[Chorus: John Lennon, Yungun & Klashnekoff]
"In my life"
Wickedness is all that I see around me
"In my life"
I'm tryna walk a straight path but d'y'know say it's hard
"In my life"
Wickedness is all that I see around me"
"In my life"
I'm tryna walk a straight path but d'y'know say it's hard

[Verse 1]
My generation talk of money and ice
They want it all, but they don't wanna learn, read, study or write
It's like, see rappers flossin', I don't care what they spend
I'm goin' shoppin' for food and tryna pay rent
Needin' bucks for utility bills
'Cause to get your heatin' cuts enough to give ya the chills
I'm bringin' the real deal not a fantasy
Still it has to be said that I'd rather be livin' happily
Ever after instead of disaster
Half the youths don't even know which bred is their father
Boys becomin' men without the men around them
And when men are around them they're breakin' in someone's housin'
I came up out the cracks of the pavement, my life is real
Despite that, I ain't the type to steal
Think it's very rarely write to kill
And the mic is still the only weapon that I like to feel
In my firm grip, learned this from other wordsmiths
Who roamed the Earth before the Hell fire burnt it
Early, even before Tottenham turned mean
Toxteth, St Bulls, race riots in Burnley
Everybody's Crazy and somebody'll get it
I stress it, even if Nas already said it
'Cause man are actin' like it ain't happenin'
But we always bring it to the surface, that's the power of this rap ting
[Chorus: John Lennon, Yungun & Klashnekoff]
"In my life"
Wickedness is all that I see around me
"In my life"
I'm tryna walk a straight path but d'y'know say it's hard
"In my life"
Wickedness is all that I see around me"
"In my life"
I'm tryna walk a straight path but d'y'know say it's hard

[Verse 2]
Rappers like me don't always break through
'Cause we dedicate tunes to somethin' you can relate to
I don't know no one wearin' platinum fronts
Rollin' through the hood on twenty inch rims, ain't happen once
But I know about ridin' the train, takin' the bus
Plus I know about hidin' the pain, makin' a fuss
Packin' my shit and havin' to move
Like when my mum started crackin' the whip, I started rappin' for food
Then I learned to make cash in more ways than one
Without crime or government time payin' me none
Don't watch me, I'm relentless
If I'm rappin' Sundays, Mondays I'll fundraise for young offenders
All my life my eyes been on the grime
Like a target that people wanna sweep under the carpet
The so called rotten eggs, bad apples of the bunch
But that's why our music pack a little punch, 'cause..
[Chorus: John Lennon, Yungun & Klashnekoff]
"In my life"
Wickedness is all that I see around me
"In my life"
I'm tryna walk a straight path but d'y'know say it's hard
"In my life"
Wickedness is all that I see around me"
"In my life"
I'm tryna walk a straight path but d'y'know say it's hard

[Verse 3]
Got educated so I bring down the system and over stand it
So if there's a twisted bigger picture, I know who planned it
My peers cuss me, saying, "Jeez, don't study"
Call me 'sellout' 'cause I'm tryna be somebody
Sayin', "Doc, if you a rapper you can't chat that shit" (What?)
"That Martin, Malcolm, Muhammed, black shit" (Shut up, man)
"You need to keep it real, keep it gangster like me" (Why?)
"So what's the matter, Doc, too much time with wifey?"
Nah listen up, save all that talk for someone who give a fuck
I got avenues, big plans, man, different stuff
As for you, when all of your rappin' shit dry up
You'll be in the greasy spoon cookin' my fry up
I'll tell you somethin' straight from the heart
Don't let a man try and make you think that you should feel ashamed to be smart
How we gonna be embarrassed of that
Just 'cause I read a few books doesn't make me and aristocrat
I'm listenin' out for classical rap
Gettin' opinions on what it's like to try and be a man if you're black
I feel like every album's lackin' a track
Positive, peace, purpose, progress, what happened to that? 'Cause
[Chorus/Outro: "John Lennon", Yungun, Klashnekoff & (Doc Brown)]
"In my life" (Yeah, to my Poisonous fam)
Wickedness is all that I see around me
"In my life" (Reveal, Tony D, Therapist)
I'm tryna walk a straight path but d'y'know say it's hard
"In my life" (DJ Snips, my brother Luc Skyz, SP)
Wickedness is all that I see around me
"In my life" (Evil M holding it down, l yeah)
I'm tryna walk a straight path but d'y'know say it's hard
"In my life" (Doc Brown, you know me)
Wickedness is all that I see around me (Yeah)
"In my life" (Woah, that's gangsta)