‘People tell me it helped them with their rehab. I have to explain: Sorry, it’s not about alcohol – I was just a kid singing about injustice’ I wrote the lyrics on the floor of my bedroom in Basingstoke when I was 16 or 17, as a way of decompressing from studying for my A-levels. I had the idea...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/17/tanita-tikaram-on-making-twist-in-my-sobriety)