作词 : Dave/James Blake/Joe Reeves 作曲 : Dave/James Blake/Joe Reeves [Intro] (Knife crime is at a near record high With more than forty blade offenses every day in London) (At a youth club in South London, not far from where someone was stabbed Less than twenty-four hours ago He outlined a direct link between violent crimes, social exclusion and austerity A study by City Hall found that London has seen an increase of 71% In victims of serious youth violence since 2012 The Mayor says this is linked to an increase in poverty With the highest rates of violence taking place in come of the poorest boroughs)
[Verse] Look, I bet them boys think I'm panickin' Check what my young Gs are carrying His blade same length as a javelin I don't know about B-ball or what's happenin' But know that it's fukked if he's travellin' and we see him I can't lie, I was depressed at phases I was 19 when the team nearly left him faceless Hopin' that we never left no traces You know when you're so damn tired in your house But you can't sleep cah you got pendin' cases I used to love temptin' fate, but now it's temptin' faces For half my career I was part of that My best friend got a burner and it's lookin' like an artifact Put it in your puffer or your Prada hat Like fukk panic, that's a heart attack
Yeah, it's like life's so fukked in the time that were in We're fightin' the world and we're fightin' within Somali dad just ran away from a war Now his son's in a war, that's the cycle we're in I know n1ggas that didn't do time in the bin That have never had freedom of mind, are you sick? 'Round here main way to provide for your kin Is in a flick blade, little push-bike, and a sim In London, a place where it's nicer to live Is only five minutes out from the guys on a strip Where man make yay work Heard he a soldier I know that n1gga hasn't got balls like Grey Worm As I grow older, change of perspective I gotta stay loyal to my girl, that's the trait she was blessed with Restaurants, raves with my bredrins Life's too short, so we gotta turn up
Man talk on my ting for the 'Gram, it's intrusive I never really thought about taking a life Till I found out my ex-girl's dad is abusive I felt how I coulda be a man and not do sht? I'm on the way there now and I don't wanna lose it But fightin' her battles only hurtin' the girl How can I protect her from the world When I couldn't even protect her from myself? On my grandmother's grave, sh1t happens again I put a knife through a family friend Most the women that I know had sh1t happen to them So innocent 'til guilty ain't somethin' that I have to respect I think back to my youth and I was so ungrateful How many of our parents had dreams they abandoned So they could put food on the table Intelligent, worthy and able That's somebody's parent
You know?
And that affected the way that I see sh1t Nightclub toilet, you peed on the seat 'Cause you don't know how it feels when your mum's gotta clean sh1t And her boss treats her like she don't ever mean sh1t And she gotta wait for the bus in the rain and it's freezin' And Miss said that you won't ever be sh1t And you don't wanna cry about dad but you need him I grew up so fukked, but I didn't even deep it I'm numb to the feelin' of grievin' And man gettin' birded African mums on the floor just screamin' It's mad cah I try so hard Death's gotta be easy cah life's so hard I was 12 wishin' that I was a white man, hard Cah if I was then they probably wouldn't life mans dargs I was dead broke, fam, I couldn't swipe man's card And time might pass, but I still gotta stay with it It wasn't his beef, but I see him try claimin' it That's why he caught a bullet with another man's name on it Now he can't do leg day or put strain on it Every time you hear me freestyle I put pain in it l used to wonder does God have favourites? Touch me it's dangerous I wouldn't play with it 'Cause you can go sleep and have a different type of wake for it I miss my dargs, unstable You violate Chris, then rah I turn Chris Benoit Have him hit