This is dedicated to you, you know who you are.
Listen... Yo...
I called you when I needed you most, I thought we would link
I told you the bad news, you haven't talked to me since
Frankly, I don't want to talk to a shrink
I might look happy but I'm angry and I'm tortured within
You come back around now, with your hands out
I can see the guilt in your eyes, maybe you understand now
It isn't the fact that when I talk you didn't listen
It's that you said you'd call back in a minute but you didn't
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to beg friend
It just feels lifes my hit a dead end
I tried to turn around but now my back's against the wall
And the pain just won't stop I might have to end it all
I tell myself life is sacred, It's not right to waste it
I feel surrounded but at the same time isolated
At times my own day dreams scare me
I find myself hating anyone that may seem carefree
Id rather go out smiling than crying at home
I've realized that my worst fear is dying alone
At times I lose my composure but that's not a surprise
I can't control the emotions I keep bottled inside
Don't pretend there's a friendship you and me share
When you hit rock bottom people are usually scared
I guess stupidly I expected you to be there
And when the shit hits the fan man, who really cares
Yea listen...
I was just sitting here feeling sorry for myself and helpless
Then I realized that I was just being selfish
I'm a soldier, my self-centred brain is my helmet
But when reality hit me I felt sick
We run from our problems - there's many that are paralyzed
We take life for granted - these simply never had a life
We've heard it all before - some people are deaf
That tramp lives in a box while I sleep in my bed
Inside I'm a tortured man who hates living.
But there's people being tortured in Abu Ghraib prison
There's youths right now that are dying from Malaria
So we can have clean running water in our area
That shit there, has got me feeling ashamed
If you've been through it, tell me what's the meaning of pain
You went court, and they locked you away when you we're acting wild
There's people in Guantanamo Bay that never had a trial
Weve seen a lot - there's some that were born blind
In some places hip hop can't be performed live
You whopped bare chicks, you think you a heavyweight?
In Africa 6000 people die from AIDS everyday
And the babies there get it from their mothers,
So think about that next time you fuck without a rubber
It hurts but no one said the truth would be fair
Every single human being that has ever lived was an entirely unique creation.
Never, ever, ever to be repeated again.
Sometimes I wonder, what they'll say when I die.
When I die, when I die when I die, let me fly. Let me fly.
When I die, when I die when I die, let me fly. Let me fly.
[Verse 1:]
When I die please don't mourn, cry not for me.
When I die please don't lie, write a song for me.
Tell 'em what I did right and what I did wrong.
Don't say rest in piece, help me live on.
Peace to any enemies in my memories, I forgive 'em.
Most rappers died before their legacy started living.
Whether, it's by natural causes or a car collision,
Think of hard hitting bars I've written, not my chart position
In the event of my death be happy that I left the drama.
Those who love me, don't paint me as an 'effin martyr.
What I've done in life, I hope it echoes ever after.
Some wanna' reassure[? ] me, I'm more like Kevin Carter.
'Cause every lyric that I've written is a photograph.
They think life is infinite, but don't know the half.
Names die every day, time won't remember most of ours,
Just remember me as a true soul that showed his heart.
When it's me, when it's me when it's me. Set me free. Set me free.
When it's me, when it's me when it's me. Set me free. Set me free.
[Verse 2:]
When it's me, I want you to know that I loved You all.
I wasn't happy here, I could never be comfortable.
This one's for you if we fell out over something small.
Don't watch it, We'll all imperfect and vulnerable
This ain't about being scared or brave.
When it's me, death is something I'm prepared to face.
When it's me don't even waste your tears, I'm safe.
Hairs were raised by my music, anywhere it's played.
When I die, don't lie about what my life was.
If I die with nothing else, just take my Love.
When I'm dust in the ground with my eyes shut.
Don't count my money, just count the lives that I've touched.
When it's me, play this on your MP3.
It's about the fans, not how press see me.
Don't say "Rest in peace" just let me be.
When it's me, please God, just set me free.
When I Go, when I go when I go. Save my soul, save my soul.
When I Go, when I go when I go. Save my soul, save my soul.
[Verse 3:]
When I go, will I be destined for Heaven, or Hell below?
Until then, I will never know.
Pray for my Family, pray for my Enemies.
Pray that I'm sent to a place that is Heavenly.
Pray for my present and pray for my legacy.
And pray that it's in a positive way they remember me.
The second I die someone will start a new life.
So ask yourself, what will they say when you die?
When you die, when you die when you die. Say "Goodbye" say "Goodbye".
[Verse 1:]
Is it just dream?, Am I a fool for trying?
I stand defiant but my enemy's the tallest giant,
Will visions be reality? they tell me never,
I wanna feel the unity that Malcolm felt in Mecca,
I wonder if it made sense in his last moments,
People don't value the soul cause they can't hold it,
Find something real beyond death and misery,
And understand the present in the context of history,
It's been established Sykes-Picot was a bitter marriage,
Since the day Thomas Edward Lawrence tricked the Arabs,
I never back stab my people like Abu Mazen,
I'll overthrow the monarchs like Abdul Karim Qassem,
This is a battle that many better men have died fighting,
But I hope to give an insight through my writing,
My pen fires at the men who defend liars,
I send fire till the end of your empire,
[Chorus: singer]
We will fight to live,
We will not give up,
We will not give in,
We will rise,
And through the blood and tears,
We will not give up,
We will not give in,
We will rise,
[Verse 2:]
Guess who's back, descendant of the occupied,
I represent the sentiments of many men you've colonized,
The President is eloquent but he's never been on my side,
Melanin's irrelevant cause everything was prophecised,
There was a time when they talked about the Arab Nation,
Broke our good leaders replaced them with a pack of masons,
Took your Keffiyeh and changed it to a fashion statement,
You sat with Satan, Camp David means assassination,
Peace in your imagination, that's not real,
I've been where Arafat got poisoned and Sadat got killed,
I'm not a martyr, just a man without a Masters or a master,
Trying to unite the people like Abdul Nasser,
This is a battle that many better men have died fighting,
But I hope to give an insight through my writing,
My pen fires at the men who defend liars,
I send fire till the end of your empire,
[Chorus: singer]
We will fight to live,
We will not give up,
We will not give in,
We will rise,
And through the blood and tears,
We will not give up,
We will not give in,
We will rise,
[Verse 3:]
If you're my brother, you're my brother but please be loyal,
Comrades for life till we're deep in soil,
They came to the middle east told us we need royals,
Just ask Mossadeq about BP Oil,
Look at history, the pecking order you will discover,
Nationalize your resources watch your children suffer,
Are you still my brother?
Even if BAE Systems gives us weapons to kill each other,
I strike back at the empire till it falls,
Most of us invest our money in building walls,
Mark the words of the lyricist that's written this,
Any money that I do make will build a bridge,
This is a battle that many better men have died fighting,
But I hope to give an insight through my writing,
My pen fires at the men who defend liars,
I send fire till the end of your empire,
[Chorus: singer]
We will fight to live,
We will not give up,
We will not give in,
We will rise,
And through the blood and tears,
We will not give up,
We will not give in,
[verse 1 - lowkey]
from west 10 to the west bank,
i write righteous rhymes with my right and wrestle the devil with my left hand,
never work for a zionist, never been a yes man,
my art is like rembrandt painting pictures of death camps,
the average person is allergic to the words of wisdom,
this is for everyone of saddam's kurdish murder victims,
and all the pure souls that never had the chance to speak,
truth pumps in my arteries and causes my heart to beat,
for soldiers haunted and tortured by guilty memories,
who realised too late to reveal their real enemy,
it's all dead wrong
for every victim of racist persecution from auschwitz to hebron,
my words may sting cowards,
for people that were atomised by the thermate in the twin towers
those living through the wars,
ask me what i do this for,
put the world in its place before it put you in yours,
[chorus]
(rochelle rose)
what happens under darkness shall come to light,
can't silence us even though you try,
(lowkey)
you can try to avoid us but it's pointless
you can never avoid the voices of the voiceless
(rochelle rose)
take our freedom, can't take our pride,
come what may we will survive,
(lowkey)
you can try to avoid us but it's pointless,
you can never avoid the voices of the voiceless
[verse 2 - immortal technique]
keep my third eye hidden under my new york fitted,
a crazy unmarried man that deserves to be committed,
the future is encrypted in my troubled lyrics,
dream that i've been somewhere for weeks, then wake up in a couple minutes,
sweat dripping with visions of population control,
thoughts overflowing my world like the melting of the north pole,
my people are targeted by military crack committees,
so i'm bucking at the feds like natives in rapid city,
reality savage, my words are like a riot in paris,
the voice of the voiceless, that voice is social imbalance,
so stand strong or sit harder in your mental palace,
blinded inside a kingdom united to its old habits,
but now, middle passage coming, war chant, african drumming,
gatling gun humming,
rapid fire mechanism, reckless living,
that checks the rhythm of perfectionism,
slave condition,
while you're singing god save the system,
[chorus]
(rochelle rose)
what happens under darkness shall come to light,
can't silence us even though you try,
(lowkey)
you can try to avoid us but it's pointless
you can never avoid the voices of the voiceless
(rochelle rose)
take our freedom, can't take our pride,
come what may we will survive,
(lowkey)
you can try to avoid us but it's pointless,
you can never avoid the voices of the voiceless
[verse 3 - lowkey]
detain my body, but you can't imprison my mind,
if it's my time i'll probably die with my fist in the sky,
these are the thoughts of a man who can't escape from his coma,
cries of a young virgin girl who got raped by them soldiers,
[verse 4 - immortal technique]
birthing a screaming bastard, post colonial nation,
subject to childhood diseases, famine, war and inflation,
education molded you into your masters image,
and you forgot who the fuck you were before the war was finished
[verse 5 - lowkey]
you're hearing the ghosts of nagasaki, you're hearing hiroshima,
beautiful babies being born with the weirdest features,
you might never see me in the charts,
but inshallah my seed can see peace in iraq,
[verse 6 - immortal technique]
but peace and freedom can never be given,
that's historically forbidden, cos only collision is the recipe,
changing the course of destiny, so i'm strapped with weaponry,
[lowkey & immortal technique]
'cause the government don't give a f-ck about protecting me.
[chorus]
(rochelle rose)
what happens under darkness shall come to light,
can't silence us even though you try,
(lowkey)
you can try to avoid us but it's pointless
you can never avoid the voices of the voiceless
(rochelle rose)
take our freedom, can't take our pride,
come what may we will survive,
(lowkey)
you can try to avoid us but it's pointless,
[Intro: Lauryn Hill]
If you down with the rich man, and that can be rich in anything,
Don't you take too much,
If you laugh at a poor man, and that can be poor in anything,
Don't you laugh too much,
If you tryin' to be rich man, and that can be rich in anything
Don't you take too much,
And if you need to be needed, and you're lookin' for purpose,
Just remember, don't you need too much...
