I don't hang around with those aren't grounded
trying to be edgy - its better if your rounded
we were year 7, first base, playing rounders
the same mates from those days still hang around us
I ran home the other day and bumped into my neighbours
they told me I got taller and they told me I was famous,
the old lady next door just saw me in the papers
I've always been escapist, since my first pair of vapours
white with blue traces, tie my shoelaces,
fast-forward to tours, now mics in suitcases
putting rhymes through paces, I like these new places
I realised the dream to write for you strangers
but how do we get here? (x2)
I don't really, really know
I went from being 14 feeling really, really low
never thought that if you loved me you would really, really go
here we go, next scene, yeah it's really cheerio
now I really, really flow, until the people nearly know
that I started kind of green, now see me really really grow
but i'm worried that i've gone too far,
I didn't even buy my mum a birthday card,
back in the day we didn't even have a working car
but she always had the drive and she worked so hard
so no matter if i'm my rhyming is a work of art
it's no use, if its leading me to hurt her heart
she don't hang around with those aren't grounded
now I'm kind of edgy - forgetting to be rounded
I was year 7, first base, playing rounders
the same mates from those days still hang around us
I ran home the other day and bumped into my neighbours
they told me stay me the same, best be careful what i'm claiming
credits
from The Meaning of a Break,
released May 29, 2017
Produced by Fudgo
Contains backing vocals by Ash Phlava
Soulful and funky, the Nottingham rapper's latest features guest appearances from CRIMEAPPLE, Vandal Savage and Yumah. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2024