Ayo its six o'clock on the dot
C-money comes and picks me up
He beeps 3 times I throw my 90s on we hit the pub
I'm charged up, everybody's getting spuds
Mouth getting numb I need a lager
Pull up to the cark park blasting Skibba in his prime
One nation 99, a windy night
We hit the bar and get a pint
I'm sitting by the pool table, heard him say is he Mic?
I turn my waist he shakes my hand and says his name is Micky Kyte
His body language demanded respect
Anger painted his eyes
Known on the ends for his vicious ways
Looks intimidating but he's all blessed
Worn out tattoos on his arms
Face covered in scars
From the years of brawling
It only gave him more strength
Over the years of torment
Fought to many battles, so many tears have fallen
All of it was true I knew it weren't the beer talking
I guess man like me and Mick have had our fair share of bullshit
People that have needed us, at night we hear them calling
Micky said he heard my passion on the Hardway
Wanted me to write a track for his dear brother that passed away
His name was Richard one of the hardest man in our gate
A family man that loved his life and lived it in the fast lane
I agreed immediately inspired by Micky's heartache
He invites me to his yard next weekend and eager I can't wait
It's getting late we finish our drinks and start heading out
Jump in the car Micky winks I'm thinking I can't let you down
HOOK
I know it kills you to see your brother's grave
But the same things that break a man can make another change
I'll stop thinking that my life's a game
Richard never died in vein
Mick wipe away them tears from under your face
I know you want to go insane every time you hear your brother's name
I'm a change the way I live my life dedicate this to Richard Kyte
A wild boy at heart that never gave up on a fight
A wild boy that passed on but never give up
HOOK
Knock on Micky's door anxiety building up in my gut
Not knowing what to expect he welcomes me with a hug
I'm touched so much for being nuts but trust me he was ruff
He wouldn't hesitate to open you up he's seen enough
We got seated in the living room but Micky's in a different mood
A little gloomy his Missus stay sitting in the kitchen
Maybe it's a little too deep
Crack a few tinnies roll up a doobie
As soon as he's ready away we go
Micky begins to speak his teenage daughter taking notes
He tells me about his father I can tell he was pissed from the way he spoke
He changes tone he sounded hurt
Dad was in and out of bird
Mick and Richard had to learn to ruck for themselves
Must have been love for one and other that made them tougher than nails Made them play the father role because dad was up in a jail
Nothing could ever separate them together take on the world
Maybe they hate the bastard coppers for taking their father from them
Richard and Mick were born 18 months apart he tells me about their play fights how they had taken some too far
Neither man would back down they try and break each other's arms
It was these same play fights that had made these brothers hard
Gave these brothers heart, made them want to tear apart
Anyone that starts give a fuck who you are
You`ll get sparked
And yeah their hard but they'd still share a bath with each other
When they were younger getting drunk looking after each other.
HOOK – HOOK
Mick shows me a photo of Richard at the beach with his boy
I can see the joy in his smile but deep down the boy is wild
In came the rainy weather, the drink, the cane, the girls, the rage, he couldn't take the pressure
At 16 he joined the army looking to make things better
Plus he's used to going to war by now the pain is pleasure
He fought a couple years
But the walls come crumbling down when he got caught touching gear
But that's what happens when the coke gets yah
Before he tastes another beer its 2 years up in Colchester
Military prison done 6 months but shit aint no better
Richard and Mick still criminally driven and pissed
Of cold Stella both fed up
When you're hit by wild boys you won't get up no never
Do anything for each other no matter the measure they roll together
I dedicate this track to Richard Kyte a legend in my eyes
Although your gone, your legacy will never die,
Coz what can break a man can make another change
Make a brother brave; make him stand and fight instead of runaway
Like Wild Boys
Laugh in the face of confrontation
I'm a change, life is not a game God I'm gracious not afraid
Put righteous on Rocky's grave
Wild Boys for life
And Richard Kyte we've not forgot your name,
Until the day you meet again Mick will miss you dearly
Dear brother dear friend Richard if you hear me..
