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1. |
Breakdown
03:06
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No intro I heard attention spans are short now
So Pastor hits record and I just talk now
No pen I don’t need to write my thoughts down
Just let it all out the beat catches me when I fall down
And I’ve been down for weeks I can’t shake it
I’m in a dark place I can’t really see what I’m facing
The man in the mirror’s staring back like mate you gotta make it
You had plans to really get inside your bag and fam this ain’t it
Yeah I know it but I can’t feel it
And it’s hard to plan a future when you can’t see it
They can’t see it cos you’re so used to masking it
I never get help that’s why I never ask for it
Dealing with pain I can’t explain beyond these four walls
Then back to promoting my album like it’s all cool
Probably need to talk but still ignore calls
Snapping at my wife that wasn’t called for
She said it feels like I’m losing you
I said I feel like I’m losing myself I don’t know who is who
It’s mad when you can’t see the beauty in the beautiful
And I don’t need much just a patty and a supermalt
I just want a hug from my mum a kiss from my nan
Not winning but I’m doing the best that I can
Felt like I had it all and let it slip through my hands
But you know me I’m never one to sit on my hands
Jordan Stephens DM’s me when he saw some tweets that I wrote down
It hit me how somebody related and I just broke down
Sometimes we just need to be heard and validated
It’s not just enough to get old we gotta grow now
Three times in a row now I missed Wordsmiff’s call
I been going through it bruv it’s nothing personal
I ain’t really been answering calls from anyone
Got some personal issues that I’ve been working though
Terry just WhatsApp’d and messed up my recording
Oi Pastor leave it in and remind me I gotta call him
I know my communication’s appalling
That’s why my rapping’s so much better than my talking
That’s why you hear so much feeling in the bars
I’m nice with it still but it’s deeper than just bars
This is real life pain, real life scars
We’re the ones we’re the real life stars
Heart broke they didn’t find that kid missing
Only nineteen rest in peace Richard
I just feel for his parents and his family
That’s a hurt I don’t know how they’re supposed to live with
They say DMX won’t make it man you hear this
That’s a man who gives us so much through his lyrics
Nah dog you gotta pull through
Cos you’re the one who told me to get up when I was slipping
And I know this won’t stream like my last song
But that’s cool for the money we do the dance songs
This ain’t for the radio or no playlist
This is just something to put my heart on
If you relate to it hit repeat and blaze to it
Meditate and pray for better days to it
I made this for you to get you through the day to it
I do my part then let Shapes do his
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2. |
By Any Means feat. Idele
03:43
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3. |
4AM In Watford
02:15
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I don’t really sleep anymore
I’m up late scheming for more
Try’na live all of my dreams so
I ain’t gotta dream anymore
They tell me success is happiness
But I don’t know what that means anymore
I just wanna chill wth Terra
But I don’t really see him anymore
But that’s real blood so that’s real love
We done real dirt I mean real stuff
Before the whole game got killed off
We weren’t just in the field we locked the field off
How can Neil try to friend me on Facebook
Neil’s a wasteman, Neil’s washed
You was only big in school Neil but in real life
I’m a real boss
Real money, real cars
Real businesses, real yards
We build our from the ground up
The sky’s empty we’re the real stars
Took real loses got real scars
I don’t need a pen these are real bars
Work rate like we’re still starved
The streets are cold but they’re still ours
I’m too old for games
I don’t give nothing to the road
Because I know what it takes
I know my worth and I’m great
Cos I’ve got a life time worth of mistakes
And I learnt the only way that you can be worthless
Is if you don’t learn from mistakes
Listen I’m giving you game I’m no better than you
I’ve been sinning the same
No these pain killers ain’t killing my pain
Hatred that’s spilling is still in my veins
But it’s the thrill are you still entertained
Will you still sing what I bring if I change
We had no tickets to sit on the train
Now everyday we can sit in the range
Isn’t it strange? Now we can see all of this money
Didn’t come with no peace
We hustled together had nothing to eat
Now sit alone in our comfortable seats
Man, call my phone we’ll gram something to eat
Maybe on the weekend I know it gets tough in the week
And you can find me at the same place
West Watford bait face
They keep telling me a got great tunes
I keep telling them they got great taste
Still on radio, still on telly, still on iTunes selling plenty
Vision clean in 21 cos it was blurred in 2020
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4. |
Sleeper Pick
03:26
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They act like I’m not here
But I’m heard by those who wanna hear
Many are called few are chosen me I just volunteered
Them man are moving shakey