from far, nah Fill him up with bricks and glass, nah My young Gs will grip, then blast Have you tried in the street? Fukk findin' my feet I could ride, but I'm better when I'm ridin' a beat My emotions are peak, it ain't a sign of defeat or the weak I woulda ex3cute you,then cried in my sleep Dropped just two racks and told him buy the machine I'm Lebron in Miami, I provide for the heat God strike me if I'm lyin', I ain't cryin' in this beef Unless a tear's comin' tatted on the side of my cheek I provide for my peeps, the Lamb' white in the seats So I'm literally a wolf disguised in a sheep You have five figure dreams, I have five figure sleep Five hours more than enough time that I need Man want a fair fight, but I ain't on it when we see him Fukk honour, this revolver is onomatopoeic Let it stut-tut-tut-tut-tutter when you see him Free Scalez, free C and free my n1ggas till I see 'em I wouldn't wanna be him My old Gs roamin', I don't need a colosseum You see it? So I'm playin' it good Let hood politics stay in the hood Fukk the internet
You see, this new generation, they're Insta' beefin' And I ain't into speakin' When I ducked down, I had him runnin' in the lifts Like he missed a meetin' There's no good reason to risk your freedom We're All Alone In This Together+The yutes dem snitchin' and b*****s sneakin' She don't wanna talk 'bout friendship She just wanna deal with the pipe like I'm fixin' leakin' And sleep with a legend like Chrissy Teigen Where I'm from the word "life" has a different meanin' Man smile in your face but them n1ggas schemin' Try involve me in a flaky dealin' Sistine Chapel, I'ma paint the ceilin' I been violated and I hate the feelin' That's why nowadays man hates the preachin' We smile in the visit cah we ain't defeated The Supreme Court's where my mates appealin' I can't breed that girl, that's torture South London, it's just slags on a corner And influencers tryna bag them a baller She a gold digger, I can tell from her aura The socials say princess, she a pauper When it's time for it, need more for my daughter Call me a talker But man are gettin' lined like lambs in a slaughter It's life-threatening, I can tell from the borer Cut through a n1gga like a knife through flora Feds got the guys on a case and they stalk us It's a conspiracy like tin foil hats and a new world order Touch me, you better have a life insurer Bloodthirsty, I got sharks in the water And, trust me, I know a killer well, no orca
Have you ever seen a nightmare brought to life? Where I'm from you get cheffed on a normal night Man talk on my name but it's porkie pies We're All Alone In This Together+I really put it in a nigga like a porcupine Little bro wanna save for a 45 Go board a flight There's more to life Youts on the M6 all the time We don't need TFL for a northern line All the best politicians been taught to lie Where do they buy c*****e when they're snorting whit Are their dealers safe or on the border line? It's ironic cah we don't know where to draw the line Man see Blue Story, they're mortified Man see Scarface and it's glorified 'Cause when you're black everything gets scrutinised That why they call it Urban, it gets euphemised South London, man are gettin' euthanised I see a yout's demise, I wasn't too surprised He got soaked but his right hand scuba dived Don't die by a sword that you used to shine You can drown for your king, you don't know about Ophelia Cah we got iron, I don't know about anaemia I took the hard road, we don't know about the easier One bag of whores and paraphernalia When ends gettin' sticky had a flicky with Amelia I mean Olivia This ain't Libya This ain't Syria You act sillier, we let it seep in your skin like Nivea Who wants to be a millionaire? I won it Never done a game show or trivia I done Wandsworth, Erlestoke visitor I done Spring Hil, Grendon Swinfen, Whitemoor Swaleside, Brixton visitor I done M-way trips, done sh1t that I wish I never did Becah I could have been a prisoner Is this the sh1t that appeals to the listeners?