HOOK -HOOK
what used to be our living room just turned into a warzone now its my turn imma burn your whole wardrobe you just steal my wallet and you go and buy more clothes it will never end until we finally hear the door close keep pushing them buttons and bitch will self destruct keep pushing them buttons and bitch will self destruct keep pushing them buttons and bitch will self destruct and when we fall down aint no one gonna help us up.
look what we become is there any love left there was never any trust but you wernt just anyone (yer) we used to fuck like we were nuts now i aint getting none you call my bluff i call you slut you tell me leave i pack my stuff i pack my stuff and then i leave before i smack you up get done by the police our relationship just sunk in the sea i used to only see you on weekends got drunk off your lust and now im stuck in the deep end you wont understand when i tell you i need friends we about unstable as a table on 3 legs even beef when the baby has been fed i should say goodbye my love im leaving instead im saying why you fuck you screaming cant figure out wether its love or its hate wether im coming or going or staying or running away im contiplating cutting my vains but fuck im insane i guess we wanted the same you reminded me of my mother again. you see you when you look at me, i see me when i look at you now have a look at what we gonna be. now take a look at what you put us through. what used to be our living room just turned into a warzone now its my turn imma burn your whole wardrobe you just steal my wallet and you go and buy more clothes it will never end until we finally hear the door close keep pushing them buttons and bitch will self destruct keep pushing them buttons and bitch will self destruct keep pushing them buttons and bitch will self destruct and when we fall down aint no one gonna help us up, shit look what we just done nobody's responsible but us you must of trusted nuttin but yourself you only care for number 1 but whos the one that comes running when you need somebodys help answer me please i dont see nobody else think im seeing somebody else? you need to check your mental health i cant protect your girl you seem to wanna protect yourself living inside a reckless world you tell me to go to hell you said i sold my soul atleast i aint sold myself my paps told me to never trust a girl in the twisted mind well i might aswell just cut myself that might just help to take away the pain we felt if we fight fire with fire the moonlight this match just made in hell i should be saying goodbye my love im leaving instead why the fuck you screaming cant figure out wether its love or its hate wether im coming or going or staying or running away im contiplating cutting my vains you see you when you look at me, i see me when i look at you now have a look at what we gonna be. now take a look at what you put us through what used to be our living room just turned into a warzone now its my turn imma burn your whole wardrobe you just steal my wallet and you go and buy more clothes it will never end until we finally hear the door close keep pushing them buttons and bitch will self destruct keep pushing them buttons and bitch will self destruct keep pushing them buttons and bitch will self destruct and when we fall down aint no one gonna help us up. ooooo ooooo i see me when i look at you now have a look at what we gonna be. now take a look at what you put us through what used to be our living room just turned into a warzone now its my turn imma burn your whole wardrobe you just steal my wallet and you go and buy more clothes it will never end until we finally hear the door close keep pushing them buttons and bitch will self destruct keep pushing them buttons and bitch will self destruct keep pushing them buttons and bitch will self destruct and when we fall down aint no one gonna help us up oooohooooh
INTRO:
I’m running where the wind blows. I’m running with the wind. X2
VERSE 1 (MIC RIGHTEOUS):
Yea I’m running, I keep running, I keep on running.
Never looking back for nothing I keep it coming.
Look what I’ve become but then look what I came from.
If I keep on running then fuck them I’ll take off.
And I, aint gonna stop till I got what I came for at night I find myself praying more.
Coz every day I feel more hopeless. Try take that for weakness I’m real you’re jokers.
I feel the Lord on my shoulders moving at top speed.
Who are my opponents? Who’s gonna stop me?
(What?)
The clocks ticking and every second matters.
For that I’m never slacking. Too many rappers stepping backwards.
Whilst I stay ahead of the pack coz I practice ready for action.
In fact I’m ready to jack pricks coz I never had shit.
Now I’m taking what’s mine. Running for my life in the race against time.
Chorus:
Ever since I came in the game it’s been nothing but pain fuck running away.
I’m running coz I wanna be ahead of the rest.
But I’m wondering have I got anything left?
