
Album
Ignorance Is Bliss
Skepta 13 tracks
Tracklist
- Bullet from a Gun2:51
Big smoke
SK level
Greaze!
Listen
Like a bullet from a gun it burns
When you realise she was never your girl
It was just your turn
You got to face your demons, don't matter how much money you earn
Your niggas said 4L, but the shit got real and you weren't concerned
The same old story, the world spins round and round fam
Lessons have to get learned
Truth has to be told, I don't bend I don't fold
I lost count how many we sold
I went silver, I went gold
Then I went platinum, so what's next?
Supermodels tryna sex, sending nudes on the text
Can't believe I used to be vex
See it's too easy to write a sad song about how my dad raise me
'Cause I'm looking in the mirror and my dad made me
A real top boy I just can't play the victim
Been living my life as a kingpin
I'm calm with the heat in the kitchen
I was a young boy mum told me what my name really means
And the power just kicked in
I found my way home then I saw my granddad's name on the gravestone, the same as mine
Already dead, nothing to fear, I been here from time
Chief SK sipping on palm wine
Everyday I laugh 'cause these niggas online
Another one, here today, gone tomorrow
Dick riding for some likes and a follow
Putting the work that's all you need to buss
Shoutout Lancey, Headie, and J Hus
Shout 67, oh you see them with us
We was on tour, bare weed on the bus
Feds outside, the bus has to push to the next city, gotta rush
Big plans getting discussed, freedom is a must
Fuck the police, tell em' eat my dust
'Cause still it ain't safe, not even in a world full of cops
I got bored of asking when is this hurt gonna stop
We don't want to conversate or confirm with the opps
It is what it is
Recently I've been learning a lot
All I know is there's no better feeling,
Than getting home and seeing my little girl in the cot, so
This year we're done talking, forget the bagga chat, it's just action
Man are trolling to get a reaction
Everyday it's another distraction
Gotta fight temptation, can't get lost in the sauce
Have I got a heart, yeah, of course
But I had to put my feelings on pause
'Cause like a bullet from a gun it burns
When you realise she was never your girl
It was just your turn
You got to face your demons, don't matter how much money you earn
Your niggas said 4L, but the shit got real and you weren't concerned
The same old story, the world spins round and round fam
Lessons have to get learned
Planet Earth
Lyrics from LRCLIB
- Greaze ModeSkepta & Nafe Smallz2:48
I'ma break the law (Yeah)
Then I'ma break the bank (Yeah)
I'ma put some in the safe
Then I'ma throw some on the floor (Yeah)
Definitely make some more (Trust)
Twenty dates (Yeah)
Had to go back on tour (Yeah)
She can see how I'm flexing (Yeah)
Count my blessings, praise the lord (Yeah)
You know the steeze, super greaze (Greaze)
Nothing nice, tell the promoter bring the P's (Yeah)
Still ain't safe, I'm in the party wit' my G's (Yeah)
And I just made your girl (Yeah), my girl, she's on her knees (Yeah)
(Bruh)
On her knees (Yeah)
She see the D, she see the freeze (Freeze)
Rollin' trees from overseas
Smoke for free, nigga please (Woo)
'Lowe me
Big gelato, V.I.P. is looking cloudy (Yeah)
This cali got me feeling drowsy
Never stressing cah them killers they be round me
It's best you leave me where you found me
'Cause we ain't with the disrespect, nah
Fuck your vest, we be aiming at your neck
You know the vibe, yeah, the level set (Yeah)
Mind how you step, best step correct (Woo)
I got your girl addicted to the sex
On her knees (Yeah)
She see the D, she see the freeze (Freeze)
Rollin' trees from overseas
Smoke for free, nigga please
Yeah
I'm an asthmatic, weed fanatic
When I get high I leave the planet
Tryna kick the habit but every day it's on my mind (Yeah)
She said that I smoke too much
But see I work hard and pay for mine
Definite a hustle, blud, definitely I grind (Yeah)
Since a yute, man, I always had something shottin' out the boot
Since a yute, I been a target, I cannot go around the truth
Niggas hate, soon as they see me they don't know what the fuck to do
Watchin' me, I'm not watchin' you
I was just blazin' on my zoot
It's Big Smoke
How can she tell me that I'm cute? (Yeah)
I'm so high, I'm so fly (Yeah)
I'm gonna need a parachute (Yeah)
River's Dad, super swag (Yeah)
I'm gonna need a camera crew (Yeah)
I'm gonna need some palm wine (Yeah)
I'm gonna need some pepper soup (Yeah)
And if I ain't the headline, then I must be the special guest (Yeah)
I pull up and steal the show, and I weren't even tryna flex (Yeah)
Had to touch the afterparty, she just sent me the address (Yeah)
Said that she wanted me to come and I told her "say it with your chest" (Yeah)
I got your girl addicted to the sex
On her knees (Yeah)
She see the D, she see the freeze (Freeze)
Rollin' trees from overseas
Smoke for free, nigga please
Lyrics from LRCLIB
- Redrumfeat. Key3:56
If I, you get me
Pull up with a stick, it's a murder
Anything I do
Greaze, I'm blessed
Yeah
If I pull up on the strip, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up in the whip, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up on your chick, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up with a stick, it's murder (Greaze)
Don't give me that, burner
I'll slap you like what? Slap you like who?