[Hook: Shadia Mansour]
If you take something you, don't need, and keep it
Then you've stolen from somebody else who's hungry
Everything that you do, is everything you are
Everything that I am, is everything you'll ever need.
[Verse 1: Lowkey]
Money can buy power, but it can't buy respect
Money can't buy sleep, but it can buy a bed
Money can't buy you love, but it can buy sex
Do you posses money or by money are you possessed?
Money can buy a house, but it can't buy a home
So even with money you still feel all alone
Money can buy you friends, but it can't buy family
Money can't make you happy, that's just a fallacy
It can buy a bath, but it can't buy purity
It can buy bodyguards, but it can't buy security
While people around the world starve, I eat
Cause money can buy war, but it can't buy peace
Some do everything and anything to get the p's
The society we livin' in, it's a necessity
It's got the power to turn your best friends to enemies
It's funny cause money doesn't follow us when we leave.
[Hook: Shadia Mansour]
If you take something you, don't need, and keep it
Then you've stolen from somebody else who's hungry
Everything that you do, is everything you are
Everything that I am, is everything you'll ever need.
[Verse 2: Lowkey]
Does happiness live in a mansion with a swimming pool?
I know people with plenty of money that are miserable
We all need to earn in this world we live
Most work for it, some steal, but many worship it
Some sell poison for it, some seek employment for it
We need it to survive, so some clean the toilets for it
I need papes to live but never will I live for papes
Abolish the Queen, I don't wanna see that witch's face
Many sell their soul for it, no not me
Some will try to tell you that it doesn't grow on trees
I heard the sayin' said, many a time, but they were wrong
Cause if it doesn't tell me where do you get the paper from?
Most think they will be happy if they only had more of it
Some wasted, some feel more important because they're born with it
Some have got the nerve to say you're fraudulent for forging it
The truth is you don't need a fortune to be fortunate.
[Hook: Shadia Mansour]
If you take something you, don't need, and keep it
Then you've stolen from somebody else who's hungry
Everything that you do, is everything you are
[Verse 1:]
I don't know exactly when it started going downhill
Let's take it back to the days it was about skill
Before it was sweet boys parading as tough geeza's
Educated men naming themselves after drug dealers
When it was a way to vent a mans pain
Before it became a tool for presidential campaigns
Before the 50's, Lil' Wayne's and Rick Ross's
I'm about to show you the essence of what Hip-Hop is
Before it was about street credibility
When it was he's alright but he's better lyrically
Think about the zombies your bad words influence
Before Hip-Hop became an advert for ignorance
Before it became Kamikaze
I'm half Gil Scott-Heron and half Talib Kwelli
You think getting shot makes you the next best thing
For every 50 cent there's at least 50 MF Grimms
And that's grim
[Verse 2:]
I know you think that this is easier
But don't believe the flippin' media
Or what you read on Wikipedia
It used to be all for the love
Now pricks are greedier
This business is sicker than an infant with leucemia
I live Hip-Hop, don't disrespect my household
I'm about to kill these rappers sales like internet downloads
We've come a long way from the old timers
Now it's all 360, deals and fucking ghost writers
Am I controversial 'cause I'm not commercial?
Or 'cause I don't rap like a rapper that wants to hurt you?
Every man's bragging, making anthems with gang-banging
I'm like a man standing, over the Grand Canyon
Hip-Hop broke down barriers like skin tone
Hip-Hop 2008 is selling ring tones
Hip-Hop even had your son dressing up in pink clothes
Is Hip-Hop responsible for your kids soul?
If my mother got angry or frustrated with me, she'd say...
... and the basic translation of that is "Oh, how beautiful is freedom"
But where is freedom?
Close my eyes, I can still hear my ummi saying
Where is our freedom?
This is for Baghdad, the place of my mothers birth
The cradle of civilization, for what it's worth
The land I've never the seen, culture I've never known
Iraq is in my heart, my blood, my flesh and bones
The air I've never breathed, fragrance I've never smelled
The pride I never had, the nationality that I never felt
Saddam was bad, are the American's even more so?
They made me grow like I was missing part of my torso
But I never picked up a grenade in my garden
I never saw people I love die starving
I never saw my family die through many years of sanctions
While the ruler's family lived in palaces and mansions
Never had a family member kidnapped for a ransom
Never lost a friend to violence that was random
Bombings, occupation, torture, intimidation
A million dead people doesn't equal liberation
Close my eyes, I can still hear my ummi saying
Listen!
Where is our freedom?
Forget division based on ethnicity or religion
Whether you Sunni, Shia, Kurdish or Christian
Pain is still pain if you're a person that's missing
We all deserve a life in this earth that we live in
Is there enough words that can say
How deeply Baghdad is burning today?
And it's not about pity, hands out or sympathy
It's about pride, respect, honour and dignity
Babies being born with deformities from uranium
Those babies aren't just Iraqi, they're Mesopotamian
What I view on the news is making me shiver
Cause I look at the victims and see the same face in the mirror
This system of division makes it harder for you and me
Peace is a question, the only answer is unity!
So many dreams about this place that I've never seen
The place my family had to leave in the 70's
Close my eyes, I can still hear my ummi saying
Where is our freedom?
It rains white phosphorus in Fallujah
This is for those that won't live to see the future
Sorry that I wasn't there, Sorry that I couldn't help
I'm sorry for every tear, Sorry you've been put through hell
Still I feel like an immigrant, englishman amongst arabs and an arab amongst englishmen
Like I said they never gave me the culture
But they did give me Kubdad Haleb, Hakaka and Dolma
Ana isme Kareem,
Wa ohmre thalatha wa-'ishrun,
Umi min Baghdad, wa abuya min Dover,
And that's the combination that I carry on my shoulders
Still I rep, till my death, Till they kill and seal my flesh
From now all the way back to Gilgamesh
Such a villianized and criticized nation
You will always be the cradle of civilization
Close my eyes, I can still hear my ummi saying
Where is our freedom?
In my sleep, in my dreams Motherland I can still feel you calling me
In my sleep, in my dreams Motherland I can still feel you calling me
In my sleep, in my dreams Motherland I can still feel you calling me
I can still feel you calling me
[Adrian]
if you could go back what would you change
what would you do again ever would remain the same
what would you give, and what would you keep
what would you take, and what would you leave
if you could go back what would you change
what would you do again ever would remain the same
what would you give, and what would you keep
what would you take, and what would you leave
[Lowkey]
i see an old lady holding the door
as i tumble out my wheel chair and roll to the floor
first thing in the morning in the grocery store
not sure if this alcoholics body can hold me no more
i hustled up enough change for the whiskey in my hand
tried to tell all the people but they didnt understand
too many years spent sleeping in the gutters
on my hands and on my knees
eating from the rubbish roam the streets
with very little keeping me sane
too many twisted visions left engraved deep in my brain
nightmares are right there and i dont think good thoughts
happy memories became haze and days when i could walk
make me hate those that have a life and could stand
do you people know what i sacrificed for this land
my aching heart cant feel the bladed glass in my feet
don't take a glance cause I'm just a face you pass in the street
[Adrian]
if you could go back what would you change
what would you do again ever would remain the same
what would you give, and what would you keep
what would you take, and what would you leave
if you could go back what would you change
what would you do again ever would remain the same
what would you give, and what would you keep
what would you take, and what would you leave
[Lowkey]
help!
[Adrian]
if you could go back what would you change
what would you do again ever would remain the same
what would you give, and what would you keep
what would you take, and what would you leave
if you could go back what would you change
what would you do again ever would remain the same
what would you give, and what would you keep
what would you take, and what would you leave
[Lowkey]
[Intro]
So, We must ask ourselves, What is the dictionary definition of "Terrorism"?
The systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion
But what is terror?
According to the dictionary I hold in my hand, Terror, is violent or destructive acts
Such as bombing committed by groups in order to intimidate a population,
Or government into granting their demands
So whats a terrorist?
[Hook]
They're calling me a terrorist
Like they don't know who the terror is
When they put it on me, I tell them this
I'm all about peace and love
They calling me a terrorist
Like they don't know who the terror is
Insulting my intelligence
Oh how these people judge..
[Verse 1]
It seems like the Rag-heads and Paki's are worrying your Dad
But your dad's favorite food is curry and kebab
It's funny, but it's sad how they make your mummy hurry with her bags
Rather read The Sun than study all the facts
Tell me, what's the bigger threat to human society
BAE Systems or home made IED's
Remote controlled drones, killing off human lives
Or man with home made bomb committing suicide
I know you were terrified when you saw the towers fall
It's all terror but some forms are more powerful
It seems nuts, how could there be such agony
When more Israeli's die from peanut allergies
It's like the definition didn't ever exist
I guess it's all just depending who your nemesis is
Irrelevant how eloquent the rhetoric peddler is
They're telling fibs, now tell us who the real terrorist is
[Hook]
They're calling me a terrorist
Like they don't know who the terror is
When they put it on me, I tell them this
I'm all about peace and love
They calling me a terrorist
Like they don't know who the terror is
Insulting my intelligence
Oh how these people judge..
[Verse 2]
Lumumba was democracy - Mossadegh was democracy
Allende was democracy - Hypocrisy it bothers me
Call you terrorists if you don't wanna be a colony
We used to bow down to a policy of robbery
Is terrorism my lyrics?
When more Vietnam vets kill themselves after the war than died in it?
This is very basic..
One nation in the world has over a thousand military bases
They say it's religion, when clearly it isn't
It's not just Muslims that oppose your imperialism
Is Hugo Chavez a Muslim? Nah.. I didn't think so
Is Castro a Muslim? Nah.. I didn't think so
It's like the definition didn't ever exist
I guess it's all just depending who your nemesis is
Irrelevant how eloquent the rhetoric peddler is
They're telling fibs, now tell us who the terrorist is
[Hook]
They're calling me a terrorist
Like they don't know who the terror is
When they put it on me, I tell them this
I'm all about peace and love
They calling me a terrorist
Like they don't know who the terror is
Insulting my intelligence
Oh how these people judge..
[Outro x2]
You think that I don't know,
But I know, I know, I know
You think that we don't know
But we know
You think that I don't know,
But I know, I know, I know
You think that we don't know
But we DO
Was Building 7 terrorism?
Was nanothermite terrorism?
Diego Garcia was terrorism,
I am conscious the Contras was terrorism,
Phosphorous that burns hands - that is terrorism,
Irgun and Stern Gang that was terrorism,
What they did in Hiroshima was terrorism,
What they did in Fallujah was terrorism,
Mandela ANC - that was terrorism,
Jerry Adams IRA - that was terrorism,
Eric Prince black water - it was terrorism,
Oklahoma, McVeigh - that was terrorism,
Everyday USA - that is terrorism,
Everyday UK - that is terrorism,
Put your lighters up...
They will fight till extinction
And using the nations as weapons
Again...
Tell me why...
