[Part I]

[Intro: Harley Alexander-Sule]
And away, and away, and away we go
And I pray, and I pray, but I don't want hope
Give me change, give me change, ever made in stone
Pleasure and pain, pleasure and pain

[Verse 1: Jordan Stephens, Harley Alexander-Sule, Jordan Stephens & Harley Alexander-Sule]
(Okay) Sometimes it's too bad to be true, too disheartening
Double tap screens, fall foul to viral marketing
Sitting ducks, nothing but large bills and meal plans
I'm tryna use my imagination while I still can
A carnival of thoughts, I hear the steel pans
It's too real, it's likes over love, fuck how you feel
Monetise me, Where's me new deal?
Yo, I don't wanna feel bluе, so get the blue pill, uh
Pull thе camera out, yeah, here's my blue still
Can you check the score, yeah, it's two nil
(Oi, check the score bruv, come on)
I wish I had time to kill, 'cause if I did I wouldn't kill time
My desire for revenge lives in my insides and flares up
The fear of who I am without distraction is a fair one
A day without an existential spiral is a rare one
Bookies in the ends, but they're never where the money is
Daddy's down at Coral's, but he doesn't know where mummy is
The day I saw that building on fire, my fucking heart broke
There's still no fucking justice, years later and there's still smoke
My voice feels tiny, it feels as though I'm stuck in sand
I'm telling you, violence is the only shit they understand
Praying for a day of leisure, playing for pain and pleasure
Yeah, praying for a day of leisure, playing for pain and pleasure
[Chorus: Harley Alexander-Sule]
And away, and away, and away we go
And I pray, and I pray, but I don't want hope
Give me change, give me change, ever made in stone
Pleasure and pain, pleasure and pain

[Verse 2: Maverick Sabre]
Uh, I don't wanna waste all your attention
Saying everything with no intention, uh
How do we fall? And the more we point the blame
Can't throw stones in glass houses in the rain
So you compare, but never my job (Huh)
Holding up a mirror, but you hate reflection
Work until you bleed, hope you make your pension
Still flicking through the day, bloodshed desensitation
Even nothing

[Bridge: Maverick Sabre]
Down on me, watch it fall
Down on me, will we all?
Down on me, watch it fall
Down on me, will we all?

[Pre-Chorus: Harley Alexander-Sule]
It's always sunny somewhere
[Chorus: Harley Alexander-Sule, Maverick Sabre]
And away, and away, and away we go (And away and away, and away and away)
And I pray, and I pray, but I don't want hope (And I pray and I pray, and I pray and I pray)
Give me change, give me change, ever made in stone (Give me change, give me change)
Pleasure and pain, pleasure and pain

[Part II]

[Verse 1: Harley Alexander-Sule]
Come now to find the way
[?][3:36] 'cause of dreams I never had, yeah
Stopped selling when the price was low
One move and the power changed
Yeah, but the pleasure, pain

[Verse 2: Jordan Stephens]
Yeah, you gotta overcome your past and put that shit behind you, like a pantomime
I've seen pain covered in ways, I think it asinine
We tear down people we feed to whet our appetites
And when I see a woman get flack, I think of Caroline
And when a man catches strays on account of his gender
I think about the brave ones who are changing the agenda
I think about the lives changed by a selfless mentor
I think about Jamal and then I think about Brenda
Wanna tear it all down sometimes like, "Fuck identity"
RIP Ebo, I hope he knows what he meant to me
There's really not a cheat code, it's a massive lack of justice
The human soul's corrupt, I feel disgusted, yo, trust me
All this anti-Black rhetoric over your porridge, I know you love it
Even the compliments back then seemed loaded
They said "We don't like rap, we like you", wide-eyed and unoffensive
But all I see is dead people now I've come to my senses
Word to my allies and ancestors
[Outro]
If you deal with inequality, you can make things better
If you don't deal with inequality, you'll make things worse
And people can point and call me a communist as much as they fucking like, right?
I make millions of pounds betting on this, alright?
That doesn't sound very fucking communist to me, alright?
I'm not here because I'm a good person, I'm here because I'm a good fucking economist, and I don't want this fucking country I grew up in to go down the fucking toilet