Slap you like what? Slap you like who?
Slap you like Ike Turner
Pull up on the strip, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up in the whip, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up on your chick, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up with a stick, it's murder (Greaze)
Don't give me that, burner
I'll slap you like what? Slap you like who?
Slap you like what? Slap you like who?
Slap you like Ike Turner
Touch down in the city, now she don't wanna go work
She's tryna call in sick (Sick)
Everybody wanna clash, when they see me on the stage
MC's want to call it quits (Go on then, go on)
We ain't watchin' no Screwface, dem man are two-face
Definitely ain't with the shits (Greaze)
And my SK's fresher than toothpaste
Lord of the mics and lord of the kicks (Ice)
I did nine weeks on the Billboard
Now they wanna show interest
This year, manna tryna cash more checks
Can't have beef on an iPhone X
Can't waste time 'cause my time's expensive
Everybody wanna be my arch-nemesis
Don't care what the time on your kettle is
It's my time, when I said it, I meant it
Back with another album
Told my accountant I'm gonna clean up
Business flight, so I got my feet up
Ten out of ten, so she want to meet up
Now the boyfriend tryna get me beat up
Ask about me, they will tell you, he's sus
'Cause I don't beg friend
I can see they're jealous, you can try
But you can't keep up
And if I
If I pull up on the strip, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up in the whip, it's murder (In the whip)
Pull up on your chick, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up with a stick, it's murder (Greaze)
Don't give me that burner
I'll slap you like what? Slap you like who?
Slap you like what? Slap you like who?
Slap you like Ike Turner
Pull up on the strip, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up in the whip, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up on your chick, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up with a stick, it's murder (Greaze)
Don't give me that burner
I'll slap you like what? Slap you like who?
Slap you like what? Slap you like who?
Slap you like Ike Turner
Six million ways to murder
Every day check another one off
It's not everyday guns and shanks
More success piss everyone off
We came a long way, fam, I was the Pacman
With a mouth full of dots
Serving the fiends outside by the shops
With the .38 by the side of my crotch
The feds wanted my whole crew locked up
Either that or a tag on their ankle
Had to come back with a different angle
Leaving the house was a gamble
Mum scared that I wouldn't make it back
'Cause I was on the high road chasing cats
Said they want the old Skepta (Ayy, yeah, uh)
But they don't really wanna see me take it back
Back, back, back, to the nicks, hey (Woah)
Back selling bricks, ayy
Porzingis shots, ayy
(Woah, woah, woah, woah), ayy
Your bitch end up missing, ayy (Yeah)
Then you started bitching, ayy (Woah)
AK with extension, ayy
(AK with a woah, woah, woah, woah)
I wasn't even wishing, ayy
Tell 'em that I died, ayy (Woah)
But a nigga died, hey (Woah)
Why your mama crying? Hey
(Why your mama crying?)
I laugh, hey
Swoosh with the Glock, ayy (With a Glock)
Carti in the spot (Carti in the spot)
You was actin' like a groupie
You got robbed for your block
KEY! What's a block? Hey
That's you, you, and him, hey
Sharks in the water but I know how to swim, hello?
Back to the trap shit, back to the conflict (Open up that moshpit)
.45 bust, better
Act like you don't know shit
If I pull up on the strip, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up in the whip, it's murder (In the whip)
Pull up on your chick, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up with a stick, it's murder (Greaze)
Don't give me that burner
I'll slap you like what? Slap you like who?
Slap you like what? Slap you like who?
Slap you like Ike Turner
Pull up on the strip, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up in the whip, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up on your chick, it's murder (It's murder)
Pull up with a stick, it's murder (Greaze)
Don't give me that burner
I'll slap you like what? Slap you like who?
Slap you like what? Slap you like who?
Slap you like Ike Turner
Lyrics from LRCLIB
- No Sleep3:12
No sleep
Greaze, yeah
Yeah, wake up, wake up
You keep missing out, should've stayed up
He got blacklisted, should've paid up
Pound coins in the piggy bank, gotta save up
Slept on the floor, never gave up
Now my ex-girl wanna kiss and make up
Man hate on a slide, got bait up
Word to Birmingham, I had to go straight up
Now they like wait up, hold on
SK level, that's so gone
They wanna know how everything sold out
Which website do your shoes get sold on?