I've been gone for a while but don't watch that
'Cause now I'm back ready to show all these whack rappers how to rap
Type my name on youtube and watch that, get the picture. Yep
I'm the biggest threat to your little rep on the internet
Forget Channel U don't watch that, no one spits facts
And since wifey riddem everybody's making chit chats
But when my vid drops and you watch that, you'll be seeing why
There's a big difference between me and the meaty guys
MTV cribs I don't watch that, the greed sickens me
I guess I just look at the world and see it differently
Kids starving to death and when I watch that, I cry inside
How can rappers live in yards that typa size
Kids film happy slaps and they watch that, then text their friends
Generations of degenerates, will it never end?
The Twin Towers fell and we watched that
It was control demolition, there was no terrorism; it's not that
They will fight till extinction
And using the nations as weapons
Again...
Tell me why...
Youths get the Scarface movie and watch that, live that violent dream
They shoulda watched more carefully in the final scene
Forget Big Brother don't watch that, even if the other TV's shit
You can't spend your life watching other people live
Turn off Fox News, don't watch that - read a book
Glance back at history 'cause we need to look
They film us on CCTV and watch that, are we catalogue humans?
Oyster cards stay tracking our movements
Forget Myspace don't watch that, I ain't feeding Murdock
Or looking at girls posing with their skirts off
Forget profile hits, don't watch that, I know people can tell
Those numbers don't equal yourselves
Forget Borat, don't watch that, it ain't funny fam
And that's start of something bigger than you understand
And there's talk on the road but don't watch that, 'cause I'm well known
And wherever I go my name rings like a cellphone
They will fight till extinction
And using the nations as weapons
Again...
My name is Lowkey and you may know me
Volume 1 was a classic, the real recognizes
Still the fake don't see, this is my life
But I need and J.O.B, I'm in the same old street
And still blood, there ain't no peace
My pain ball seize, we change dope to see
Where this rainbow leads
Snake smiling my face with the fake [? ]
There's no place that my name won't reach
Still I remain Lowkey, to the victim [? ]
We try to raise a bar[? ] by doing some diferent things
It's seems they shock, we shocking these dudes
I spend time reading books and watching the news
It's confusing [? ] rap shit ruining my aim Levels
I try my best just to remain settled
But the irony is easy to see
In music I've got an E at my GCSC
By then most kids where [? ] released on some weed
Only seventeen when I set my feet on the sceene
To be this, you've got to do what I've done
See what I've seen, love what I've loved
Be what I've been
When I get past the weed smoke, [? ] music & Girls
I remember myself a young boy confused with the world
As pissed of kid, N.W.A introduced me to this hip hop shit
See not starting writing rhymes just to buy the time
I'm finding quite hard to explain what's inside my mind
Besides in the early days I was imitating a north or a [? ]
That shit sounded irritating
Now this is what I do for love
The music runs deep in my weins
I refuse to front
This is the future blood
Key to the game, volume two
For [? ] youths not doing what they told to do
I expose the truth anytime I'm in the vocal booth
Cause it's disgraceful the way that we're living
Blazin and drinking, degrading our women
Most man ain't even thinking
Satan Is winning, even saintest savior is sining
Pray for your children, we're all slave in the system
Tryna change our position
Watching the news I see the face of a stranger that's missing
We're taking over, it's great britains greatest tradition
Still mens act like their to impatient to listen
Even you do what you don't, make the decision
But don't act like you don't see me, when you see me
With your [? ] and selling them you'r CD
It's volume 2, one of the phenomenal
One of few, chronic of my life
Don't watch what the others do
I'm deep with this rap
To me a Mic. is like a needle to people
Thinking on smack
I was raised with insane kids, rome [? ]
Rave cribs like [? ] and don't take shit
Still here trapped in own made tricks
I don't take flicks or make movies
It's Lowkey a.k.a Wayne Roonie a great lyricist
Remain limitles, spitting lyrics I paint pictures with
Born with the mind of scarface and a heart of saint nicolas
This lyricist puts verses love for the art
Listen to these words, cause they come from the heart
Apart from this music blod nothing is ours
I'm to underground to ever fuck with the charts
To hardcore for MTV, but still here like [? ]
And MCD so just let me be, let me live
Let me spit let me rep this streets
Peace to all the Mc's that see and produce their [? ] beats
Lowkey, I'm still rising blud
I'm still rising
Blud, I'm still rising
Iller than I'll, but still rhyming
My skills thriving
The odds are stack but I'm still rising
Feeling violent but I'm still shining
You try stopping me, no joy I'm still here
Blud I leave your home boy in a wheel chair
Make you experience real fear
The real here
The fake don't listen
17 spittin' age old wisdom
Before they die if you escape those prisons
I remain with the same goal, vision and aim
But hope the fame goes missing
Cause I need my space
For Jesus' sake
Sometimes I wanna leave this place
People dyin' for nothing
What a needless waste
What the fuck are them sayin'?
Battling me
You're better off running away
Cause I'm stressed and pissed, depressed and sick
Vexed and shit
Sometimes I think I need an exorcist
Man like me only dreams of a Lexus whip
While 50 cent is rich with as many as he wants
I could've written any other song
But I' chose to write this
Out to any foes that might diss
Cause I'm known for a flow that's righteous
They wanna overthrow the throw where I sit
On beef, if you overdose you won't like it
Leave you in a coma close to your home and lifeless
Rappers are crazy, can't believe what's been happening lately
Labels cat'in' to rape me
People acting passive and shady
I dedicate this to any backpacking faggot that hates me
Cause I got a track in the mainstream
Mad World remix, motherfucker
If you don't respect yourself, no one's gonna respect you
If you don't love yourself, no one's gonna love you
It's a special kind of love, a very special kind of love,
A very very special kind of love, yeah
It's a special kind of love, a special kind of love,
A very very special kind of love
[Verse 1:]
First verse go's out to the girls, be proud of yourself
But don't just take pride in your outer shell
They take mens advances for granted
Cause it's common that we bother them
That's why so many young women can't take a compliment
You'd probably get put off if I called you
And probably get turned on if I ignored you
Make up caked up to cover up what's under there
All your facebook friends see pics of you in your underwear
He treats you like a princess, your not impressed
The truth is you'd probably like him more if he did less
You change the colour of your hair and the colour of your eyes
When will you realise that this stuff is a diguise
I sympathise certainly, seeing Jordan on tv mentally legitimise surgery
You'll only be truly loved by someone else, when you learn to respect and to love yourself
It's a special kind of love, a very special kind of love,
A very very special kind of love, yeah
It's a special kind of love, a special kind of love,
A very very special kind of love
It's a special kind of love, a very special kind of love,
A very very special kind of love, yeah
It's a special kind of love, a special kind of love
[Verse 2:]
Second verse go's out to the males of the species
The ones who've got different women for each week
What's next? I'll break down the player complex
And tell you what the motive behind it is cause it's not sex
Most people at some point got their heart broke
Misery loves company some people just can't cope
A man that hops beds cause he's scared to sleep alone
Is the same as a loose women that can't keep 'em closed
Your both in the same boat, this is what you need to know
A man gets called a player, as for the woman she's a hoe
The truth is they both are insecure people trying to mend their broke hearts
If you brag that you've slept with thousands of girls
All that tells me is that you don't value yourself
You'll only be truly loved by someone else, when you learn to respect and to love yourself
It's a special kind of love, a very special kind of love,
A very very special kind of love, yeah
It's a special kind of love, a special kind of love,
A very very special kind of love
It's a special kind of love, a very special kind of love,
A very very special kind of love, yeah
Little man never did exams,
Got a particular bigger plan flipping grams,
When a bigger man in his gang gave him a stick to bang,
Or maybe just hold 'cause no one thought he would kill a man,
Till he got silly billy feelin & chilling in the jam,
Sipping cham', spliff in his hand checking to the jam,
Bang bang biddy bang biddy bang,
Now he's in the camp thinking damn what a pity fam,
Rappers are yapping and flapping their lips,
Bout how they're packing and clapping their sticks,
Has to be big,
The impact it has on the kids, tells me where the factory is,
The government kill, they're just stacking their chips,
You wonder why the youths are strapped and their pissed,
If not a nine, it's a knife getting jabbed in your ribs,
People die for the petrol, the gas and the whip,
In London, you can get shanked in the heart,
Still the government put more tax in Iraq,
Ignorant little spitters are talking greezy,
Cause they bitten bits that the saw on TV,
If all you rap about is the hoes and the doe,
It's already too late, you sold 'em your soul,
You jokers act like you know but you don't,
'Cause there's little kids dying all over the globe,
[Faith SFX:]
They used to put my lights out and nights out
And days in spent blazing
And tell me to not be gaining the mazes
But why now it's right out amazing to think
Now let the revolutionaries sing
Stand up for your rights and fight for revolution
Free your mind so we can prise constitution
'Cause they're killing us all...
[Mic Righteous:]
Little man never did exams,
He be chillin with his fam in a flat,
Spliff in hand and spittin raps,
But there's more than one way to skin a cat,
Gotta make up for the things he didn't have,
Wanna be a dan,
Little mans gott bigger plans,
Wanna be bigger than jigga and killer cam,
Picture that while hes sittin back sippin out a guinness can,
Feelin trapped,
Done with the chitter chat!
Little man didn't crack for a bit of cash,
Got his shit all splashed,
Billin stack,
Livin isnt bad,
Untill a cat got in his flat,
And hit him with a bat,
And they found where he hid his stash,
Little man fouled it,
Get him back,
Now really mad,
Feelin militant put on his timberlands and headed to the flat,
Where the cats that had jacked him were chillin at,
[? ] full of gas in his gaff,
And lit a match,
Put it in a [? ],
And away it goes BANG!
But the cats whole family was in the gaff,
Now it's defiantly different for little man,
He could of been one in a million he could of had the whole world in his hands,
But shit hit the fan,
When the cat came back,
With his strap,
Pulled the trigger back,
Finished little man in a flash,
It's a FACT!
That he's dead now...
