon deh everywhere me go
Oh, true, man ah live like star
Have pretty clothes fi di car, so me go seh
Oh, true, man ah make 'nuff dough
Oh, babylon deh everywhere me go
Oh, true, man ah live like star
Have pretty clothes fi di car
[Chorus: 2-D]
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
[Break: Sweetie Irie]
It's a bigger road ting, cha
[Bridge: Sweetie Irie]
Feed my 'motion
Feel my 'motion
Music is from the street
Designed to make you move your feet, mmm
Feed my 'motion
Feel my 'motion
Na na na
Na na na, oh
[Verse 3: Sweetie Irie]
Oh, true, man ah make 'nuff dough
Oh, babylon deh everywhere me go
Oh, true, man ah live like star
Have pretty clothes fi di car, so me go seh
Oh, true, man ah make 'nuff dough
Oh, babylon deh everywhere me go
Oh, true, man ah live like star
Have pretty clothes fi di car
[Chorus: 2-D]
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
Wh-whoa
Dis the one you call Sweetie Irie
Alongside a man called Ed Case
With the Gorillaz
The refix in the seat
Na na na all right
Na na na oh
It's a bigger road ting
Cha
[Chorus: 2-D]
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
[Verse 1: Sweetie Irie]
Ah ah ah ah, give 'em something, ah ah
Ah ah ah ah, bend around, ah ah
Oh, true, man ah live like star
Oh, have pretty clothes fi di car
Oh, boy dem see mi new Rolex
Time to get the sergeant vexed
So me go seh oh, babylon ah carry [?]
Oh, them all ah watch ingredients
Oh, jewellery see diamonds and pearl
Oh, the baller brought you red rose, girl
Oh, come on, we're makin' money
Oh, babylon ah chat to me funny
Oh, true, they say the leng sells cheap
That'll get the Sergeant weak
So me go seh
[Bridge: Sweetie Irie]
Feed my 'motion
Feel my 'motion
Music is from the street
Designed to make you move your feet, mmm
Feed my 'motion
Feel my 'motion
Na na na
Na na na, oh
[Chorus: 2-D]
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
[Verse 2: Sweetie Irie]
Oh, true, man ah make 'nuff dough
Oh, babylon deh everywhere me go
Oh, true, man ah live like star
Have pretty clothes fi di car, so me go seh
Oh, true, man ah make 'nuff dough
Oh, babylon deh everywhere me go
Oh, true, man ah live like star
Have pretty clothes fi di car
[Chorus: 2-D]
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
[Break: Sweetie Irie]
It's a bigger road ting, cha
[Bridge: Sweetie Irie]
Feed my 'motion
Feel my 'motion
Music is from the street
Designed to make you move your feet, mmm
Feed my 'motion
Feel my 'motion
Na na na
Na na na, oh
[Verse 3: Sweetie Irie]
Oh, true, man ah make 'nuff dough
Oh, babylon deh everywhere me go
Oh, true, man ah live like star
Have pretty clothes fi di car, so me go seh
Oh, true, man ah make 'nuff dough
Oh, babylon deh everywhere me go
Oh, true, man ah live like star
Have pretty clothes fi di car
[Chorus: 2-D]
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
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