Where the style at, this one can't go wrong
Put the clothes on, put my gold on
Thought that I was a victim, you were so wrong
Get sprayed up if you tryna roll on
Show's on, look at the girls in the line
Man, I got MILFs in love with the words that I rhyme
Even though I swear and I curse all the time
Saw me on the front cover of the magazine
And she said that it's perfectly fine
Now she got the bees and the birds on her mind
'Cause I can do uptown,
I can do greazy
Yeah, I stay blurring the lines
I'm just minding my business
No, we ain't watching anyone else (No)
Wanna hate on me, that's useless
Truth is that you must hate yourself (Trust)
'Round here everyone wanna be a millionaire
So they can buy garms or smoke
It's so funny how quick they get rich then go broke
But it's not a laughing joke
I'm just minding my business
No, we ain't watching anyone else (Greaze)
Wanna hate on me, that's useless
Truth is that you must hate yourself (Boy)
'Round here everyone wanna be a millionaire
So they can buy garms or smoke
It's so funny how quick they get rich then go broke
But it's not a laughing joke
The new me learned from the old me
Stay low-key, I still roll deep
Gotta mind who you talk to
Man wanna jump on the wave,
Don't let 'em get cosy
Ask me to describe myself in one word,
I'd rather use an emoji
Wanna flex like, no, you don't know me
Can't pay the rent but you just bought a stony
You'll see, a wise man once told me
You gotta live within your means
You got a pocket full of cash
But you gotta have a lot more than what's in your jeans
No time to sleep, you better take a nap
Wake up, put in the work, and live the dream
It ain't overnight to get from the bottom to the top
There's a lot of shit in between
Haters gonna intervene
Try draw you out
I realise there ain't nothin' to talk about
You gotta kill 'em with success
Show them what focus is all about
Stop getting it twisted
You had a chance to shine, too bad that you missed it
That's what you get for gossiping online
Every day sipping on tea
Please get him a biscuit
I'm just minding my business
No, we ain't watching anyone else (No)
Wanna hate on me, that's useless
Truth is that you must hate yourself (Trust)
'Round here everyone wanna be a millionaire
So they can buy garms or smoke
It's so funny how quick they get rich then go broke
But it's not a laughing joke
I'm just minding my business
No, we ain't watching anyone else (Greaze)
Wanna hate on me, that's useless
Truth is that you must hate yourself (Boy)
'Round here everyone wanna be a millionaire
So they can buy garms or smoke
It's so funny how quick they get rich then go broke
But it's not a laughing joke
Yo Skep, hey, hey wake up, bruv
Hey, yo
Skep, wake up, fam
I'm awake, bruv
You're not awake, fam, you're sleeping
I wasn't sleeping, bruv
I was just, I was just having a nap
Haha! Bruv, why does no one ever wanna get caught sleeping?
Fam you was dribbling' up all sorts
You weren't in this room, cuz
Allow me, man
Lyrics from LRCLIB
- What Do You Mean?feat. J Hus3:31
The hustle is still in my genes
When I fell asleep, I was still in my dreams
Then I had a one gyal lickin' me clean
She wan' eat man like Idi Amin
What do you mean? I come for the cream
I made some mistakes that I gotta redeem
You put me in position, I don't wanna be in
We all make mistakes, I'm a human being
North Korean, Kim Jong-un when I spray the machine
You're on the other side if you ain't on my team
You get blacklisted if you hate on my team
Fam, I say what I mean, I keep my demons close
Late night, I speak to the ghost
Get high, fell asleep in my clothes
Animal instinct, sex, money murder, I fear nobody
Keep suttin' on me, 'cause I'm better safe than sorry
I'm a top boy like Sully with a six figure hobby
You're still on the road, better be getting that belly
Kickin' off doors, better give it some welly
I came in the game, ran it like an athlete
Got a big money scheme, all my bruddas had to eat
Thought I was a scrub, sittin' in the backseat
I was countin' my money, making sure it's complete
They can't compete, there ain't no competition
I take what I want, you get what you were given
They calling me a rapper, man, I think I'm a magician
I didn't wanna kill 'em, but these niggas never listen
The hustle is still in my genes
When I fell asleep, I was still in my dreams
Then I had a one gyal lickin' me clean
She wan' eat man like Idi Amin
What do you mean? I come for the cream
I made some mistakes that I gotta redeem
You put me in position, I don't wanna be in
We all make mistakes, I'm a human being
North Korean, Kim Jong-un when I spray the machine
You're on the other side if you ain't on my team
As soon as I wake up I be chasing my dreams
All we do is win and we ain't changing the teams
I still creep through the hood
Pull up on my brudda just to see if he's good
See them with the gang, they be giving me looks
See him on his ones, I can see that he's shook
Mad 'cause I made it
New whip looking like a spaceship
You looking like you're stuck inside the Matrix
I could teach you how to hustle, how to save it
When the money talks, I can translate it
