Slicker Than Your Average

Music and lyrics by Craig David, T. Henry, and A. Marshall
 

Yo craig
There's some real jealous people out there right
Tryin' to say how you're wack
How your music's soft
And you ain't got nothin' to say
Well it's album number two right
So you gotta let 'em know (that's right)
So do your thing
Take your time
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
When I was working behind boxes
Shit like this don't happen overnight, no no

While they're tellin' me 'bout 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

Now they're tellin' me that I'm too R&B
How I turned my back on the whole UK garage scene
Then 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
They keep stopping my flow
Everywhere that I go
They keep stopping my flow
Check it

There comes a time when you've gotta take a stand to do what's right
(As much as I like, I can't possibly please everyone)

Slicker than your average
Singer serving garage
Busy tryin' to slam me 'cause I smashed it
What they don't understand is
I'm getting them established
By takin' British music to the masses
Now 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
Now to go gold to me's a minimal
I'm involved in them platinum plaques and records sold
Heaven knows that I've battled producers with ego
And there were those that were told exactly where to go
Somebody please stop these little kids
That wanna pull bumpers off my 206
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 shows
They keep stopping my flow
Creepin', schemin' and screamin' 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
They keep stopping my flow
(Don't listen to 'em)
Everywhere that I go
They keep stopping my flow
(Let 'em know, yo, we out)

CRAIG DAVID
"Slicker Than Your Average"
Slicker Than Your Average