VERSE2 (MIC RIGHTEOUS)
I’m hotting off. Aint gonna stop.
Allot of loss. Allot of gain. Allot of hurt allot of pain.
Allot of mandem have changed, running down hill they gotta stamp on the breaks.
Before it’s too late they crash. It’s Class A till I meet my grave.
My fam from day. My man C-money, Goon, Lambs and Snake.
Everybody makes mistakes but now I’m heading straight.
Always said I’d never change. I got plans and aims.
Aint it funny how a bitch can turn man insane?
Trick you into thinking you aint when your trapped in a game.
I nearly lost the people that made me the man I am to this day.
Aint it strange how even I got blinded by love.
Why the fuck did I wifey a slut?
But I one that come back wiped the shit out my eyes
Saw the devil in disguise. Bitch get out my life.
Chorus:
Ever since I came in the game it’s been nothing but pain fuck running away.
I’m running coz I wanna be ahead of the rest.
But I’m wondering have I got anything left? X2
VERSE 3 (SNY-D)
Let me run this. Yo let me tell them properly.
I came in the game and now you can’t stop me.
We got the energy to kill the mic.
Me and Mic beside Mic can you feel the vibe?
It’s like I been through the war man I fight for pride.
But sometimes I get the feeling that life’s a ride.
With no love. I feel to flip and go nuts.
But the mandem around me keep me grown up.
Head straight, Don’t be affected by fake take the good with the bad and respect what you make.
Coz at the end of the day it aint gonna change.
Life’s too short to try and wait for the day that you want.
I pray but don’t get a response.
I pray for the day we’re all getting along.
But until that day comes.
Time I waste none.
I was getting high before I wrote this, lean up listening
to 'Pac, feeling hopeless
I smoke to the roach like a man with emotives
I get stoned seven days a week
I won't quit, I been.. chokin', tokin' on some good shit
No sticks, no leaves, I smoke trees
If I don't inhale smoke, I won't breathe
I can't sleep like ___ my codiene
I'm so lean, robeine is what my throat needs
I've always got a spliff on the go, you know me
And I'll be billin' up 'til I'm old, with no teeth
By the TV, with a cup of tea, and a bud, I can't function
properly
I can't help that shit, my healths at risk
Even you would want a taste, if you smelt that shit
Damn right it smells like piff,
Smells like lemons, smells like jiff
Or did they change your name to Siff
Me and Preston buddin' out on Youtube
Watching some crazy shit, shit with crazy hits
Shit with people falling over on their face and shit
Some weird shit about aliens
Look at the time, we're just wasting it
No wonder we so paranoid about the masons, it's some
crazy shit
Watching videos of a man getting beat up,
In the club, in the streets blood
Fuck, lean up.
I Tell ma fam don’t cry ,
there's another world outside these walls ,
were trapped inside ,
your looking at me like i’m out my mind ,
cos I wanna fly ,
cos I wanna find out what's on the other side,
and I might not come back alive,
there's a high chance ima die,
and if I die ,
God knows ill be going out with a fight.