I'm the go-getter
G'd up with my feet up, it's no pressure
They make threats, but they never put their hands on me
They know better
You will get pepper, hot like Coachella
You're not clever, you're coming unstuck
I was up North, I was getting 'nuff love
Back down South, tryna make a young buck
And I'll be still going when the sun comes up
(Greaze)
The hustle is still in my genes
When I fell asleep, I was still in my dreams
Then I had a one gyal lickin' me clean
She wan' eat man like Idi Amin
What do you mean? I come for the cream
I made some mistakes that I gotta redeem
You put me in position, I don't wanna be in
We all make mistakes, I'm a human being
North Korean, Kim Jong-un when I spray the machine
You're on the other side if you ain't on my team
Lyrics from LRCLIB
- Going Through It3:15
Going 'round and 'round
Sex, money, murder
Everyone, sex, money, murder
And it happens again and again
Bro, just chill out
You got what you had to
Fucking asking me how I am
Yeah, cool, fam
Man, I've been going through it
Been keeping it too real
Man, I've been going through it
I don't wanna talk about it
I don't wanna get into it
Party going stupid soon as I step into it
Ask about me, they tell you I'm one of the best to do it
And I know they don't like me
But they gotta respect the music
Got somethin' in the glove compartment
And I won't pet to use it
She told me her favourite song
Now we just sexing to it
The bass bumping
Turn it up loud, neighbours ain't saying nothin'
Everyday's my birthday
Everyday manna cake cutting
New chain, dripping in water, got the place flooded
Bruce Wayne, top of the building
Man I see them coming
She's got the big back
Look at the jeans busting
Picked her up in a Wraith
Just look at the babe blushing
Said I'll be here at seven o' clock, well now it's eight something
Gotta get more organised, cah fam, I hate rushing
Man, I keep getting caught up
Showing love to everybody
Man, I been going through it, tryna make 'em see the vision
Try to explain myself, that was the worst decision
Thought that I could change the world
Turn me into a villain
Gotta learn to practice silence, follow my intuition
Stayed in the house, phone number off limits
Stress on the brain, complain
But I know that it's all self-inflicted
Man, I gotta take a break
I'm gonna need a minute
Soon as I catch a vibe
Somebody tryna kill it
Boy, stop it
Never seen you putting your hand in your pocket
Time to pay the bill
I know you can't find your wallet
Where were you in the trenches when the opps were tryna bomb it?
Now you're coming around
And niggas tryna get the gossip
I put in the work, get the bag and split the profit
And if I'm honest, I know that I should be modest
But I don't see no competition in the game and I'm pissing on it
If it ain't about the family
Then I'm ghost and that's a promise
Niggas need to wake up
Trust
I blew out the candles
Everybody scream my name
Told me to make a wish
Look at what I became
Look how they look at me
Never gonna be the same
Said they wanna be like me
You don't know what you're saying
Always been a daredevil
Man, I was born from pain
They say ignorance is bliss
But I think that's a shame
Bird Box, you don't wanna see this boy get out in the rain
Stay inside, I'll be fine
Man, I got myself to blame
Man, I've been going through it
Oh my days, what the fuck?
He's not good for you, he's really not
He's a fucking mad head
He's not listening
It's like talking to a brick wall
I'm telling you, he's a fucking mad head
Lyrics from LRCLIB
- Same Old Story3:21
Bruv, I don't wanna listen to her
And she don't wanna listen to me
Last week we're talking together forever
This week, more fish in the sea
Shit's just killing me, G
I had the perfect picture
It was all laid out for me
But I feel like I'm in love with the pain, fam
'Cause it's the same old story
Same old questions, what's your body count?
Who were you linking before me?
And I hope she don't ask me back
'Cause my life like an episode of Maury
I've run out of excuses
The truth is I'm so cold, I'm so frozen
Too many times my heart has been broken
And I can't even do the fake love
There ain't no pretending
Thought that I found my partner-in-crime, my co-defendant
But it's like watchin' a film and you already know the ending
See me, I think I think too much
Try to keep it short and sweet but I say too much
Now she wanna go back and forth
She wanna play two touch
It's back to square one
Both said things that shouldn't have been said
Did things that shouldn't have been done
Wish I could turn back time
Man, I wish that I could get a rerun, 'cause
I had the perfect picture
It was all laid out for me
But I feel like I'm in love with the pain, fam
'Cause it's the same old story
Same old questions, what's your body count?
Who were you linking before me?
And I hope she don't ask me back
'Cause my life like an episode of Maury
I had the perfect picture
It was all laid out for me
But I feel like I'm in love with the pain, fam
'Cause it's the same old story
Same old questions, what's your body count?
Who were you linking before me?
