We bring the colour to the mural We bring that chorus to the song Flavoured harmonies What more can you ask of we? Who be the choir behind the anthem? You know our standards Black, bold and handsome Black, gold and handsome Up in the air, still nail the landing Been here since back when When the rush was the liftoff We made green in this rough bay The fascists, they teed off Made use of this gift of music Turn the page, we'll centre stage They say, who's this? And the specials brought the scar The masses lose it, hey We bring the colour to the mural We bring that chorus to the song We bring the colour to the mural We bring that chorus to the song We bring the colour to the mural We bring the chorus to the song We bring the colour to the mural We bring that chorus to the song Check it, back when in 68 London was grey as grey Teddy boys bruising for murders In the broadest day That racist nonsense But look how we responded We brought the carnival to Notting Hill We brought the carnival to Notting Hill And what's topped it since then? What's topped it since then? Notting still Kwesi was a top-notch poet I bet you all know it Fashano on the pitch Lenny on the telly And Diane Abba outlasted all them carats And you know they jelly, you know it Yeah, you know it, yeah We're causing scenes like Steve McQueen Further than your wildest dreams We make the hustle look easy We make the hustle look easy We bring the colour to the mural We bring that chorus to the song We bring the colour to the mural We bring the chorus to the song We bring the colour to the mural We bring the chorus, hey From Afrobeat to Afrobeat Stop to dubstep, they used to curse our accents Now look how much they keep us down Look how much they love our guns Look how they co-opt our slang Loving our authenticity Although we diaspora Respect what came before ya The open toes that paved the road The mountains underneath the rise But we've arrived, you see Our shining best is now We bring that colour to the mural We bring that chorus to the song We bring the colour to the mural We bring the chorus to the song We bring the colour to the mural We bring the chorus to the song We bring the colour to the song