I’m proud to be mic,
I’m proud to be righteous,
In control of the life that i’m in,
I got a lot on my mind,
You keep it bottled inside,
If i got a problem ill write,
Yeah this is honour and pride,
Wont see me grabbing the metal,
Cus that’s back in the devil,
I walk with god on my side,
I didn’t know what i hide,
behind these eyes,
I try and try a lot in the time,
i’m sorry I lied a lot in my life,
I wanna stop and rewind the clock,
right my wrongs,
it wasn’t alright,
gotta be mic,
gotta be righteous,
you take my kindness for weakness cuz I’m polite,
there will be no comical side,
ill lock of your life and swallow the key,
why are these demons following me,
i follow my dreams,
i still live in poverty, boring please,
nah i could always borrow the p’s
don’t get to oh with the g,
at nine looking like a 2.3
give 3 bills back,
what does it leave,
a 3:20 profit now what is it g,
I’m from the streets,
but a shot is not what i want to be,
I got to succeed,
knowledge is key ,
along with honour and pride a lot of belief,
when I receive pain,
i don’t want a receipt,
I’ve seen the sea,
seen the stronger pain on the week,
don’t let anyone tell you anything bruv,
and you take it from me,
no matter your background you can achieve,
all you gotta do is believe
work hard,
stay real,
stay true to the ones that had your back when you as in
need,
I took it for granted fam,
but that was stupid of me,
no more excuses blud,
i think of how stupid I’ve been
but nothing is here for us,
what stops the youth from pursuing there dreams,
is fear in us,
were the ones who’s losing the beef,
were the ones chose to be taken for idiots indeed,
well these man do what they please,
yo fuck the rules,
we don’t see beyond these walls,
the truthers are free,
i break these bars while you was asleep,
i could of knocked of and watched tv,
but,
i do what need be,
they don’t wanna show you what we see,
so what i do is show you the painful truth,
and i hope you change your tune,
brick by brick ima break this room,
when I spit up the room and shake this room,
I’m the one who what’s to be free,
do you want to make it 2,
you can make it 2,
lets make it 3,
there’s more to life than they can see,
i close my eyes and paint a scene,
people screaming wait for me,
rebel soldiers take to the streets,
standing up for honour and pride,
breaking the chains and the feet,
there’s thousands that swallow for eye,
this time we play for keys,
no more praying for peace,
nah,
this time we fight for it,
lets find the king and take his queen,
if he don’t grant us freedom,
we gonna make her scream,
everybody wants peace it aint just me,
will blast that castle down if he don’t change his
mind,
will burn that castle down, for tryna taking out pride,
I’m like who’s laughing now,
yo fuck it they can die,
cuz in the dark is i who gave us light,
a leader saved our lives,
he came and made us fight,
he came with honour and pride and faith,
his aims were high,
he was the brightest one,
took the king and tied him up,
took the key,
unlocked the gate,
told us all our time had come,
work in class was rising up,
put it in writing and sign it blud,
peace had finally come,
we can finally live the love we life,
and love the life we live,
cuz now the other side is open for my brothers eyes,
all I’m riding is honour and pride,
i am mic,
yeah, all I’m riding on is honour and pride,
These are words of a broken man
Working a hopeless plan
Hoping the plan will work
Watching the candle burn
The hour hand turns
When will we have our turn
I wish you had a heart
Yeah
How desperate does somebody have to be to have you help him?
Since when has anyone got anywhere from acting selfish?
I stay alone at night wonder why I ain't rolling right
Snakes try convince me my friends are tryna control my life
That's a load of hype I chose to mic the stage and name Righteous
Write it on the page along with the date
I wouldn't say it's not a game
It's the biggest game that's full of snakes
And little fakes that get my face but nothing comes on dinner plates
So still I pray, still I stay down with the same pals that I've been from
Big mistake tried to run didn't get away
Trick move especially after everything that we've been through
The world shares different views, big...
Window, bars, intro, instro, task
Why am I the one that gets the info last?
After all this... then I take a big o blast
Cause this no bar, listen
Searching for value happiness hurts
Kelsey what happened to her
Like so many of us trapped in the dirt
The passions of curse, we all say we had it the worst
Yeah you had it bad, least you ain't in the back of that hearse
That's when it's done, I reach for the speaker capture your love
We trapped in the slum, look what the manor has done to us
But has the undercut become another number
Stop judging us, I got love for everyone of ya
We denied that we can only advance
And those that think they can't are lost in their art
Mind lost in their heart, body lost in their mind
So go back to the start, back to the passion the past
You are not gonna find the man that you are
If you cower in the face of the challenge travel your path
I ain't tryna rap for a car or rap for a gun
Or rap for a gyal that's gonna max out my cards
See me, I rap for the man that hasn't got guns
Infact hasn't got anything that anything you spat in that bar
That's why I spat in your face cause you was flashing your papes
You see my mandem are real and your mandem are Drakes
Straight, in other word fakes
You think I'm a turn 8th of this game, keep your deal
You're too gay I'm too straight just to appeal to the women
I believe if you're real, they'll just feel what you're spitting
It's an evil world we live in, our children are in it
That's why your children are loose, that's why your children are missing
All you've got is dirty dishes and bills in the kitchen
It's real when you've seen it, I feel like I'm slipping up
Never dissing my...
