Yo
Never been perfect but hand on my heart I tried
But somebody lied
Maybe it's TV programmes all they ever show man
Life ain't how it's described
Every other year since I hit Year 8, somebody died
Somebody went and took a different road and a kid went rogue
And the grown-ups wish that somebody tried
You never know until you have somebody's eyes
I look through my own two
Walk on my own two
Stand on my own two
N***as can't say I know you
I go through everyday life no complaints, I just say I had a long day
Please don't take it the wrong way
I'm on a one way, read the science, I need peace of mind
I ain't been online
I'm not happy with the cards until I got p's on mind
Debit, throw it all into the bank
Get it, when I ball into Milan
I don't wanna be this year's Malcolm X
You should already know what I'm out to get
The 16th letter of the Alphabet
You look the part and make sound effects
I was going up 13 steps on a four level flat
And I know that shit ca' I counted
52 and I still didn't chuf and I'm 'bout it
Tell man 'low it
They never read letters with red letters and then get pressure
I hoped to God that it would get better
I was out on road even in wet weather
Yo, hold up
Look I already told them, drop me out of the patter
Ain't going clear so I won't go Napa
In the left side of my best friend's ride, no chitter and chatter
I just wanna lib it and stack up
Didn't ever see this coming when I was 13 but I'm running so
It don't matter
Never done the glitter and glamour
Just wanna put these lyrics on camera
Listen, I'm like the council estates that I lived in
I got stories
Ran from the top floor straight to the ground floor
To the bus stop then I hopped that bus to the Morley's
Parents called me, but I aired them calls ca' I didn't wanna hear them warn me
I was in an ignorant state of mind, behaving poor, home life poorly
I was in a middle class school but I know for a fact that my parents didn't vote Tory
Came home straight and bounce, fuck that way man I wanna get pounds
Never gave weed any of my attention, I never even gave it a ounce
I put my hand in one or two baskets, and then went and got a slam dunk in the count
So when I say grinding, I don't mean skates and boards
I don't mean weighing some draws
Everybody breaks some laws
Shit I should have been staying indoors
Instead of me playing with fraud
But I could have been worse
It could have been worse
I could have cared about hood status
Kept that grime from funky house
I should really have a migraine now, good gracious
Hood famous, nah I wanna get paid though
No questions, nah it's not for the radio
I just wanna get to the top like Kano
I don't care if that fox got a halo
My n***a don't wife that, or get sidetracked
Cause they send a hundred emojis
I just send them a hundred emoji
Cause they only give a fuck when they're lonely, fuck 'em
They weren't there on my nights in black
I hope that song has a writing pact
Fans want grime so I'm writing this rap but regardless I'm gonna put my life in tracks
I'm writing, so I'm not writing back
Girl take time for you writing cats
If it's h-a-r-d then it's from H-a-r-dy
You're gonna have to vibe with that
Straight from the south of the river, hold up
Croydon town for the winners, hold up
Still get aroused by the figures, hold up
They say it's your time, now don't hold up
Straight from the south of the river, hold up
Croydon town for the winners, hold up
Man get aroused by the figures, hold up
They say it's your time, what's the hold up?