[Faith SFX:]
They used to put my lights out and nights out
And days in spent blazing
And tell me to not be gaining the mazes
But why now it's right out amazing to think
Now let the revolutionaries sing
Stand up for your rights and fight for revolution
Free your mind so we can prise constitution
The views expressed on this track are not directly those of lowkey or logic, we're just drawing attention to the lifestyles that some people lead
Lowkey: I was born in Birmancy, one of the south parts
Logic: And I was born in Bazara, southside of Iraq
Lowkey: We used to play football outside in the park
Logic: We used to dodge bullets outside in the dark
Lowkey: I never prayed, I was told there isn't a god
Logic: I prayed 5 times a day its like I lived in a mosque
Lowkey: Me, I'm easy with a pint and some cricket to watch
Logic: They sanctioned everything we got, so now it isn't a lot
Lowkey: My mum and dad worked hard, always had employment
Logic: My mom just left, and my dad got poisoned
I was young but I was told that the government did it
Lowkey: From my heart I can say that I love being British
I grew with 5 older, brothers and sisters
Logic: Yeah I had a lot of siblings but some have gone missing
Now it's just me and my little sis
Lowkey: Britain's got a lot of immigrants; they take our jobs everyday I swear I'm sick of it
Logic: My Uncles trying to get to Britain quick
Lowkey: I'm trying to find a job
Logic: Me I'm still illiterate
Lowkey: every 2 weeks I'm signing on
Logic: we only had school a little bit
Lowkey: I got kicked out of school very early, labelled as an idiot
Logic: Before my uncle left us, he gave me his gun
Lowkey: my girl just gave me a son
Logic: You see its hot where I live, everyday I bake in the sun
Lowkey: Its cold where I live so I read every page of the sun
And I'm getting mad, with what I look at and read
Logic: I just met a couple elders that are good on their deen
Lowkey: My dad told me joining army would be good for the P's
Logic: I started meeting, now I'm training with the mujahedeen
Because I've heard that the westerners are coming with bombs
Lowkey: I spent months in the regiment training up to be shot
Logic: But this is my land, my country, ill defend it till I pass
Lowkey: I just got the message, that they're sending me to Iraq
[Chorus]
Our pain is the same fam, its all relative
They cried the same tears, you cried for your relatives
And one way or another, my brother were all relatives
Home is where the heart is, yeah that's where it is (2X)
Lowkey: Now I'm in the south of Iraq, it's a smelly place
I don't know who to trust, everybody's got a hairy face
Logic: And Basra's a scary place, its worse than it used to be
They're dropping bombs everyday
Lowkey: Even little boys are shooting me
Logic: I shoot at white faces, and any green suit I see
Lowkey: Every regiments lost a couple of troops; we've lost 2 or 3
Logic: I still go to pray in the same place the mosque used to be
Lowkey: I see little kids starving to death, with no food to eat,
But an orders an order, we've got to clean the city up
Logic: they see how we're suffering, and still they don't pity us
They shoot us every day, tomorrows probably me
Lowkey: We're trying to help these bastards, but its like they don't want to be free
Logic: Yeah these people don't know what freedom is
Lowkey: I saw my colleague rape a woman against her will, but I didn't agree with it
Logic: I shot a soldier in the face, and then I had to run quick
Lowkey: My sergeant got shot in his face by some dumb young kid,
Now I just want to go home that's where my heart is
Logic: My heart is in Basra, and never will I part it
Lowkey: this wars going nowhere, tell me why did we start it?
Logic: I'm fighting regardless till I'm resting where Allah is
Lowkey: come to think of it, I should have never joined the army
And when I think about it, I don't hate these Iraqi's
Logic: Yeah bullets flying past me, I'm scared but I can't run,
I take my sister upstairs and get my uncles old gun
Lowkey: Don't know if its terrorists or just some civilians,
but I've been told to neutralize the threat up in that building
Logic: I see the soldiers they're about to pass, I take my pistol out and blast
Lowkey: A bullet whizzes by my face and tears my friends mouth apart,
I saw red, and starting shooting to make 'em all dead
Logic: I tried to guard my sister, but a bullet hit her forehead
Lowkey: I ran up the steps to see if I buried them all
But all I saw was my little sister dead on the floor
Our pain is the same fam, its all relative
They cried the same tears, you cried for your relatives
And one way or another, my brother were all relatives
Yeah, I don't even know about this rapper thing anymore, man.
I don't even know if I'm on this 'ting man, listen up!
It's not really me anymore, man...
Na'-what I mean? Yeah.
Yeah!
Ever since eleven this rap shit meant, everything!
It was like the mic in my hand was a wedding ring.
Don't get it twisted, it ain't my wife!
It's bigger than that at some point, it became my life!
Me and my friends used to argue over songs we'd preferred.
As rappers back then, all we wanted, was to be heard.
I spit for hours just to make sure you'd recognize.
Hoping one-day I'd hear myself on 2-7-9,
To tell the truth, I couldn't tell what was whack then,
'Cause everyone rapped in American accents. (Holla!)
But, still I wanted to blow in a hurry my friend.
Looking back it's funny, Cuzzy, 'cause I was hungrier then!
We aimed to change "The Game", lyrically raise-the-bar.
Take over the whole industry, make-it-ours!
Frequently I think about what this rap game means to me.
But I can't lie (Can't lie), all of that changed recently...
Doc. Brown on the chorus:
When you feel you've seen it all before,
All the music ain't raw no-more.
Feel to put the mic down[? ]
Feel to put it down.
When you bare your soul rapping a verse,
And you gettin' nothing back in return, what's it worth?
Need to take some time out!
Feel to put it down, feel to put it down, feel to put it down.
Feel to put it down, feel to put it down.
Blud, I'm going crazy right now. Like, I'm breaking right-down,
Need to take some time out, all the pain in my house, probably make me wile out.
Feel to change my life around and.
Place the mic down, come on!
I was a raw spitter, before an award winner.
Before these fraudulent frauds(? not sure) were all in her.
Maybe the fact is, this rap shit distracted me.
Took away time I should of had with my family.
I can go do a show, but then it's back to reality.
Back to feeling alone and, trapped in insanity.
Now I can hear myself when I tune into Choice.
But, can't do fifty-minute shows without losing my voice!
I used to be so determined to earn respect!
Now I'm sitting here all messed up (Pfft!) a nervous wreck!
I haven't learnt my lessons (No!) I don't deserve success.
It doesn't matter as long as when I'm gone, my words are left.
I'm really only known truly by, certain heads.
Excluding them, fuck what any other, person says! (Fuck 'em!)
'N fuck a psychiatrist, or psychologist.
I don't need someone I don't know telling me what my problem is.
When you feel you've seen it all before,
All the music ain't raw no-more.
Feel to put the mic down[? ]
Feel to put it down.
When you bare your soul rapping a verse,
And you gettin' nothing back in return, what's it worth?
Need to take some time out!
Feel to put it down, feel to put it down, feel to put it down.
Feel to put it down, feel to put it down.
Blud, I'm going crazy right now. Like, I'm breaking right-down,
Need to take some time out, all the pain in my house, probably make me wile out.
Feel to change my life around and.
[Intro:]
Listen.
Listen.
Too many rappers are playing with fire. (Playing with fire.)
[Verse 1:]
I wanna' get paid, and this is a serious business.
But these days hip-hop clearly is twisted.
My theory is this: Rap is too materialistic.
And too many spitters are in this, merely for riches.
They're lying to kids, who get inspired to spit.
By rappers rhyming about their ice on their wrists.
And spend their whole verse describing their whip.
While MTV shows your around the inside of their crib.
They got nothing better to rap about, but their bank accounts.
Say they're "Gangstas" but can't hang around their own manor now.
And can't walk street without entourage of bodyguards.
Claim to be killers in their bars and kids copy fast!
So you got rappers who aren't, murdering people.
Making tracks about, murdering people.
Inspiring young youths to start murdering people.
Listen to their verses, the words are just evil!
[Chorus:]
Well you've got your fancy diamonds,
And you've got your fancy clothes.
And your chauffeur drives your car.
You let everybody know.
But don't, play with me!
(Why? Why?) 'Cause you're playing with fire!
Yeah! Listen!
[Verse 2:]
Don't ever get it twisted, I like money.
But from a distance, the shit is quite funny.
Think twice before you make the decision to spit it.
Little kids mimic everything they hear in your lyrics.
It shocks me. (What does?) Some rappers' ignorance.
I don't care what you say, music does have a influence!
High Grade these days got more highs in it than cannabis.
But, no one I know gives it a scientific analysis!
You probably smoking it now, joking about, the next man.
Because you know there's drought.
Every year there's a couple man merked at carnival.
And in The Source, blud, there's more adverts than articles!
Sitting depressed, I analyze bits of the press
So many rappers try and glamorize prison and death
Even though I don't agree, still I wish them the best.
But why can't we promote living instead?
[Chorus:]
Well you've got your fancy diamonds,
And you've got your fancy clothes.
And your chauffeur drives your car.
You let everybody know.
But don't, play with me!
'Cause you're playing with fire!
[Verse 3:]
Sometimes I feel to take these Nikey creps off.
'Cause they were made by a slave in a Chinese sweatshop!
Say that to man in JD, what can they say to me?
All of us are supporting modern day slavery!
They tick tricked us to think we can't live without it!
We're not the only ones, blud, think about it!
I'm no better 'cause I'm rapping it on the beat.
In a way, I'm worse, 'Cause I ain't practicing what I preach!
And like, all other people I'm hooked!
It's like living in a library but never reading a book!
They don't want you using your mind!
'Cause then you might search for an answer that you couldn't find.
They lead us down all the wrong path ways and alleys.
It can get you anything, but money can't make you happy!
Rappers should be telling the truth, of all people!
But they forgotten money is the root of all evil!
[Chorus/Outro:]
Well you've got your fancy diamonds,
And you've got your fancy clothes.
And your chauffeur drives your car.
You let everybody know.
But don't, play with me!
[Intro: tony benn]
The way we are controlled, is very simple, they keep us frightened.
Used to be the Kaiser, then hitler, stalin, now the muslims, next it will be the chinese.
They keep us divided men and women, black and white, muslim, christian and jew. they keep us demoralized, that's what the education system league table's about, and they encourage cynicism. And in that way they hope to control us.
And I think if you are going to establish you're rights, you have to begin by being absolutely clear, you are not frightened, not divided, not demoralized, not cynical and then you can make progress.
[Verse 1: Lowkey]
What I call positive, you call negative
What you call an optimist, I call a pessimist
In these times; apocalyptic: what is a misfit?
We all bleed red blood when the oxygen hits it
Let me talk on this, you should be more honest
The truth is the war in iraq was a resource conflict
Take a look at your flag, they'll destroy it in a flash
Drop bombs on your soil for the oil and the gas
Capitalism means weak devoured by the hungry
That's what happens when companies are more powerful than countries
Watch x-factor, go on twitter and keep talking
Listen my friends it's til the the end; we are sleep walking.
When the selfish gain wealth from blood,
It's like the whole world submitted to be-elzebub
We won't, help ourselves and no ones helping us
It's only a matter of time before we self destruct
[Chorus:]
(We've only got one world)
We've only got one world
We've only got one
We've only got one
[Verse 2: Lowkey]
Take these words as a warning
If you wanna wake up, to hear the birds chirp in the morning
T. N.C.'s commit crimes unforgivable
In 50 years time, will our world be liveable?
Most natural disasters aren't natural at all
Every slave has a master, there's an actual cause
The ice caps are melting so fast, and they're coming for ya
How long before bangladesh is under water
Talk of white farmers, and what mugabe did to them
But what about the plight of the somali fishermen
How they dumped waste in their water and took their livelihoods
Turn off the tv, read a flippin library book
When the selfish gain wealth from blood,
It's like the whole world submitted to be-elzebub
We won't, help ourselves and no ones helping us
It's only a matter of time before we self destruct
[Chorus x2]
[Verse 3: Lowkey]
Who can live off the land when what you stolen is gone bro?