Are you questioning am I real enough, maybe I've over-did it
Is it I ain't did enough?
I don't want my real fans to look at me in disgust and discuss about me
Like
"Why is he always tryna make a number one? " It's a must.
But this ain't changing me, I still have the same beliefs
I can scream free Palestine for my pride still pray for peace
Still burn the feds for the brutality they've spread over the world
Pakistan's an ocean, bodies in the brown water floating still nobody helps
I have to take a hold of myself cause right now I feel to bang my head
Against this flipping desk
They want my commercial side, trust me this ain't one of them
Sorry if I messed up, yo I just want your love again
Cause this is 'bout as real as I'm a get
You the ones that represent and will til there's nothing left
Once again never dissing my...
You the ones I can't forget, let me explain from start til end
When I ripped my first bar it wasn't after rep
Nah blood, I did it for expression
In the hope you can relate to my past and present
But when you haven't got a friend, mother and your father's left
All you've got is words, cardboard and a friggin' Parker pen
And the love you once had at the start, starts to end
Inside you die, fam I'm like how can I provide for my family or my mandem
On some 9 til 5
That's why I try, with the one thing that I can do in this life of mine
And that is write these bars because our lives are hard
And this music is our light in the dark, I'm tryna shine
So forgive me if that's wrong but for my conscious listener, this is your
Song like
Some music we make for the shelves but this music dawg we make for
Ourselves
And this for you, from our hearts cause you know we mean it
We speak about your daily struggles cause we've lived and seen it
And that's why the mission is to act now
Axe realising that your life is real no acts wow
So while the UK's flying, I'm a jump on board
So for my avid listener, this is who I done this for
I don't wanna die without saying goodbye
So for this bar I will savour my past
Yeah, cause it may be my last
So just incase I don't make it to yard
Sorry for the pain I've caused
Give me heaven I'm afraid of the dark
This music is a place in my heart
Tryna answer all these bleedin' questions in life
Leave me guessing like a game of charades, check
It would be wrong for me to pray to Allah
I shouldn't really be putting his name in this bar
You can't abide by Islam and get raised by the dogs, ruff
And it was either take it or starve yeah
But they were my dark days, abandoned by my family left in Margate
Whatever your art, express your heartache
And I'm with you all the way unless you can't change
What good is being laughed at when you're grafting
Look on the palms of my hands, that's 'ard skin
Juggling with life, I'm trying not to drop the balls
Think I'm a fool for your tricks?
Not a fool, wasn't fit, not a tool, not a kid, not at all, not a bit
And at school I wasn't ish
So I bunked off, jumped over the boo
I wasn't missed, just misunderstood
If I could take it all back, I'd say "Miss, burn your books! "
Cause there ain't nothing you can teach man
I'll shut this ish down, dreamland
All I give a uck about is me rap with... and every single fan that we have
We have to hit the lab, now the hits are in the bag
When it finally hits the streets, feel free to leave your feedback
We never left the reign, no point in saying we back
Naw, and yeah I'm fed up with these man
Straight bluffers, ones that say something but don't mean that
And bruv, this ain't about your peace fam
It's more about the fact you're never there when we need man
But who was at the gates when they freed man? Us.
I just blame me cause I let the greed lead man
Cause I gave you them things on strap, knowing you weren't in a position to
Pay me back
It's crazy currency can change the way we act
It made me arrogant, I may be mad
But I'd rather get jumped by an 18 man, than become some poor mum's baby's
Cause that right there is my worst nightmare, coming true I wouldn't know
What the uck to do
Or who to call cause that'll be the day that I lose it all
I still love you like the first time, do you recall that?
I'm the one they used to call tack
But now I'm just Mic so you can fall back
Yo, play this track at my funeral fam, it's the beauty of rap
You can kill me and even when I'm dead, I will live through the music I
Made
I'm such a musical man, this ain't your usual track
Naw, it's real because it's how I feel how truthful is that?
