Loyle Carner & Jordan Rakei
Ottolenghi
[Verse 1: Loyle Carner]
I was sat up on the train, starin' out the window at the rain
I heard this little lady must’ve felt the pain
Ask her mum if the blazin' sun'll ever shine again
I felt ashamed, feel the same, not her Mother though
Nah, started to laugh, got her son involved
Ah, mentioned the past like a runnin’ joke and told her, 'without all the rain, there's no stunning growth'
Close, ah, To everything and nothin'
Picture past the honeymoon and bluffin'
Where the wooden spoon is only cuffin'
Shortened the discussion
But the roots can't manoeuvre out of nothin’
I’ve been sufferin' these dreamy days, uh
Remedy and lust don’t hold any memories of us
Rather hold you everyday until the memories are dust
Yo, we only caught the train 'cause you know I hate the bus
Never get enough
[Chorus: Jordan Rakei]
Born and raised
Made attempts to crawl away
Find a way
To exist and hide your face
Some relate
Leave everything in yesterday
[Verse 2: Loyle Carner]
(Aye) They ask about the bible I was readin'
Told them that the title was misleading
Labelled it Jerusalem but really it's for cookin’ Middle-Eastern
I could see her mind was changing
With the seasons
Shady for a reason
Uh, day will start decreasing
Leaving like the orange in the evenin'
It was creepin' through the clouds
But now I'm proud to see the images releasin'
I just wish the little lady could've seen it, but she was dreaming
(Ah) Reckon she's standin' with her mum saying to her
'Look, Mother here's the sun'
Rooted in the moment 'til the memories are done, so I sit and start to wonder
On the woman she'll become, wonder if I'll have a son or a daughter
Ones that I brought up never strong, never tellin' me to run
Never tryna find a sum
Tryna get it done
Yo, I wonder if she'd ever be as clever as her mum, one
[Chorus: Jordan Rakei]
Born and raised
Made attempts to crawl away
Find a way, to exist and hide your face some relate
Leave everything in yesterday
Born and raised
Made attempts to crawl away
Find a way
To exist and hide your face
Some relate
Leave everything in yesterday
[Outro: David Rawlins]
Life can be bad, it can turn bad in a second
So remember, what I'm tryna show you
This life can be good one minute
And next minute it can turn bad
So don't look down on nobody
'cause that's how life can turn for everybody
So remember it's love everybody
And I'm gonna look for life, for my time
Thank you