Road ain't no amazing life The ends full of snakes and jail's just a waste of time I tell my young Gs take your time Fukk jazz, you can really see a major nine
Yo, I'm so ashamed of how I used to get figures Man sell you a dream like the road ting's lit And then he leave out the parts where you're burying your n1ggas We're All Alone In This Together+Or in jail wonderin' who's puttin' shit inside your missus We're All Alone In This Together+I'm so ****ing determined I was in intensive care when I was born Mummy fell down the stairs Whether I was gonna live or not was suttin uncertain I use the word "fell' with the commas inverted You see growin' up I had it far from perfect But nobody did, so I'm a normal person I gotta be grateful We all have demons and all see angels Or maybe it's me A black yout's more than a face on a screen A number on a laptop or name on a sheet We got stories to tell and got places to be From my heart that's the makin' of me
[Outro] I was really about to lose I sat on my hands I struggled 'cause I didn't want to suffer again I just wanted, didn't wanna make my son upset I went to [?], they sent me back I tried so much, we have no strength I was in detention counsel for months, I didn't give up I was not even twenty when I left Africa I was determined to survive I was determined to survive I didn't have anybody, nobody was ready to help me You was six weeks old, this is when we left from Africa I was on the streets for three years Nobody let me eat, nobody in this nation I couldn't pay my rent, gettin' deported I didn't give up, I carried on everywhere
[00:00.000] 作词 : Dave/James Blake/Joe Reeves [00:00.281] 作曲 : Dave/James Blake/Joe Reeves [00:00.563][Intro] [00:09.636](Knife crime is at a near record high [00:11.884]With more than forty blade offenses every day in London) [00:16.266](At a youth club in South London, not far from where someone was stabbed [00:20.012]Less than twenty-four hours ago [00:21.522]He outlined a direct link between violent crimes, social exclusion and austerity [00:26.901]A study by City Hall found that London has seen an increase of 71% [00:31.395]In victims of serious youth violence since 2012 [00:34.901]The Mayor says this is linked to an increase in poverty [00:38.111]With the highest rates of violence taking place in come of the poorest boroughs) [00:41.906] [00:42.401][Verse] [00:42.649]Look, I bet them boys think I'm panickin' [00:44.391]Check what my young Gs are carrying [00:46.145]His blade same length as a javelin [00:47.898]I don't know about B-ball or what's happenin' [00:50.151]But know that it's fukked if he's travellin' and we see him [00:52.655]I can't lie, I was depressed at phases [00:54.897]I was 19 when the team nearly left him faceless [00:57.392]Hopin' that we never left no traces [00:59.645]You know when you're so damn tired in your house [01:01.898]But you can't sleep cah you got pendin' cases [01:04.147]I used to love temptin' fate, but now it's temptin' faces [01:06.897]For half my career I was part of that [01:09.150]My best friend got a burner and it's lookin' like an artifact [01:12.149]Put it in your puffer or your Prada hat [01:13.000]Like fukk panic, that's a heart attack [01:15.641] [01:20.150]Yeah, it's like life's so fukked in the time that were in [01:22.897]We're fightin' the world and we're fightin' within [01:25.645]Somali dad just ran away from a war [01:27.897]Now his son's in a war, that's the cycle we're in [01:30.149]I know n1ggas that didn't do time in the bin [01:32.650]That have never had freedom of mind, are you sick? [01:34.903]'Round here main way to provide for your kin [01:37.151]Is in a flick blade, little push-bike, and a sim [01:39.651]In London, a place where it's nicer to live [01:42.152]Is only five minutes out from the guys on a strip [01:44.394]Where man make yay work [01:45.897]Heard he a soldier [01:47.142]I know that n1gga hasn't got balls like Grey Worm [01:49.643]As I grow older, change of perspective [01:51.647]I gotta stay loyal to my girl, that's the trait she was blessed with [01:54.146]Restaurants, raves with my bredrins [01:56.000]Life's too short, so we gotta turn up [01:58.898] [01:59.145]Man talk on my ting for the 'Gram, it's intrusive [02:01.398]I never really thought about taking a life [02:03.651]Till I found out my ex-girl's dad is abusive [02:05.902]I felt how I coulda be a man and not do sht? [02:08.651]I'm on the way there now and I don't wanna lose it [02:10.653]But fightin' her battles only hurtin' the girl [02:13.405]How can I protect her from the world [02:15.393]When I couldn't even protect her