But that’s never been a problem here
Fakeness was never a vehicle I had to commandeer
Man get clapped from Clapton to Clapham Common
It’s common here
So I ain’t got to remind you every time that I come on here
Come on we ain’t some one dimensional monolith
We’re mothers and fathers
Workers and hustlers, college kids
And all in-between the people know what it is
But if you’re deeping the scene
It would seem we do not exist wow
How they sleeping on me and I keep being left out
That’s hypocritical no question I’m one of the best out
Non misogynistic music weren’t the best route
It’s like the more respect you give gets you less clout
I ain’t mad it’s been the game since I stepped out
But put respect on my name I rep then what I rep now
I love Cole but I’ll give him a run for his money
Tell him 100 m’s only 70 in my country
And in my ends you only need one to be living comfy
I take the Beemer of sport mode when the roads are bumpy
I give them balance, lesser talent they place above me
It’s funny cos the game that I love will never love me
But I don’t need love the criticism never cut me
My only thing was why they pushing everybody but me
I get it, I ain’t out here turning my town in to junkies
My money’s legit the lies are beautiful the truth is ugly
I ain’t preaching bro, get it how you live but it’s just not me
I’m well aware my stance within this industry has cost me
And that’s my cross to bare I dare you to ever cross me
I promise you that you’ll see another side of me probably
And that’s me whole point there’s so many sides that it could be
So why they only showing us one side of the cookie
Yeah I’m almost 40 so they I shouldn’t be rapping still
Never had no chart success, never had the mass appeal
But track me back to Deh Pon Road everyting I rap is real
Twenty years making money and I never had a deal
Never had they’re backing still still ain’t got they’re backing now
Don’t know how it happened I just know that I ain’t backing down
Now I got it fully patterned so I see the pattern now
Pay you to push they’re propaganda then they wanna pat you down
They love all that gang gang bang bang
Cos they’re kids are nowhere near where the gangs hang
And I ain’t on my soap box or know bandstand
But for every Fredo we need a Santan
Long as it’s real everything in moderation
Drill ain’t the problem it’s a reflection of what we’re facing
One day we’ll talk on roads predatory nature
But none of you are ready not to have that conversation
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5. |
Clean Hearts Always Win
03:03
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I’ve been more than accommodating
A lot of yeah soon’s and a lot of waiting
You can not say I have not been patient
And when it comes to dues I’ve made a lot of payments
A lot of you got from me I’m owed a lot of favours
And don’t have to complicate it nah
Either you give me what’s mine or I confiscate it
I am one of the best I am not debating
Watch a man swear to God I’m not
And watch God forsake him
And I may not get the views but I get Potter papers
I ain’t copping trainers I’m looking for plots and acres
I’m like the greatest I got it shaking
You heard this more than a week after
I put it out it’s not my latest
And my biggest fans are not my neighbours
All they hear is me shouting through the walls
Like I’ve been locked for ages
But I’m outside like the surgery was non invasive
If I’m you’re problem then you gotta face it
Clean hearts always win
Lord forgive my sins
Riding to the end
Clean hearts always win
Clean hearts always win
Lord forgive my sins
Riding to the end
Clean hearts always win
I’m getting way too big for boots
But it’s cool I can afford more
50K net and that ain’t even the full tour
30 for the merch and that ain’t even the full line
Up by 20 and we ain’t even at full time
130 on the dash ain’t even at full speed
It’s all going ahead and we ain’t even at full steam
50 man deep and that ain’t even the full team
I sleep well cos I never sold a false dream
Yeah bad mind can never out last a clean heart
See how many times I’ve to restart
Regroup watch em speed past
See em laugh cos they think they’re getting first
And that means I’m gonna be last
I just keep my composure play my position
And keep calm
Yeah I rap verses and speak psalms
So I’m a win regardless with these bars
Clean hearts always win
Lord forgive my sins
Riding to the end
Clean hearts always win
Clean hearts always win
Lord forgive my sins
Riding to the end
Clean hearts always win
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6. |
New Year, Same Me
02:14
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NEW YEAR, SAME ME
New year, same me
Made a little change from hard times
So hard times didn’t changed me
Friends turn comedian been acting funny lately
Cos I’m been making different money lately lately
New year, same me
Made a little change from hard times
So hard times didn’t changed me
Friends turn comedian been acting funny lately
Cos I’m been making different money lately lately
I see boys stressing over PS5’s
I’ve been eating fine just try’na keep the streak alive
You might see me on your TV screen
No need to be surprised
I see realities die I’m just try’na keep
My dreams alive
And that’s how it’s been
Just doing my ting
How you hating on greatness?