As precious as the gold in the coves in the congo
What is wrong when the human race makes atomic bombs?
Sometimes I look to the sky and wonder where god is gone
Is he just waiting for a man made judgement day?
Don't worry mate, just watch tv and stuff your face
There must be another way, I'm unafraid to speak up
What you think caused the tsunamis? and hurricane katrina?
In the grand scheme of things what good is a verse?
We weren't meant to abuse what god put in the earth
Now you wonder why I'm not a fun guy
When it hits our kids the only thing that survives will be the fungi
When the selfish gain wealth from blood,
It's like the whole world submitted to be-elzebub
We won't, help ourselves and no ones helping us
It's only a matter of time before we self destruct
[Outro:]
(We've only got one world)
[Hook]
I don't, I don't want no, Obama, Obama nation (abomination)
I'm not gonna, vote for your inauguration
Cause I don't need your, Obama, Obama nation (abomination)
I'm not gonna
[Lupe Fiasco sample]
Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist
Gaza strip was getting bombed, Obama didn't say shit
[Verse 1 - M-1]
After you divorce yourself from the right wing
Propaganda campaign, it's all simple and plain
America customed the game
Your president got an African name, now who you gone blame?
When they drop them bombs out of them planes
Using depleted uranium, babies looking like two headed aliens
Follow the money trail it leads to the criminal
Ain't nothing subliminal to it, that's how they do it
See they game they run, give a f-ck if he's cunning
Articulate and handsome, Afghanistan held for ransom
By the hand of this black man, neo-colonial puppet
White power with a black face, he said f-ck it I'll do it
A master of disguise, expert at telling lies
Then they gave him a Nobel Peace Price
Should of known he was trained in Chicago
Word to Chairmen Fred and Mark Clark
What they do in the dark will come out in the light
Like a wiki leaks site
So I guess Nkrumah was right, who's ready to fight?
Last stage of imperialism, I ain't kiddin
In the immortal words of Marvin Gaye 'This ain't living'
[Hook]
Obama, Obama nation (abomination)
I'm not gonna, vote for your inauguration
Cause I don't need your, Obama, Obama nation (abomination)
I'm not gonna
[Lupe Fiasco]
Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist
Gaza strip was getting bombed, Obama didn't say shit
[Verse 2 - Black The Ripper]
O.B.A.M.A
You ain't fooling everyone I see the games you play
You was V.I.P. at the B.I.C
And we know that's code name for C.I.A
The same way your cameras are watching us we're watching you
Think we're easy to control you ain't got a clue
Revolutions on the way, let's see what your gonna do
You gonna send the troops? You gonna drop the nukes?
See it's not where you're from it's where you're at
He's sitting in the White House so who cares if he's black
And why's there soldiers still out there in Iraq?
Natural resources ain't yours, it's theirs give it back!
You're just another puppet but I'm not surprised
Look at Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice
They didn't change shit, house nigga's fresh off the slave ship
You'll all burn in hell even Michelle, Obama Nation
[Hook]
I don't, I don't want no, Obama, Obama nation (abomination)
I'm not gonna, vote for your inauguration
Cause I don't need your, Obama, Obama nation (abomination)
I'm not gonna
[Lupe Fiasco]
Limbaugh was a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist
Gaza strip was getting bombed, Obama didn't say shit
[Verse 3 - Lowkey]
Was the bigger threat from Osama or from Obama?
Military bases from Chagos to Okinawa
I say things that other rappers won't say
Cause my mind never closed like Guantanamo Bay
Hope you didn't build a statue or tattoo your arm
Cause the drones are still flying over Pashtunistan
Did he defend the war? No! He extended more
He even had the time to attempt a coup in Ecuador
Morales and Chavez, the state's are on a hunt for ya
Military now stationed on bases in Columbia
Take a trip to the past and tell em I was right
Ask Ali Abunimah or Jeremiah Wright
Drones over Pakistan, Yemen and Libya
Is Obama the bomber getting ready for Syria?
First black president, the masses were hungry
But the same president just bombed an african country
[Hook]
I don't, I don't want no, Obama, Obama nation (abomination)
I'm not gonna, vote for your inauguration
Cause I don't need your, Obama, Obama nation (abomination)
I'm not gonna
[Lupe Fiasco]
Limbaugh was a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist
[Intro]
This track is not an attack upon the American people
It is an attack upon the system within which they live
Since 1945 the united states has attempted to
Overthrow more than 50 foreign governments
In the process the us has caused the end of life
For several million people, and condemned many millions
More to a live of agony and despair
[Verse 1]
The strength of your dreamin
Prevents you from reason
The American dream
Only makes sense if youre sleepin
Its just a cruel fantasy
Their politics took my voice away
But their music gave it back to me
The land where their __? Or consumed by consumption
Killing themselves to shovel down food and abundance
I guess a rapper from Britain is a rare voice
America is capitalism on steroids
Natives kept in casinos and reservations
Displaced slaves never given reparations
Take everything from Native Americans
And wonder why I call it the racist experiment
Afraid of your melanin
The same as its ever been
That aint gonna change
With the race of the president
I see imperialism under your skin tone
You could call it Christopher Columbus syndrome
[Chorus 2x]
Is it Obamas nation or an abomination?
Is it Obamas nation or an abomination?
Is it Obamas nation or an abomination?
Doesn't make any difference when they bomb your nation
O! Say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming
[Verse 2]
The worlds entertainer
The worlds devastator
From Venezuela
To Mesopotamia
Your cameras lie
Cause they have to hide the savage crimes
Committed on leaders that happen
To try and nationalize
Eating competitions while the worlds been starvin
Beat up communism with the help of bin-laden
Where would your war of terror be without that man
Every day you create more Nidal Hassans
Kill a man from the military, youre a weirdo
But kill a wog from the Middle East youre a hero
Your country is causing screams that are never reaching ear holes
America inflicted a million ground zeros
Follow the dollar and swallow your humanity
Soldiers committing savagery you never even have to see
Those mad at me, writing in emails angrily
Im not anti-America, America is anti-me
[Chorus 2x]
Is it Obamas nation or an abomination?
Is it Obamas nation or an abomination?
Is it Obamas nation or an abomination?
Doesn't make any difference when they bomb your nation
And the rocket's red glare,
The bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there,
O! Does that star spangled banner yet wave
O'er land of the free and the home of the brave
[Verse 3]
I don't care if him and Cheney are long lost relations
What matters more is the policies I lost my patience
Stop debating bringing race into conversation
Occupation and cooperation equals profit makin
Its over - people wake up from the dream now
Nobel peace prize, jay z on speed dial
Its the substance within, not the colour of your skin
Are you the puppeteer or the puppet on the string
So many believe that they was instantly gonna change
There was still Dennis Ross, Brzezinski And Robert Gates
What happened to Chas freeman (APAC),
What happened to Tristan Anderson its a machine that keeps that man breathing
I have the heart to say what all the other rappers arent
Words like Iraq, Palestine - Afghanistan
The wars on, and you morons were all wrong
[Intro:]
No souls to sell here mate...
They say The fool thinks himself to be wise man, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
I say that, to say this...
[Chorus:]
You might take my life,
But you can't take my soul!
You can't take my soul!
You might take my freedom,
But you can't take my soul!
You can't take my soul!
You might take my life,
But you can't take my soul!
You can't take my soul!
You might take my freedom,
But you can't take my soul!
You can't take my soul!
[Verse 1:]
They can't use my music to advertise for Coca Cola
They can't use my music to advertise for Motorola
They can't use my music to advertise for anything
The truth, I guess that's the reason the industry won't let me in
Refuse to be a product or brand, I'm human
Refuse to contribute to the gangster Illusion
Whether I'm number One, Number two, or Number Three
I'm unique and there will never be another me
And there will never be another you
Be proud of who you are, don't copy what the others do
They are not superior, you are not inferior
When we realize that is gonna be hysteria
Not commercial, always controversial what my pen has written
When they listen many have risen from the mental prison
That's why you don't see my face upon the television
But every time I try to sleep I hear the devil singing
[Chorus:]
You might take my life,
But you can't take my soul!
You can't take my soul!
You might take my freedom,
But you can't take my soul!
You can't take my soul!
You might take my life,
But you can't take my soul!
You can't take my soul!
You might take my freedom,
But you can't take my soul!
You can't take my soul!
[Verse 2:]
They can't use my music to advertise your watch or your car
Can't use it to advertise the drink you got at the bar
Can't use my music to advertise for anything
The truth, I guess that's the reason the industry won't let me in
My Integrity is the reason I'm thinking separately
Keep your three-sixty I can do this independently
It's likely I'm quite mad (why?)
Cause I say with ease slavery gave the streets Nikey's and I-pads
They don't like my rhymes, see my style is like a lecture
But I'd rather die, than smile with my oppressor
I'm an honourable student, with the facts and you're Ju-dish
Your not Hip Hop or Grime, your just McDonald's music
Not commercial, always controversial what my pen has written
When they listen many have risen from the mental prison
That's why you don't see my face upon the television
But every time I try to sleep I hear the devil singing
[Chorus: x2]
You might take my life,
But you can't take my soul!
You can't take my soul!
You might take my freedom,
But you can't take my soul!
You can't take my soul!
You might take my life,
But you can't take my soul!
You can't take my soul!
You might take my freedom,
But you can't take my soul!
Lowkey ft. Mai Khalil Million Man March
Lyrics
You might take my life
But you can't take my soul
You can't take my soul
You might take my freedom
But you can't take my soul
You can't take my soul
Whether it's a cancer patient or assassination
Or I fought for emancipation
My intentions were pure you can't debate 'em
But no, never ever shook hands with Satan
My fans are amazing, I thank and praise 'em
When I die, don't cry, just congratulations
A million more feet will stamp the pavement with plans of changes, no exaggeration
We will not be ignored
You will be rocked with the force of the bombs you dropped in those wars
I will not be bought
And I consciencely thought it was wrong, so I constantly fought
Peace is something I would really adore
But we are at war so give me a sword
I'm merely a corpse, but still be assured
When you kill me there will be a million more
Born alone and die alone
Those words ringin' inside my dome
Best friends are the pen and the microphone
Roamin' until I find my way home
Turn my body cold but my soul is mine
Take a deep breath and I close my eyes
I will go when I'm supposed to die
But in death I will multiply
My backs against the wall
But you can't kill us all
Even if you take my life
Still we will survive
We shall overcome
And the tables will turn
Today I die as one but as millions I'll return
But as millions I'll return
But as millions I'll return
In these critical times don't be really surprised
If I get victimised by Gideon's spies
I sympathise with that Brazilian guy
On the tube, but we're used to the hideous lie
"Civilians die, millions cry
Our civilians die", the militants write
How silly am I to be figuring why?