And I hope she don't ask me back
'Cause my life like an episode of Maury
Said she loved me 'cause I wasn't like the rest
I rock and roll, I don't like the stress
Now the friendship's based on how quick I reply to text
She's talking reckless
I gotta bite my tongue
Don't wanna say anything I might regret
Died a thousand deaths
Man, I wore so much Ed Hardy, how could I forget?
That love kills slowly
Still, everybody tryna do holy matrimony
More time, one of them needs a trophy
And the other one's scared to be lonely
Every day another one falls off
They link the wrong thing and got way too cosy
Valentine's Day, it's all sweet and rosy
Spend every other day just tryna score points like Kobe
Nobody wants to lose but the winner gets nothing
Spent summer time stunting
Then winter time comes, everybody starts cuffing
You know love takes time
But relationship goals got everyone rushing
You get a feeling it's way too good to be true
So now you just tryna find something
Tryna find a reason
Friends asking me how I'm doing
I said: same shit, different season
My ex got a new boyfriend
I'm just tryna get even
We don't hate each other
No, we just came to the end of the road
She went one direction, I went the other
Guess I gotta find me a new lover
I had the perfect picture
It was all laid out for me
But I feel like I'm in love with the pain, fam
'Cause it's the same old story
Same old questions, what's your body count?
Who were you linking before me?
And I hope she don't ask me back
'Cause my life like an episode of Maury
I had the perfect picture
It was all laid out for me
But I feel like I'm in love with the pain, fam
'Cause it's the same old story
Same old questions, what's your body count?
Who were you linking before me?
And I hope she don't ask me back
'Cause my life like an episode of Maury
Lyrics from LRCLIB
- Love Me Notfeat. Cheb Rabi & B Live3:24
Time after time, only in the night time
Had to remind you, we can't rewind time
Finally found you, you turned a blind eye
Showed me your dark side, say your goodbyes
She told me she loved me, I was like how?
Must be because I'm at the top right now
She thinks I'm a fool, thinks I'm a cash cow
Ain't getting married, ain't taking a vow
Told me she loved me, I was like who?
You said I was a joke
Please tell me what's new
You been around the world
Still couldn't find a man like me
Yeah, I need a girl, but it's not you
She told me she loved me, I was like when?
Treated me like a side man back then
Said I was a boy, said I was your best friend
Now you only text when you're bored on the weekend
Told me she loved me, I was like please
Too many girls wanna be my main squeeze
How can I bless you when you didn't sneeze?
I'm a hot boy, that's a hundred degrees
Time after time, only in the night time
Had to remind you, we can't rewind time
Finally found you, you turned a blind eye
Showed me your dark side, say your goodbyes
'Cause you, you've got to, got to love me
'Cause you, you've got to, got to love me
I've got this brand new ting, she's mad in the head
Bad in the bed, I get to grab at her leg
She's a lady for real but a slag in the bed
Not my fault, but she stays mad at her ex
She knows that man's bad with the sex
Back to the ends, bang bang, then I flex
Spelling's fucked up when she's mad in her texts
If I leave, then she starts yelling offense
Uh, got another email from a female
I think they want the retail for the details
Wanna know if B Live's a free male
Uh, and it's sexy, sexy
Here's the number, phone me, text me
First, you never text me back
Now it's mad, now I link with Skeppy
You get me?
Anytime that we link up
Ladies wanna get down, wanna the drink up
Bad gyal, so she love a man with tattoos
From my neck, to my feet, manna' inked up
Yeah, we step in the party
See the sexy ladies start smile and wink up
Tell my G with the loud pack, bill it up
Grab a champagne glass and I fill it up
Who's not feeling us?
Tell 'em stay far away before the mandem hold you
I don't wanna have to tell you that I told you
Cah we're not on this talking ting
Rudeboy, who let the ladies in?
Sorry, not sorry, I gotta say these things
Shuffle the pack, I can't stand with the wasteman
No jokers, it's just queens and kings
Time after time, only in the night time
Had to remind you, we can't rewind time
Finally found you, you turned a blind eye
Showed me your dark side, say your goodbyes
'Cause you, you've got to, got to love me
'Cause you, you've got to, got to love me
Murder on the dance floor
But you better not kill the groove
Hey hey, hey hey
It's murder on the dance floor
But you better not steal the moves
DJ gonna burn this goddamn house right down
Murder on the dance floor
But you better not kill the groove
Hey hey, hey hey
It's murder on the dance floor
But you better not steal the moves
DJ gonna burn this goddamn house right down
Lyrics from LRCLIB
- Animal Instinctfeat. Lancey Foux3:09
It's the animal instinct
Look in my eyes, they see it
I walk in the room, they feel it
Told the mandem start moving different
We're some endangered species
How many years I been putting in work?
Man not tryna get freebies
See me, they like, "Wah'gwan, GG?"