from myself? [02:17.893]On my grandmother's grave, sh1t happens again [02:19.899]I put a knife through a family friend [02:21.902]Most the women that I know had sh1t happen to them [02:24.155]So innocent 'til guilty ain't somethin' that I have to respect [02:27.151]I think back to my youth and I was so ungrateful [02:29.651]How many of our parents had dreams they abandoned [02:31.894]So they could put food on the table [02:34.392]Intelligent, worthy and able [02:36.000]That's somebody's parent [02:37.400] [02:38.897]You know? [02:39.905] [02:40.399]And that affected the way that I see sh1t [02:41.892]Nightclub toilet, you peed on the seat [02:44.144]'Cause you don't know how it feels when your mum's gotta clean sh1t [02:46.396]And her boss treats her like she don't ever mean sh1t [02:48.895]And she gotta wait for the bus in the rain and it's freezin' [02:51.148]And Miss said that you won't ever be sh1t [02:53.399]And you don't wanna cry about dad but you need him [02:55.651]I grew up so fukked, but I didn't even deep it [02:58.152]I'm numb to the feelin' of grievin' [03:00.143]And man gettin' birded [03:01.398]African mums on the floor just screamin' [03:03.653]It's mad cah I try so hard [03:05.146]Death's gotta be easy cah life's so hard [03:07.394]I was 12 wishin' that I was a white man, hard [03:09.647]Cah if I was then they probably wouldn't life mans dargs [03:12.147]I was dead broke, fam, I couldn't swipe man's card [03:14.655]And time might pass, but I still gotta stay with it [03:16.902]It wasn't his beef, but I see him try claimin' it [03:19.399]That's why he caught a bullet with another man's name on it [03:21.655]Now he can't do leg day or put strain on it [03:24.152]Every time you hear me freestyle I put pain in it [03:26.656]l used to wonder does God have favourites? [03:29.156]Touch me it's dangerous [03:30.397]I wouldn't play with it [03:31.391]'Cause you can go sleep and have a different type of wake for it [03:33.893]I miss my dargs, unstable [03:35.647]You violate Chris, then rah I turn Chris Benoit [03:38.400]Have him hit from far, nah [03:40.151]Fill him up with bricks and glass, nah [03:41.147]My young Gs will grip, then blast [03:43.147]Have you tried in the street? Fukk findin' my feet [03:45.400]I could ride, but I'm better when I'm ridin' a beat [03:47.652]My emotions are peak, it ain't a sign of defeat or the weak [03:50.401]I woulda ex3cute you,then cried in my sleep [03:52.903]Dropped just two racks and told him buy the machine [03:55.146]I'm Lebron in Miami, I provide for the heat [03:57.392]God strike me if I'm lyin', I ain't cryin' in this beef [03:59.645]Unless a tear's comin' tatted on the side of my cheek [04:02.149]I provide for my peeps, the Lamb' white in the seats [04:04.396]So I'm literally a wolf disguised in a sheep [04:06.649]You have five figure dreams, I have five figure sleep [04:09.149]Five hours more than enough time that I need [04:11.650]Man want a fair fight, but I ain't on it when we see him [04:13.902]Fukk honour, this revolver is onomatopoeic [04:16.402]Let it stut-tut-tut-tut-tutter when you see him [04:18.652]Free Scalez, free C and free my n1ggas till I see 'em [04:21.141]I wouldn't wanna be him [04:22.648]My old Gs roamin', I don't need a colosseum [04:24.902]You see it? [04:27.151]So I'm playin' it good [04:28.147]Let hood politics stay in the hood [04:29.000]Fukk the internet [04:31.145] [04:31.394]You see, this new generation, they're Insta' beefin' [04:33.648]And I ain't into speakin' [04:34.903]When I ducked down, I had him runnin' in the lifts [04:37.403]Like he missed a meetin' [04:38.647]There's no good reason to risk your freedom [04:40.900]We're All Alone In This Together+The yutes dem snitchin' and b*****s sneakin' [04:42.899]She don't wanna talk 'bout friendship [04:45.400]She just wanna deal with the pipe like I'm fixin' leakin' [04:47.391]And sleep with a legend like Chrissy Teigen [04:50.142]Where I'm from the word "life" has a different meanin' [04:52.148]Man smile in your face but them n1ggas schemin' [04:54.892]Try involve me in a flaky dealin' [04:57.144]Sistine Chapel, I'ma paint the ceilin' [04:59.897]I been violated and I hate the feelin' [05:02.145]That's why nowadays man hates the preachin' [05:04.401]We smile in the visit cah we ain't defeated [05:06.898]The Supreme Court's where my mates appealin' [05:09.397]I can't breed that girl, that's torture [05:11.153]South London, it's just slags on a corner [05:13.652]And influencers tryna bag them a baller [05:15.892]She a gold digger, I can tell from her aura [05:18.643]The socials say princess, she a pauper [05:20.647]When it's time for it, need more for my daughter [05:23.397]Call me a talker [05:24.401]But man are gettin' lined like lambs in a slaughter [05:26.904]It's life-threatening, I can tell from the borer [05:29.142]Cut through a n1gga like a knife through flora [05:31.645]Feds got the guys on a case and they stalk us [05:33.894]It's a conspiracy like tin foil hats and a new world order [05:37.402]Touch me, you better have a life insurer [05:39.643]Bloodthirsty, I got sharks in the water [05:42.000]And, trust me, I know a killer well, no orca [05:44.643] [05:46.896]Have you ever seen a nightmare brought to life? [05:49.148]Where I'm from you get cheffed on a normal night [05:51.400]Man talk on my name but it's porkie pies [05:53.649]We're All Alone In This Together+I really put it in a nigga like a porcupine [05:56.150]Little bro wanna save for a 45 [05:58.400]Go board a flight [06:00.000]There's more to life [06:00.901]Youts on the M6 all the time [06:03.403]We don't need TFL for a northern line [06:05.643]All the best politicians been taught to lie [06:07.893]Where do they buy c*****e when they're snorting whit [06:10.150]Are their dealers safe or on the border line? [06:12.895]It's ironic cah we don't know where to draw the line [06:15.148]Man see Blue Story, they're mortified [06:17.398]Man see Scarface and it's glorified [06:19.900]'Cause when you're black everything gets scrutinised [06:22.150]That why they call it Urban, it gets euphemised [06:24.405]South London, man are gettin' euthanised [06:27.151]I see a yout's demise, I wasn't too surprised [06:29.145]He got soaked but his right hand scuba dived [06:31.646]Don't die by a sword that you used to shine [06:33.893]You can drown for your king, you don't know about Ophelia [06:36.893]Cah we got iron, I don't know about anaemia [06:39.144]I took the hard road, we don't know about the easier [06:41.645]One bag of whores and paraphernalia [06:43.897]When ends gettin' sticky had a flicky with Amelia [06:46.400]I mean Olivia [06:47.646]This ain't Libya [06:48.649]This ain't Syria [06:49.648]You act sillier, we let it seep in your skin like Nivea [06:52.893]Who wants to be a millionaire? I won it [06:55.652]Never done a game show or trivia [06:57.145]I done Wandsworth, Erlestoke visitor [06:59.465]I done Spring Hil, Grendon [07:00.961]Swinfen, Whitemoor [07:01.965]Swaleside, Brixton visitor [07:03.462]I done M-way trips, done sh1t that I wish I never did [07:06.706]Becah I could have been a prisoner [07:07.000]Is this the sh1t that appeals to the listeners? [07:09.970] [07:10.461]Road ain't no amazing life [07:11.969]The ends full of snakes and jail's just a waste of time [07:14.468]I tell my young Gs take your time [07:16.000]Fukk jazz, you can really see a major nine [07:18.213] [07:18.713]Yo, I'm so ashamed of how I used to get figures [07:20.962]Man sell you a dream like the road ting's lit [07:22.968]And then he leave out the parts where you're burying your n1ggas [07:25.216]We're All Alone In This Together+Or in jail wonderin' who's puttin' shit inside your missus [07:27.718]We're All Alone In This Together+I'm so ****ing determined [07:28.962]I was in intensive care when I was born [07:31.212]Mummy fell down the stairs [07:32.209]Whether I was gonna live or not was suttin uncertain [07:33.962]I use the word "fell' with the commas inverted [07:36.712]You see growin' up I had it far from perfect [07:38.962]But nobody did, so I'm a normal person I gotta be grateful [07:42.783]We all have demons and all see angels [07:45.284]Or maybe it's me [07:46.542]A black yout's more than a face on a screen [07:48.282]A number on a laptop or name on a sheet [07:50.783]We got stories to tell and got places to be [07:53.000]From my heart that's the makin' of me [07:55.039] [07:55.535][Outro] [07:57.291]I was really about to lose [07:58.532]I sat on my hands [08:02.668]I struggled 'cause I didn't want to suffer again [08:07.985]I just wanted, didn't wanna make my son upset [08:18.981]I went to [?], they sent me back [08:22.240]I tried so much, we have no strength [08:26.732]I was in detention counsel for months, I didn't give up [08:31.041]I was not even twenty when I left Africa [08:34.298]I was determined to survive [08:36.290]I was determined to survive [08:38.041]I didn't have anybody, nobody was ready to help me [08:42.941]You was six weeks old, this is when we left from Africa [08:46.948]I was on the streets for three years [08:52.444]Nobody let me eat, nobody in this nation [08:56.437]I couldn't pay my rent, gettin' deported [09:00.691]I didn't give up, I carried on everywhere