The injustice is clear and I feel it inside
Hear me in Gaza, here me in Glasgow
Hear me in Baghdad, hear me in Plasto
Clearly they hear me from here to Chicago
Think things are all good but really they aren't though
Peace is something I would really adore
But we are at war so give me a sword
I'm merely a corpse, but still be assured
When you kill me there will be a million more
Born alone and die alone
Those words ringin' inside my dome
Best friends are the pen and the microphone
Roamin' until I find my way home
Turn my body cold but my soul is mine
Take a deep breath and I close my eyes
I will go when I'm supposed to die
But in death I will multiply
My backs against the wall
But you can't kill us all
Even if you take my life
Still we will survive
We shall overcome
And the tables will turn
Today I die as one but as millions I'll return
But as millions I'll return
But as millions I'll return
My people are bleedin'
So I'm readin' and seekin' the deepest of meanin's
My demons are breedin'
In my sleep I can feel it, I need to defeat 'em
My temperature's risin'
If tempted I'll rise with the temper of Tyson
Resent all the violence
Cause of people with tension
It tends to divide them
The pen that I write with
Is better than a sword when I strike with the strength of a Titan
My friends are still fighting against all the tyrants
So then why would it end when I die then?
Peace is something I would really adore
But we are at war my pen's killing your sword
I'm merely a corpse, but still be assured
When you kill me there will be a million more
Born alone and die alone
Those words ringin' inside my dome
Best friends are the pen and the microphone
Roamin' until I find my way home
Turn my body cold but my soul is mine
Take a deep breath and I close my eyes
I will go when I'm supposed to die
But in death I will multiply
My backs against the wall
But you can't kill us all
Even if you take my life
Still we will survive
We shall overcome
And the tables will turn
Today I die as one but as millions I'll return
But as millions I'll return
But as millions I'll return
You might take my life
But you can't take my soul
You can't take my soul
You might take my freedom
But you can't take my soul
You can't take my soul
You might take my life
But you can't take my soul
You can't take my soul
You might take my freedom
But you can't take my soul
This is for Palestine, Ramallah, West Bank, Gaza,
This is for the child that is searching for an answer,
I wish I could take your tears and replace them with laughter,
Long live Palestine, Long live Gaza!
While we listen to tunes, made by ignorant fools,
Israel blocked the UN from delivering food,
They'll bring in the troops and you won't even glimpse at the news,
They make money of the products that we are quick to consume,
It's not simply a question of differing views,
Forget emotions, this is fact, what I spit is the truth,
Makes no difference if you're a Christian or if you're a Jew,
They are just people living in different conditions to you,
They still die when you bomb their schools, mosques and hospitals,
It is not because of rockets, please god can you stop it all,
I'm not related to the strangers on the TV,
But I relate because those faces could have been me,
Words can never ever explain the raw tragedy,
It's not a war they're just murdering more rapidly,
We are automatically supporting pure savagery,
Imagine how you'd feel if it was your family,
This is for Palestine, Ramallah, West Bank, Gaza,
This is for the child that is searching for an answer,
I wish I could take your tears and replace them with laughter,
Long live Palestine, Long live Gaza,
Palestine remains in my heart forever,
We stand for peace, in times of war we shan't surrender,
Remember, it didn't start in that dark December,
Every coin is a bullet, if you're Mark's and Spencer,
And when your sipping Coca-Cola,
That's another pistol in the holster of a soulless soldier,
You say you know about the Zionist lobby,
But you put money in their pocket when you're buying their coffee,
Talking about revolution, sitting in Starbucks,
The fact is that's the type of thinking I can't trust,
Let alone even start to respect,
Before you talk learn the meaning of that scarf on your neck,
Forget Nestle,
Obama promised Israel 30 billion over the next decade,
They're trigger happy and they're crazy,
Think about that when you're putting Huggies nappies on your baby,
This is for Palestine, Ramallah, West Bank, Gaza,
This is for the child that is searching for an answer,
I wish I could take your tears and replace them with laughter,
Long live Palestine, Long live Gaza,
This is not just a war over stolen land,
Why do you think little boys are throwing stones at tanks?
We will never really know how many people are dead,
They drop bombs on little girls while they sleep in their beds,
Don't get offended by facts, just try and listen,
Nothing is more anti-Semitic than Zionism,
So please don't bring bad vibes when you speak to me,
I know there's plenty of Rabbi's that agree with me,
It's your choice what you do with this message,
Don't get it confused; I view this from a truly human perspective,
How many more resolutions have to be violated,
How many more children have to be annihilated
Israel is a terror state, there terrorists that terrorise,
I testify, my television televised them telling lies,
This is not a war, it is systematic genocide,
[Verse 1:]
In any society Police are very necessary,
But is it necessary to leave us in cemetery's,
Look at the victims dead and buried because there's very many,
What is the sentences there getting? Is there ever any?
What will take to get the public up in arms?
They flick out the truncheon and that's when the trouble starts,
3rd of Jan 09, Riot Masks come and charge,
Ambush kids and women in the Hyde Park underpass,
We come out to protest? Do you just come out to brawl?
And how could you justify the figures when you count them all?
Cowards and fools protect a system which is bound to fall,
Bountiful evidence, still no one held accountable,
Golden Eye know your rights cause it's real,
This is real life, they won't treat you like in The Bill,
This one's for every innocent that died in field,
Tell me who really gave them the License To Kill,
[Verse 2:]
First Menezes got killed, then Dick got promoted,
Then Hip Hop's lip's locked and did what they told it,
No one even said a bar,
A whole chain of command responsible and not one person was ever charged,
It's like we stood back, All closed our eyes,
I guess if you've got a badge the laws don't apply,
They tell us be patient, For justice we keep waiting,
Chris Alder died on the floor of a Police Station,
And not one person convicted in eleven years,
But it was very clear, the footage is everywhere,
We're not intimidated,
This is for families that lost loved ones and never saw the killers faces,
Golden Eye know your rights cause it's real,
This is real life, they won't treat you like in The Bill,
This one's for every innocent that died in field,
Tell me who really gave them the License To Kill,
[Verse 3:]
I can't understand coppers,
Who attack a man with his back to them, and his hands in his pockets,
You can't disregard the facts,
They rushed the post mortem, at first tried to claim it was a heart attack,
Not a protestor, just a working person leaving,
Second post mortem? cause of death, internal bleeding,
It was manslaughter captured camcorder,
Imagine that was your grandson or granddaughter,
NEVER think we've forgotten them,
ALL the brown and black victims treated just like Ian Tomlinson,
It's something that bothers me,
So stuff your apology,
Two things we want here, justice and equality,
Golden Eye know your rights cause it's real,
This is real life, they won't treat you like in The Bill,
This one's for every innocent that died in field,
In my lifetime I learnt life is suffering
And happiness is one thing that money doesn't bring
In my lifetime, our birth right is struggling
It must have been, but no matter what I keep the love within
In my lifetime, I've waited for days that didn't come
The battle's over, but the war isn't won
In my lifetime I'll keep fighting until there's none
You rap about things you see while I rap about things I've done
In my lifetime, I've been around the flipping planet
Welcome to the world though my parents didn't plan it
'86, it was my mum and dad that made me this
Just a baby, I couldn't understand the craziness
Let me take you back when, and run through my history
When Wendy didn't babysit my mum used to sing to me
In my lifetime I learnt the meaning of true love
Sometimes I feel like I've been through too much
In my lifetime, I lost battles and won some
Made many mistakes that can never be undone
Carried the same name as a doctor that delivered me
A toddler to a monster, tryna prosper in the industry
So what's your life like? 'Cause mines a bag of drama
I've seen scenes that Panorama's cameras are after
When I was 13 I saw a man die
Drove his car through that wall, all I could do was stand by
In my lifetime, I've shed so many tears
I've written so many rhymes over these years
By 20 I did more than most other British rappers did
I toured Europe, and spat a hundred bars to Canibus
The state of the world, got me thinking militant
But in the grand scheme my life is probably insignificant
I'll be stuck with regrets till nothing is left
Life's a bitch but I'm still tryna love her to death
In my lifetime, I don't mind if I ain't going platinum
'Cause deep down I know that I made gold anthems
I ain't being no ransom
But I know they'll remember me like Samsung
In my lifetime, it's been me, no tantrum
I came on my own and I'll leave no phantom
In my lifetime, in my league I'm a champion
So when I decease they'll scream my anthem
In my lifetime, I've seen everything except what I'm living to see
I'm Stevie Wonder, I'm tryna get a vision of me
In the mirror sitting where I'm predicted to be
As a winner that costs but my lyrics are free
I've seen so much over the years
It's been an uphill spiral, just getting close to the stairs
Now I've got a clean shave come over my beard
Now I've got a clean slate cause, there's no more in rears
In my lifetime, I like to grime for my chicks, and rhyme for respect
While these other rappers couldn't get in line with my steps
Inside of my head is a mind like Albert Einstein
I'm fly like a falcon outside
Just tryna get to where the outcomes outline
In take, it's about time that I ditched faith
And if it's about rhymes then I've been great
But that's the downside when your meets end
In my lifetime I learnt life is suffering
And happiness is one thing that money doesn't bring
In my lifetime, our birth right is struggling
It must have been, but no matter what I keep the love within
In my lifetime, I've waited for days that didn't come
The battle's over, but the war isn't won
In my lifetime I'll keep fighting until there's none
You rap about things you see whilst I rap about things I've done
N my lifetime, I don't mind if I ain't going platinum
'Cause deep down I know that I made gold anthems
I ain't being no ransom
But I know they'll remember me like Samsung
In my lifetime, it's been me, no tantrum
I came on my own and I'll leave no phantom
In my lifetime, in my league I'm a champion
A time for us, some day they'll be a new world,
A world of shining hope for you and me.
[Chorus:]
I'm back
Did you forget about me?
I'm back
Did you forget about me?
I'm back
Did you forget about me?
I'm back
Did you forget about me?
[Verse 1:]
What's happening, I'm back with the wagon, smashin' this rappin' ting,
Rappers think they're dapper, it's sad, the badness they're babblin'.
Chattin' 'bout packin' gattlins and battlin', I'll batter 'em,
My adjectives are like daggers and javelins that stab ya skin.
Not challenging, maggots are [? ], fraggles are hagglin',
Back with a classic ta snatch ya status off these [? ] .
I've dabbled in madness, how I've handled it's bafflin',
I'm trapped in sin and damaged within, but still I have to win.
Aiming to break the pavements and take it straight to the majors,
Make all of my favorites famous, I pray that today it changes.
I patiently pave the way for a day that we make the papers,
The haters are staying haters, they're fakers, they're blatant traitors.
Don't say it's chasing my status, I'll break away from the matrix,
They laid us to waste to phases and slaving for [? ] .
And blaze us, complacent figures and strained to escape the Masons,
Who gave us the AIDS and plagues and not blaming my brain's patrons.
[Chorus:]
I'm back
Did you forget about me?
I'm back
Did you forget about me?
I'm back
Did you forget about me?
I'm back
Did you forget about me?
[Verse 2:]
Put on my Air Max, and walk around a day in my shoes,
Look at the bare facts, and talk about payin' my dues.