Man, I speed off like beep, beep
Had to get ghost, had to get Swayze
Girls see me on the road, get crazy
She asked me if I ever met Jme
That's my family, real red paisley
Active boys, never lazy
Might link up 'cause we GRM Daily
Could've been a Monday or a Sunday
Treat that like a Friday, get wavy
Still, I be on my P's and Q's
Like KA, yeah, we got the juice
You can't stop me, best ya take your eyes off me
Go find something to do
I got nothing to prove, they wanna see me lose
But I'm in Paris with the goons
I should take a selfie and go and hang it in the Louvre
And that's why they wanna start beef
'Cause the gang came in looking like an art piece
Made your wifey skip a heartbeat
I love cake, man, I'm tryna get a large piece
Two's company, three's a crowd
So four must be an afterparty
I told my nigga, "Pass the car key"
Jump in the whip and I make it look sexy
Such a poser
Front page in my boxers for the culture
Hang it on your wall, that's a poster
Ex-girl still tryna get closure
I don't even know where to start
Can't believe that we've grown apart
I ride around town with a broken heart
Say, you get me? But you don't know the half
'Cause I never complain
Whether good or bad, you gotta ride it out
Yin yang, you must know what the signs about
Hope you live that life that you rhyme about
It's a race against time and it goes so fast
Take 'em back to school, man, they got no class
No tints on the window
Just so they can see the big smoke when I blow past
You see the white man's face
When they see us in the Wraith
You see the fear ain't here
Move like I'm ready to die today
I see it, it's mine, I take it
GTA life, ain't gettin' wasted
I want the smoke, put it in papers
Smoke me an opp, smoke me a racist
You see us out, outrageous
African Gene, no alteration
Shake up the world when I step on the pavement
I step in your home, don't take off my trainers
I'm not a black man, I'm not a white man
I'm a pyske man, you see Skep, you see my gang
Big LF, I'm nothin' like my man
Lash got the pack, Dex might tie one
Step in the club, them man leaving dust
Scariest sight, run if you must
I don't know I should pray to God
But sex, money, murder, I trust
Sex, money, murder, true
Except this money, nothin' ain't new
Open my eyes, I'm in a coupe
Look to my right
You see the white man's face
When they see us in the Wraith
You see the fear ain't here
Move like I'm ready to die today
I see it, it's mine, I take it
GTA life, ain't gettin' wasted
I want the smoke, put it in papers
Smoke me an opp, smoke me a racist
You see the white man's face
When they see us in the Wraith
You see the fear ain't here
Move like I'm ready to die today
I see it, it's mine, I take it
GTA life, ain't gettin' wasted
I want the smoke, put it in papers
Smoke me an opp, smoke me a racist
Lyrics from LRCLIB
- Glow In The Darkfeat. Lay-Z & Wizkid2:55
One time, one time
I knew what it was to be black
Way before I was on the GQ cover
How you gonna question me about colour?
What you know about Nelson Mandela?
Man, I get anti as ever
Yeah, I can do serious, I can do mean
Tell a supremacist that I'm supreme
Oh, everybody's woke now
Guess I'm just lost in a dream
But still, I'm predicting the future
I said this is how shit would go
The streets at an all-time high
The government at an all-time low
Politicians tryna get tickets to come to the shows
I shake hands with a long arm, never get close
Can't see me, I stay ghost
Man, I move like cigarette smoke
We've been growing apart
Been through the wars and I can show you the scars
Still on the road, I'm still on the boulevard
They should've told you that I glow in the dark
We've been growing apart
Been through the wars and I can show you the scars
Still on the road, I'm still on the boulevard
They should've told you that I glow in the dark
Oh yeah
They would love to see me on a pushbike pedaling scores
18 pound 40, I was accepting shorts
Fast forward, see me on TV collecting awards
One night with the gang
Now she can't understand
Why she used to hang around with them eediat man
I Nintendo Switch it, fam, I got the game in my hands
I'm a different species
Summertime, got a new swag for the beaches
Look in my wardrobe and it's all reference pieces
You should see how the price goes up as the money increases
I don't chill with them
'Cause I can't deal with the disheartening speeches
When I say I'm out, then I mean it, hm
We've been growing apart
Been through the wars and I can show you the scars
Still on the road, I'm still on the boulevard
They should've told you that I glow in the dark
We've been growing apart
Been through the wars and I can show you the scars
Still on the road, I'm still on the boulevard
They should've told you that I glow in the dark
Oh yeah
I can be my own worst enemy
But I gotta be my own best friend
I need to take the advice I been giving to them
Man, are on a low frequency
I can't see them again
I'm on a high vibration, feeling blessed, grateful
Them man are thirsty, need hydration
Please don't compare me to them, that's a big violation
Man, I got no direction and it's showing
See how the game can trick you without you even knowing
We're livin' in the dark but I keep on glowing
My mum gave me the seeds I'm sowing
My dad gave me the tools
And the water to keep them growing
So when they tell us to go home
Fam, I know where I'm going
We've been growing apart
Been through the wars and I can show you the scars
Still on the road, I'm still on the boulevard
They should've told you that I glow in the dark
We've been growing apart
Been through the wars and I can show you the scars
Still on the road, I'm still on the boulevard
They should've told you that I glow in the dark
Oh yeah
Lyrics from LRCLIB
- You Wish2:47
Said you got beef with me, you wish
Said you got beef with me, you wish
If I ever said I had time for the arms
Must've been talkin' 'bout a watch on the wrist
Yeah, we got smoke, who want some of this?