Mate get in the bin
Made waves on the outside
When they weren’t letting me in
Called me a late starter
I’m just settling in
Attitude been boujee
I been getting it in
Only flex on them losers
Who didn’t expect me to win
And ever year I step up
So watch in 21 how I level up, level up
New year, same me
Made a little change from hard times
So hard times didn’t changed me
Friends turn comedian been acting funny lately
Cos I’m been making different money lately lately
New year, same me
Made a little change from hard times
So hard times didn’t changed me
Friends turn comedian been acting funny lately
Cos I’m been making different money lately lately
I’ve been put down, I’ve been knocked down
I’ve had some real opps but they’re not around
They got took down, I got the crown
I see no competition when I look around
Made mummy proud
Got it from the mud from the ground
I’ve been up I’ve been down
Held it up put it down
City to the sticks now they’re stuck with it now
And they’re saying I’ve changed
I don’t know what that’s about
New year, same me
Made a little change from hard times
So hard times didn’t changed me
Friends turn comedian been acting funny lately
Cos I’m been making different money lately lately
New year, same me
Made a little change from hard times
So hard times didn’t changed me
Friends turn comedian been acting funny lately
Cos I’m been making different money lately lately
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7. |
New Ting feat. Warren-D
03:05
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8. |
Power
03:12
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10. |
Stay Humble
03:32
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You better hope that I stay humble
Pray that I stay grounded
Keep receiving blessings
With good people around me
Cos if I start matching energy
Ooh things will get rowdy
And you’ll still me move mad
And you won’t like that about me
You better hope that I stay humble
Pray that I stay grounded
Keep receiving blessings
With good people around me
Cos if I start matching energy
Ooh things will get rowdy
And you’ll still me move mad
And you won’t like that about me
You better pray that you don’t get to me
To the point that I start to forget myself
That’s why I beg you please don’t mess with me
Go take that nonsense to someone else
I assure you sir I am not the one
And in real life I am not as fun
Trust me it is not worth the clout
Get your soul dragged out and your body spun
Better pray that I stay being the bigger man
Cos if I ever have to show you how big I am
You gon’ see how much of a prick I am
I’ll put you face to face with the big I Am
I don’t really know who you think I am
I’ll give you more black eyes than Will I Am
Tell my man chill or I will chill my man
Oi big man, don’t make it a ting my man
You better hope that I stay humble
Pray that I stay grounded
Keep receiving blessings
With good people around me
Cos if I start matching energy
Ooh things will get rowdy
And you’ll still me move mad
And you won’t like that about me
You better hope that I stay humble
Pray that I stay grounded
Keep receiving blessings
With good people around me
Cos if I start matching energy
Ooh things will get rowdy
And you’ll still me move mad
And you won’t like that about me
Please don’t call me up and coming man
I’ve been dunning dances since the running man
And yeah I might not get the biggest views
I don’t get the views but I get money man
I’ve got real fans who buy real merch
We don’t fake streams we do real work
Yeah it’s true I put the blade down
But I got bags and boxes I still serve
If I posted up my last invoice
Some feelings would get real hurt
My advice is before you try me
Mate leave it just chill first
I don’t really want smoke bruv
I’m a big boy all grown up
And if I ever don’t act my age
It’s a long day for you on God
You better hope that I stay humble
Pray that I stay grounded
Keep receiving blessings
With good people around me
Cos if I start matching energy
Ooh things will get rowdy
And you’ll still me move mad
And you won’t like that about me
You better hope that I stay humble
Pray that I stay grounded
Keep receiving blessings
With good people around me
Cos if I start matching energy
Ooh things will get rowdy
And you’ll still me move mad
And you won’t like that about me
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11. |
Good People
03:42
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12. |
GVO / GTO
02:45
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Good vibes only
I don’t wanna deal with no mix up
If we spend time then it’s
Good times only
I don’t wanna deal with no bad mind
If you’re on that time please don’t phone me
I don’t move with no crasses
If that’s you then forget you know me
Good vibes only
Good times only
Good vibes only
Good times only
Good vibes only
Good times only
Good vibes only
Good times only
Please don’t involve me with mix up
I just came to kick back at the mixer
Please sir don’t put me in no picture
Act up and get put in this rizzla
It’s not mine no it’s for my sister
I don’t smoke but yeah I might drink up
Shout to my family you know it’s gang gang
Whenever we link up
Yeah I don’t really care what them man are on
I just do my ting let them carry on
You do you mate I’m cracking on
I’m cracking up tell them mad yout
There pattern up
You pack it in or I’m packing up
Done with the madness I’ve had enough
Good vibes only
I don’t wanna deal with no mix up
If we spend time then it’s
Good times only
I don’t wanna deal with no bad mind
If you’re on that time please don’t phone me
I don’t move with no crasses
If that’s you then forget you know me
Good vibes only
Good times only
Good vibes only
Good times only
Good vibes only
Good times only
Good vibes only
Good times only
I just peace and quiet
Just got back on a decent diet
Try’na go bed at a decent time
Unless it’s the weekend then we might riot
Banger on banger but still no playlist
But it’s ok if I’m still your favourite
They say my latest track is blazing
That ain’t official til Coco plays it
I don’t business about you other guys in this
What you’re on is none of my business
Don’t watch me I’m just running my business
A rainbow appeared as I was recording this
I’ll take that as a sign that somebody’s
Proud of me cos I put my all in this
Good vibes only
I don’t wanna deal with no mix up
If we spend time then it’s
Good times only
I don’t wanna deal with no bad mind
If you’re on that time please don’t phone me
I don’t move with no crasses
If that’s you then forget you know me
Good vibes only
Good times only
Good vibes only
Good times only
Good vibes only
Good times only
Good vibes only
Good times only
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13. |
Out Here
03:07
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14. |
Long Nights
02:33
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15. |
A Fool At Forty
02:18
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Genesis Elijah UK
Brixton born Genesis Elijah has been a name in the UK Hip-Hop scene since the early 2000's. He's worked with and along side
Klashnekoff, Sway, Wretch 32, Skinnyman, Rodney P, Guilty Simpson, Royce Da 5'9", Copywrite and countless others.
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