You realize every bar that I'm sayin' is true,
Phone in to cuss, any DJ that ain't playin' my tunes.
In a drought, consider me the Guinness Stout,
No I'm not the biggest or baddest, I'm just the illest out.
His bars might sound good when he spits 'em out,
But would it mean something if you were lookin' at it, written down.
I can't front, like the way I'm livin' is perfect,
Can't look at the cards you got saying you didn't deserve it.
Sellin' poison to people, that isn't my purpose,
Knowledge of self, that's the flippin' gift that I'm cursed with.
People's Army, all my guys organize properly,
Feds wanna commit, borderline sodomy.
Ring coppers in choppers, you all can try stoppin' me.
Every tune's a chapter in my autobiography.
[Chorus:]
I'm back
Did you forget about me?
I'm back
Did you forget about me?
I'm back
Did you forget about me?
I'm back
[Intro: Lowkey]
This is unity, this is the real versus the fake.
This is the substance versus the image.
This is the equality of all versus the supremacy of some.
Lowkey, Akala, Black The Ripper, let's make history!
[Verse 1: Lowkey]
I believe in equality, freedom and honesty.
I believe that I'm a born leader so follow me.
This tune can touch you deep, what can it do for love and peace?
Forget the color of your skin, we're all just humans underneath.
But, we were conditioned to be ashamed of intelligence.
Take pride in your brain, it's your chain that's irrelevant.
These monsters on the mic chatting nonsense in their rhymes.
Forget your wallet and your ride, what's the contents of your mind?
You better listen when I tell the television tricks you well.
Don't let them dictate to you the definition of yourself.
'Cause when it's said and done the products are all irrelevant.
And a man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
The choice to keep you dumb, but don't mentally succumb.
Take steps to reach your son, 'till your legacy is done.
We are set to see a better dream, eventually will come.
The equality of all and the supremacy of none!
I believe!
[Chorus:]
I believe my future's gonna' bring me greater things, yes, I believe!
I believe we can be anything, it ain't impossible it's easy to achieve.
Ain't nothing wrong, you can chase your dreams. Make your moves and take the lead.
I believe we can do anything, yes, I believe!
[Verse 2: Akala]
Yo, yo, yo, yo.
I believe in truth, no matter who is speaking it.
And of course I believe in justice, no matter who's receiving it.
Believing almost nothing, I am told is the status quo.
'Cause history shows how the lies un-fold.
I believe we can use the term conspiracy theory.
To discredit inconvenient ideas without the slightest query.
Not that they're necessarily correct but the world we have created is one that's blatantly tamed to regurgitate hatred.
The ones at the top think we're pawns here for their controlling.
It's about maintaining the privilege that they've already stolen.
But, we, the people can feel our consciousness is changing.
So, no matter how they brutalize they cannot restrain it.
I believe every child's a born genius, they're just taught how now to be and place barriers between us.
I don't believe in human nature, just conditioned behavior
I don't believe your oppressor, 'cause the devil would never be your savior.
I believe my future's gonna' bring me greater things, yes, I believe!
I believe we can be anything, it ain't impossible it's easy to achieve.
Ain't nothing wrong, you can chase your dreams. Make your moves and take the lead.
I believe we can do anything, yes, I believe!
[Verse 3: Black the Ripper]
Sampson, Sampson, yeah.
I believe in making money and investing.
I believe in God but religion, that's a next thing.
Terrorism and recession was made to force us into submission, now look every bodies' stressin'.
It's a deadly weapon, gotta' stay two steps ahead of 'em.
I'm like Nat Turner, with two straps I'm deading them.
I was born and raised in Edmonton, but the struggle's universal.
So in the hood trust is minimal 'cause anyone can hurt you.
I believe in my talent so I use it. Prayin' one day real music will move units.
We do this but we ain't appealing to little school kids that's why labels think we're intimidating, that's bullshit!
I prefer the word educated, yes I'm rated but sometimes I feel underestimated.
I'm only 23 rebelling in this crazy city. I can't do this by myself I need you lot to change it with me.
I believe!
[Outro: Lowkey]
So there you have it.
If you're sick of these DJ's playing the same 20 songs over and over again, text them, email them. Tell them to start playing the realness.
I believe...
I believe in equality, freedom & honesty
I believe that I'm a born leader so follow me
I believe in respecting others
I believe that sons should learn from their fathers and protect their mothers
I believe that you reap what you sow
And people won't believe if you don't speak what you know
I believe the jewels are sacred and I'm gonna be the greatest
But I'll leave this place before I'm fully appreciated
I believe in choosing your path but to improve in advance
You have to understand your roots and your past
The future is ours, there's room for iTunes in the charts
And we'll become superstars if my crew gets the chance
I believe life's a lesson, we're all students in class
I believe that MC's are confusing this art
There's lies on the telly but there's truth in my heart
Do you believe in yourself or is that stupid to ask
'Cause I believe...
I believe my future's gonna bring me grater things
I believe in getting anything if it's possible & easy to achieve
Ain't nothing wrong you can change your dreams
Make your moves and take the lead
I believe... we can do anything
I believe I was placed on this earth for a specific reason
Numerous close shaves, but still I'm flipping breathing
And I believe all oppressed people should be given freedom
I believe you saw them kids starving, you just didn't feed 'em
I believe in love, I believe in peace, I believe in God
Somehow, some way; we're gonna beat the odds
I don't believe in black or white (no), only wrong or right
I believe there's other life forms up beyond the skies
I believe you can't judge a book by it's cover
We're still brothers even if we don't look like each other
I believe it's up to you to find the life you'd like to live
I believe God guides my hand when I'm writing this
I got other purposes besides just rap
I believe I'll probably die before I relax
But if Muhammad Ali won his title back
Then I can change the world when I write a track
'Cause I believe
I believe my future's gonna bring me grater things
I believe in getting anything if it's possible & easy to achieve
Ain't nothing wrong you can change your dreams
Make your moves and take the lead
I believe... we can do anything
I believe in miracles
I believe the spirit goes to a peaceful place when you leave the physical
I'm privileged to have a opinion that people listen to
Hope this song can ease your mind if you're feeling miserable
I don't believe in fiction, facts make better movies
I cry freedom for Steve, Beco and Bellacuti
They can never move mee even if they execute me
Listen to my words and every sentence 'cause I meant them truly
I believe that Marley, Marvin, Martin and Malcolm did
Become an alchemist with this evil I've been surrounded with
However is Mount Everest standing on the mountain stick
I'm not about to live on my knees with cuts around my wrists
I believe it's essential I represent my peers
Please let go of your fears and your sentimental tears
If Mandela got free after 27 years
Then I can change the world with this record that you hear
'Cause I believe...
I believe my future's gonna bring me grater things
I believe in getting anything if it's possible & easy to achieve
Ain't nothing wrong you can change your dreams
Make your moves and take the lead
I was not born under a rhyming planet,
Just a desperate world, obessed with wealth,
The quest for sales, pressures precious men and girls to reject and disrespect themselves,
When weapons sell to hungry countries only death prevails,
This planet sickens me,
The way man has managed to man handle land and dignity,
Scams of industry, enforced by a savage miltary,
Planning civilly to literally damage visionarys,
Who vanish physically like Aborigines,
You can brandish your cannons, We brandish banished history,
You act as if resistance is ugly,
And Imperialism is lovely,
Mention Colonialism, here in Britain it's touchy,
But your peers can live in luxury off the back of dead countries,
You say it's complicated and the details aren't clear,
But what about the people of Diego Garcia,
Your Majesty's army drove an entire population from their homes,
To make way for an American Military Base,
So in the eyes of humanity, Britain isn't very great,
Diego Garcia, the same Military Base the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan were launched from,
Everyday more bombs are bought from BAE Systems, and if that's right, then tell me, what do you call wrong?
If the Balfour Declaration is remembered from Tel Aviv to Gaza then,
Why is it not remembered where it was signed? In the Houses of Parliament,
Like the freedom cried from Steve Biko's eyes,
People tried to read inbetween my lines,
But my message clear if you heed it right,
Bad things will always happen when you attempt to play God with other people's lives,
I refuse to co-sign your evil crimes,
In fact I reject your feeble lies,
That kept my people blind,
Saying "nothing can change, so why even try? "
Because humanity is something we should bleed and die to keep alive,
They fear those who weep, because the tears are so deep,
A guilty conscious won't sleep, It lives in fear with no peace,
So it's not just words when your hearing Lowkey,
[Intro:]
This one is dedicated to the suit-wearing arms dealers
To the champagne-sipping depleted uranium droppers
[Hook]
Keep your hand on your gun
Don't you trust anyone
Keep your hand on your gun
Don't you trust anyone
[Verse 1:]
First in my scope is BAE Systems
Specialize in killing people from a distance
Power is a drug and they feed the addiction
Immediate deletion of people's existence
Who says what is and what isn't legitimate resistance
To push the buttons you don't need a brave heart
State of the art darts leave more than your face scarred
You might impress an A&R; with your fake bars
Cause you probably think Rolls Royce only make cars
This is for the colonizers turned bomb-providers
Take this beef all the way back to Oppenheimer
They call it warfare but your wars aren't fair
If they were there'd be suicide bombers in Arms Fairs
Scam for the funds, they will mangle your son
If you try to speak out they will stamp on your tongue
To your land they will come till you stand up as one
It's begun
[Hook]
[Verse 2:]
Next in my scope is Lockheed Martin
They will tell you when the bombs need blastin'
Don't think, just listen to the songs, keep dancin'
Do they really want us to have our own brains
Who do you think is really running Guantanamo Bay
And it might be sensitive but I'll mention it
Who do you think has got us filling out the censuses
Who do you think is handing out the sentences
This ain't the BBC so there's no censorship
Heard of many mercenaries gettin' with the clever pimp
Not a gun seller but none's better than Erik Prince
Make money off many things, mainly it's crime
This one is dedicated to the Raytheon 9
Scam for the funds, they will mangle your son
If you try to speak out they will stamp on your tongue
To your land they will come till you stand up as one
It's begun
FUCK YOU, Oooh Fuck you Fuck you Fuuuck you Fuck you
Fa fa fafa fa fa Fuck you Fuck you
Yeah I know Lowkey
He just act like he don't know me
I swear that boy's so phony
Yeah his college I used to go there
I helped him shot CDs, we sold bare
If it wasn't for me he'd be nowhere
Always said that he would blow
I helped him tighten up his flow
In fact I tought him everything he knows
That's somethin' I bet he won't admit
His mixtape paid back but how old is it
Cause I don't buy CD's I downloaded it
I tried to ring he's phone, but left it to ring
I know bare rappers are better than him
In ten years no-ones gonna be remembering him
Why does he try to chat for lyrical shit
When that kid's an ignorant prick
Sometimes I wish he didn't exist
{Yeah? Listen}
We don't know each other so stop breadin' it
How d'you get my number, stop teling it
Cause your opinion is not relevant
The fact is you just chat shit
Downloaders don't deserve have this
Probably haven't even got the right tracklist
You never be given respect
You're wrong if you thinking I'm vexed
Everytime you look in the mirror it says
You know what they say man, the truth hurts
Especially for you I wrote a new verse
But you ain't worth it so I just wrote two words
Why are you so bitter cause your a has been
Go back to your wack scene
When I divert your phone call that means
If you ain't got it yet, then you'r a bit slow
I spread love, but you just want a bitch so...