Man are upset 'cause they ain't on the list
Life is a movie, I stick to the script
Everybody hates when they see you get rich (yeah)
Man, I got my head screwed on tight
It's not beef if it ain't on sight
Chattin' my name, you know that's not right
Mandem beggin' me give 'em the green light
But I feel the hate, and I'm lovin' it
Might just tour the States for the fun of it
I get on the stage and I'm crushin' it
Uptown girl says she can't get enough of it
I don't know why this emcee tried to test me
I had to teach him a lesson
But it's like he weren't learning, fam
I just murked him, and I never needed a weapon
Said that you're a top boy, but I can't lie, fam, I can't see the progression
Must've been talkin' about sex if I ever said that I was tryna come second
Them man are making threats
And it's funny, 'cause me and the mandem are placing bets
On which one of my styles them guys will be takin' next
I'm not a mook, don't know what they told you
Ain't got a clue what we had to go through
No time for a hater
Like yesterday's paper, fam, them man are old news
Said you got beef with me, you wish
Said you got beef with me, you wish
If I ever said I had time for the arms
Must've been talkin' 'bout a watch on the wrist
Yeah, we got smoke, who want some of this?
Man are upset 'cause they ain't on the list
Life is a movie, I stick to the script
Everybody hates when they see you get rich
SK level, that's so not amateur
I'm done talkin', talk to my manager
Just beat another case, so I gotta shout out to my barrister
Never used to smile for the camera
A Dickie head, and a white t-shirt, that's my default character
These emcees fallin' off, only the strong survive, you're gonna need more stamina
I think I need more hours in a day than I need more days on the calendar
I spit more than a 16, been on the grind since 15
My dad never came London to put tickets on windscreens
If it ain't greatness, what does this shit mean?
When I was a little boy, I had big dreams
To be a star on the big screen
Yeah, so at this age, how is it me still murkin'?
I got a girl with a body like, "Wow"
They try holla but she keeps on curvin'
You see the bag and it's loaded, yes
I'm an OG but fuck the olders
I was in the field, see the scars on my back and shoulders
Don't make me send for my soldiers
Said you got beef with me, you wish
Said you got beef with me, you wish
If I ever said I had time for the arms
Must've been talkin' 'bout a watch on the wrist
Yeah, we got smoke, who want some of this?
Man are upset 'cause they ain't on the list
Life is a movie, I stick to the script
Everybody hates when they see you get rich
Said you got beef with me, you wish
Said you got beef with me, you wish
If I ever said I had time for the arms
Must've been talkin' 'bout a watch on the wrist
Yeah, we got smoke, who want some of this?
Man are upset 'cause they ain't on the list
Life is a movie, I stick to the script
Everybody hates when they see you get rich
Lyrics from LRCLIB
- Gangstafeat. Boy Better Know3:19
Practice hours
Go on then
What you mean, what you mean?
Yeah
Yeah, we did young and stupid
Now I do grown and sexy
I don't know who you're tryna impress, G
Man, can see that your man-bag's empty
No need to pretend
I don't wanna hear you talk greazy again
Never shot food, never shot no skeng
Talk about gangster, I was like, when?
Brudda, you love lie
Tryna been gangsta, you ain't never been on one ride
Tough guy
Tryna be gangsta, your cartel are not up to the time
You man are washed up
Say you got big P, say you got cats on the line
You're just lying to yourself, fam
You better pattern up, better get back on the grind
These guys tell lies
Say that they bust guns, they ain't got nines
Say that they shot drugs, they ain't got pies
Do it for the 'Gram, man, I ain't got time
Everybody knows that I'm five foot five
But don't come around here when your likkle man talk
I'll punch man down to my size, yeah
I make a man think twice
I make a man go look for advice
You don't wanna come around here with your chest all high
'Cause the mandem'll switch off your lights
Bare tings in your head like lice
Eediat, now you can't sleep at night
You see this road ting comes at a price
Most came cool with a serious face
That's 'cause I came from a serious place
To be able to pull off this outfit
With the trainers, you gotta have serious pace (Yeah)
Got money on my brain, it's a serious chase
Co-D on remand, that's a serious case (Mad)
So when man wanna act like Tyson
I'm like what, fam?