It's real because it's how I feel, I'm truthful but blood
Naw I don't know why I did that
I writ the hook like you was in for a chick track
But this ain't about no bird and I don't care if the words aren't
Commerically acceptable
Cause that's what they expect of you, I'm 'bout to burst
Running out of nerve, of all this blood you're 'bout to bust
Turn your back on them brothers they doubting us yeah how absurd
When I was young I never understood the amount of work it took to get your
Album heard
But when you're young, you ain't so down to earth
Now I'm so down to earth, I'm below the surface
How concerned were you for me when I was eating out of bins?
I used to cherish every pound I get, now I cherish every pound I earn
And now I'm earning pounds, I learn that I've been running round in circles
[INTRO]
Yea, ain’t nobody gonna take this away from me.
This is all I’ve got, This is my life.
All I got is my b***s and my bars.
Nobody’s taking this...
[CHORUS]
I don’t wanna loose the passion,
the will the drive the fire that keeps me rapping.
I don’t wanna lose my brethren cos through the thick and thin
they supported me till the very end.
And I don’t wanna loose this dream I have.
The anger and ambition I’m on a mission to be the dan.
Coz if I haven’t got this gift I was given Lord.
Tell me why the f**k am I living for?
[VERSE 1]
Its yob culture yo lets rise up.
They can take our lives, but not our pride blood.
We are soldiers by the roadside
life’s f****d up were on the grind
we are riders we cry blood.
Judge us on what we do, not what we look like.
Picture me in an open casket, kiss me goodnight.
I just wanna live the good life I should shine
and if you wanna take away what’s mine get on your push-bike.
This is everything I live for I breathe rap,
I got so much to give Lord give me some feedback.
I’ve lost all hope but now I’m starting to believe again.
What worries me? Am I too late?
I don’t wanna lead the rest of my life with nothing,
my times coming
Why the f**k am I still here
we struggle but don’t feel fear.
But we are human we cry real tears.
And if you wanna take away what’s ours you will hear...
[CHORUS]
I don’t wanna loose the passion,
the will the drive the fire that keeps me rapping.
I don’t wanna lose my brethren cos through the thick and thin
they supported me till the very end.
And I don’t wanna loose this dream I have.
The anger and ambition I’m on a mission to be the dan.
Coz if I haven’t got this gift I was given Lord.
Tell me why the f**k am I living for?
[VERSE 2]
Lord I can’t afford to lose this gift I have.
I wanna support my bretherins I gotta give them back,
what they gave to me believe so I can make this dream reality.
There’s still a part of me that you haven’t seen.
A man in me, Imagine if I blew up with this rapping dream.
Yea I bet that when my family come running back to me.
But when I didn’t have a thing who got me out the gutter?
My bretherins I’m never giving up on us my brother.
Don’t take away my hunger my will to rap.
I possess the skill to kill the track until the D.J reels it back.
If another rapper tries to compete he can feel my wrath.
I can’t imagine living without rap. How could I deal with that?
I’m just a brother with a message and something to prove.
I got allot to give and nothing to lose.
I just want the things I never had.
Blood I’ve been to hell and back.
And if you wanna take away what’s mine here’s what I tell you fam.
[CHORUS]
I don’t wanna loose the passion,
the will the drive the fire that keeps me rapping.
I don’t wanna lose my brethren cos through the thick and thin
they supported me till the very end.
And I don’t wanna loose this dream I have.
The anger and ambition I’m on a mission to be the dan.
Coz if I haven’t got this gift I was given Lord.
Tell me why the f**k am I living for?
[VERSE 3]
I feel like I’ve lost half the passion.
From when I started rapping.
What happened to the love?
Back when rap was all that mattered.
I can’t lose the inner spark because every artist has it.
But it ain’t hard to lose it.
That’s why I can’t be stupid.
But I know I got the heart to do this Peoples Army’s moving.
This is all I got.
And I ain’t gonna stop until it’s me that calls the shots.
And when I make it to the top f**k falling off.
I’ll prove all you wrong.
Coz only God can take away this gift he blessed me with.