Are you just mad just cause your chick won't... fuck you
Or is it because I'm doing things that your where never able
You think bringing me down will elevate you
You might be signed but we know your record label
Hate me if you want, I don't give a fuck
I'm still here with my finger up
Blod, I ain't a RNB Singer but...
Yeah, Lowkey!
Straight from South-West.(Straight from South-West) Let's Go! (Let's go!)
I'm from a place that, left me psychologically scarred,
A lot of crime, but many guys that wanna-be stars,
Mans take it easy, but a life of poverty's hard,
Shit is common, like a knife 'n' robbery charge,
In my life I did what the blind majority can't,
Around me fiends crave for crack,
And Stomp your head into the pavement untill your face is flat,
Talking codes on the payphone, incase it's tapped,
I might make a track, but still remain gutter, 'till my life fades to black.
Don't come around if you don't know the right way to act,
'Cause there's some things that you have to know first,
'Round here the cameras don't work,
Yout'-dem don't give a fuck for another man,
If you take a loss, bounce back like a rubber band,
Understand pricks try to test you,
This life is stressful, if your quite successful,
Wolves that are quick to slash your temples,
I might get a few rings and customize new kicks,
Just let me do my thing, don't fuck with my music,
I'm an emcee from my head to my toes,
It runs in my blood, in my flesh and my bones
The pen is my best friend, I'm never depressed and alone
I'm an underground cat with a professional flow, destined to blow
Everything must change...
I'm not some kinda superman
I'm just tryna find who I am
And get my future plan
Don't know where I'm from
Don't know what my aim is
Don't know where I'm going
Don't wanna be famous
Don't wanna be that guy
I need privacy but can't be low-key 'cause it isn't me
Get pulled both ways and it tears me apart
Seems for years I've been wearing this mask
One to myself, another to the multitude
Now I'm confused with which one of those is true
In bed alone lyin myself
I realise I was lying to myself
Now I'm here, finding myself
The truth's out there I'm a find it myself
Forget going on a holiday bruv
I just wanna change
Everything...
I wish that I could make a happy song
But I'm depressed and I don't wanna carry on
I don't know what you've been told G
But no one alive truly knows me
Forget rapping I should find a job
I need direction, maybe a sign from God
I'm tortured, the pain's tormenting my soul
Got friends but I just can't pretend, I'm alone
I'm haunted, by regrets and mistakes
And everyday I'm just testing my fate
Like a boxer that loves throwing rights at them
But doctors warned him, he'll die if he fights again
Sometimes it feels like the weight of the world is on my shoulders
But that's just the way of the world
It's getting colder, it's too cold
Don't know much but I do know
Everything must change...
Must change...
Must change...
Must change...
So I've made music that made my mum cry
Bruv told me what happens when a loved dies
Don't even recognise my own face sometimes
Don't wanna stay around now, but I must try
Someone, somewhere might understand
I just don't wanna give my life to the fans
I'm tryna do more than just be real
In order to rebuild
Everything must change...
I'm just tryna survive today
And live my life in a righteous way
So I gotta watch what I decide to say
My pride's at stake
Don't wanna be described as fake
My mind states, I rate
And I'm wide awake
But I need sleep and it's kind of late
Don't wanna give them a reason to despise and hate
So I'm tryna change
Everything...
All around me, my people's dying
All being controlled by evil tyrants
Lives lost due to needless violence
Look to the sky, 'cause I need some guidance
But it feels like nothing helps
Gotta watch for my sister and my mum as well
Everyday it feels like I'm stuck in hell
I guess this is sort of how my brother felt...
See... just gotta hold on
Hope for the best...
Prepare for the worst...
'Cause nothing is promised...
All I know is...
[Verse 1:]
This is for my people that miss me, I know you needed this
Every single stroke could append is a stroke of genius
Other than my cd, you ain't heard a flow as deep as this
Every verse should be treated like the mona lisa is
And yeah you might have the upper hand, if we're speaking dough
And yeah I understand that you get "G" for shows
But all you've ever done is boast, with your feeble flow
My music's touch more peoples souls than I could even know
My whole heart, that's what I give to my fans
A listener's tear is worth more than a mil in my hand
All you talk about is flipping grams and triggers that bang
Me, I consider lyricism, a privilege fam
When it comes to putting words together it's certain that I'm better
Every verse you heard is like a personal letter
So when I die, my fans can say they all knew me
Lowkey, Double P, Yours Truly
(I feel, so hear)
[Verse 2:]
This is for those praying through hell, till they're in paradise
I cry blood for the children of palestine
My life's left me so emotionally paralyzed
I couldn't even cry in a funeral where my nana died
My words are swords, have served their cause like a samurai
Cameras spy on the average guy weaving through traffic lights
These are savage times, expand your mind and analyze
Don't glamorize the gangsta life, like these other rappers might
Haters stay around me like, satellites orbit
You don't want to see the pair of guys I strategize war with
Peoples army work it, you batty guys forfeit
Not jamaican but I'm eating aki like swordfish
When it comes to putting words together it's certain that I'm better
Every verse you heard is like a personal letter
So when I die, my fans can say they all knew me
Lowkey, people's army, yours truly
(I feel, So hear)
[Verse 3:]
I told the world about my issues and the things I went through
In this game it's undeniable I'm influential
The strength of my mental, is making other spitters tremble
All I needs a piece of paper, a pencil, and instrumental
I didn't settle till I took it to a different level
Gripping metal and flipping pebbles, you sided with the devil
I see you flossing in your video that looks a rental
That little bezel around your neck don't make you flippin' special
I'm quite high when I am writing my rhymes
Like I am mike tyson on a fight night in his prime
I'm like einstein, got it all precise in my mind
With the mic I'm like? most violent times
When it comes to putting words together it's certain that I'm better
Every verse you heard is like a personal letter
So when I die, my fans can say they all knew me
Verse 1: (K-Lash-Nek-Off)
As lightning strikes and thunder pounds
Over the grey skies of east London town
Prophecy K returns from the underground
Signified by the people's cryin' trumpet sounds
Yeah, the system, it tried to shut me down
But I been on my ting before Onyx was flinging guns around
Blood, sweat and tears for years
Feels like my career's been in the dumping ground
Yeah, this is how hunger sounds and I'm the hunter now
Lash the lion heart, A.K.A. the man behind the iron mask
For ten years straight, I've been raising the iron bar
Tryna breathe the life back into this dyin' art
So why try and par? When you'll meet the same fate as that lion Scar
This game is fake; full of two-faced lyin' ras
Who would sell their soul and arse just to climb the charts
Yea, but me, I put in too much time in the graft
Refinin' my craft for labels to sign me for a minor advance
Picture K-Lash, mimin' on trance
Now picture Dr. Dre beats lash rhymin' with Starks
It's all fate and I got mine in my grasp
They're all snakes, let 'em die in the past
But who knows what the future holds?
These N.W.O. soldiers will probably shoot me cold
All because the truth was told
You should know I did it from the heart
Chorus:
I'm still here, pushin' after several years
I'm still here, standin' strong, never in fear
I'll be still here, after the dust settles and clears
I'll be still here, after the blood sweat and the tears
I'm still here, pushin' after several years
I'm still here, standin' strong, never in fear
I'll be still here, after the dust settles and clears
I'll be still here, after the blood sweat and the tears
Verse 2: (Lowkey)
I don't do this for the happy ravers or the aggy haters
I do this for the warriors and the gladiators
Do this for those whose lives you never cared about
Can't pronounce their names, their origins or their whereabouts
Those brought up around tragedy and sadness
Who adjusted and found normality in the madness
Fight the power 'til I'm out of breath like Malcolm X
You empower the powerful, I empower the powerless
They'll play you on the radio if you rap about a Gucci belt
But rap about the government; you might as well shoot yourself
Industry fairies say I rap about conspiracy theories
Just to hide the fact they lyrically fear me
Got that eye of a tiger, the heart of a lion
The mind of a lifer, my stance is defiant
I rise like a phoenix, immediate from the ashes
My existence is inconvenient for the masses
Though we are equal, I despise an imitation
I live for my people and die for liberation
I stand as a visionary; some have got plans of killin' me
To literally vanish me physically like Aborigines
Hannibal with the mask, an animal with the bars
I'm grappling with my shackles, I channel it through my art
Feel it in the ambience, champion, heavyweight
My life is nothin' but my pride is somethin' that you can never take
They think I'm elusive or think I'm a nuisance
I swear these major labels think that I'm a stupid
Keep your 360's you're convincing these dudes with
Like I'll give you the blueprint for pimpin' my music
I say that like K-Lash, he's another lion
Every hardship from gettin' scared to my brother dyin'
Spit all of it with or without a big audience
Through the blood, sweat and tears, I stand victorious
Chorus:
I'm still here, pushin' after several years
I'm still here, standin' strong, never in fear
I'll be still here, after the dust settles and clears
I'll be still here, after the blood sweat and the tears
I'm still here, pushin' after several years
I'm still here, standin' strong, never in fear
I'll be still here, after the dust settles and clears
Yeah. It's lowkey.
For all my people that wanna make a million pound. yeah
A million
Blud trust me, this time next year.
We will be millionaires
There's a million ways to make a million chips
Just ask william gates or william smith
Does the Freshest Prince to the thrown, really exist?
The king's filling the Kingdom with silliness and hate
Listen mate, let me illustrate this rap shit is here to stay
Still many imitate, you couldn't take me out
With a chopper and army missiles
I see myself as a shopper at Harvey Nichols
With lots of dough but not from chatting to garage
Just to pop across the road and buy a jacket from Harrods
Too many MCs and rappers are average
I'm one in a mill, blessed with nothing but skill
I'm talkin' doe, like homer simpson picture me
Rolling in a chauffeur driven limousine
Owning boats from the coast of Britain to the Philippines
In a versacci suit only stopped to strap a huge bob marley zoo
Rum made by malibu, plus bacardi too
Still the type to rock shows still with microsoft doe
Surfed the net and invest in stocks
With enough money and power to arrest all the bent feds and cops
So when I walk in stores and try shit on
They never mention cost
No one said London city was fair
I aim to be a fuckin millionaire
Fuck these idiot brehs
I aim to start companies and employ my peoples
Satan can't fuck with me I'm here to destroy the evils
Fire arms, crack and poison needles
And the street's unthinkable tortures
Don't spit a bar, relaxin' at home cinema
Sippin mineral water, money stacks counting and analyzing
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