Am I supposed to be frightened? (Dead)
Say you bust gun, we don't believe you
You don't pray, TBH, you need to
Say that he's a badboy, I was like me too
Shoot from up 'cross the road when I see you (Sky)
Fuck your war story
I've been there when the beef get gory (Facts)
I'm from the UK just like Devlin
But I'm a yardman like Cory
Tryna be gangster
Tryna be gangster
Your cartel are not up to the time
Tryna be gangster
Tryna be gangster
Pattern up, better get back on the grind
It's all an act and movie (Yeah)
See through them, but they can't see through me (Nope)
Man wanna act like gangsters, when I see man
Manna move like groupies
These man are happy inside
But when I see man, they start moving booky (Booky)
Friday night, when I smoke like booky (brucky)
Don't get nicked by the feds on duty
Might pop corn cah my team's unruly
Bare badmana move Shy like Snoochie (Snoochie)
Them man there better follow my orders
Run a man down like Sloth in Goonies
(Hey, you guys)
I send a man hot shots just like shoot it, shoot it
Them man are sleeping, snoozing, snoozing
Us man are winning, not losing
Somebody tell these ediats with two hundred pound belts and shiny trainers (Please)
Stop tryna imitate guys on road, you cannot buy G status (Trust)
Give a shit what garms you cop (No)
Don't give a shit what crap you drop (What?)
Waste of money and time, please stop (Trust)
You cannot buy gangster from shop
Bare logos, bare designers
You lot are looking like F1 drivers (Trust)
Even tryna chat like man
Hate when I hear pricks misuse slang
Man are tryna get out the hood but
You were never there so you're tryna get in (What?)
Backwards ting (What?), cool
Make sure your hood's up when it starts raining
(Serious)
Yeah, we did young and stupid
Now I do grown and sexy
I don't know who you're tryna impress, G
Man, can see that your man-bag's empty
No need to pretend
I don't wanna hear you talk greazy again
Never shot food, never shot no skeng
Talk about gangster, I was like, when?
Brudda, you love lie
Tryna been gangsta, you ain't never been on one ride
Tough guy
Tryna be gangsta, your cartel are not up to the time
You man are washed up
Say you got big P, say you got cats on the line
You're just lying to yourself, fam,
You better pattern up, better get back on the grind
Lyrics from LRCLIB
- Pure Water3:11
Sk level
Row, row, row, row your boat gently down the stream
Niggas sleepin' on me must be sippin' on the lean
Greaze
She knows I be the boss of life
Still Roll Deep
She knows, she knows, she knows
She knows
I, wake up, brush my teeth, choose an outfit
Big racks in my account, I get paid
Every day smoke the loudest
I get packs in by the ounce, I just blaze
And I got tings from back in the day
Still ringing me down, I'm on stage
But I want no stress
Bruddah tryna control S, coming around to get saved
I don't wanna war, let's make peace
Good energies make the stacks increase
Girls in the North, West, South and the East
Big batty make the mandem say, jheeze
I'm not a gentleman I'm an African man
That's what I said to the priest
So you know I stay smoking trees
And the buds in the zip pack looking obese
I just came back from Mars in my new spaceship, it was a perfect landing (Perfect!)
What d'you mean, what d'you mean, I'm a king she's a queen
Man you know what's happening (sex)
Nowadays they call me ginger bread man 'cah they just can't catch him
All the ladies love man, I love them too, we got an understanding
Pure water and lots of ice, she knows that I be the boss of life
Pure water and lots of ice, she knows that I be the boss of life
Pure water and lots of ice, she knows that I be the boss of life
City on lock from the left to the right
Bare girls, how am I meant to decide?
She weren't feelin' the old me, I bet she's feelin' my new shit
I told her we gotta keep it true, told her we gotta move as a unit
I had to chat to Cupid, said, "little man you know I ain't stupid"
Told you that it's more than music, paps outside tryna get an exclusive
Instead of looking for the top boy, must've been looking for me but who's asking
I clocked the game I'm still barrin', please don't speak to me when I'm dancing
Everyday they pray that I fall off, I'm popping up like "what's gwarning?"
They say a girl is a gun, see a man walking with his wife and I disarm him
The way I stepped in there in with the SK Air, fam serious tekkers
Brand new vest, same old leathers, she knows we are the real Goodfellas
We can be cool, yeah we can ride out, please just don't get jealous
Start texting me crazy I gotta take desperate measures
I just came back from Mars in my new spaceship, it was a perfect landing
What d'you mean, what d'you mean, I'm a king she's a queen
Man you know what's happening (ice)
Nowadays they call me ginger bread man 'cah they just can't catch him
All the ladies love man, I love them too, we got an understanding
Pure water and lots of ice, she knows that I be the boss of life
Pure water and lots of ice, she knows that I be the boss of life
Pure water and lots of ice, she knows that I be the boss of life
City on lock from the left to the right
Bare girls, how am I meant to decide?
Lyrics from LRCLIB
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