M.E.N II

Yo

Bugzy Malone

You know?

I hit the top like I don't know what

Now 500's played, all guap

These man tryna take my spot

When I'm sittin' at home with writer's block

But he's not an MC as eloquent as me

Let me get that clear

And my accountant said I can make a million and not make a track this year

Now how's that for a turnover?

I made a G lay in a holster

Felt like I looked in the mirror when I seen the new JB poster

And it sold out so fast, they want me to sign contract like

Yeah, o2 or Voda'?

In exchange for exposure

But still I don't feel any closer to the real answer

Why I didn't wanna be a gangster

When will I get rid of this pain?

Feels like I'm in handcuffs

I wanna fly to the south of France

I wanna learn how to salsa dance

The chef come here 'cause everybody in the restaurant kept watching man

And I'm thinkin', wait, are they watching man?

Do they think I'm a prick or are they just secret fans

Blessed by God, fear no man

But my heart still beats when I see a police van

I was hungover

In Phuket I couldn't stay sober

I needed a break from pulling a straight face, I don't play poker

I was out there lookin' at the pelicans

Strokin' the tigers and elephants

MC's all fightin' for relevance

But I'm on the next level of eloquence

Where do I get it from?

Did I get it from him?

Must be the reason I'm the captain

Must be the reason I overlap ting

'Cause I'm dedicated

Me, I coulda got relegated

Imagine I woulda hesitated

Where would I be if I never made it?

But I did

Now I'm in a seven bedroom crib

With spotlights in the ceiling, it's sick

No beanbag, I've got a Lamborghini on a ramp and I don't use it

I've got a grand piano in front of the Moana and everything cocaine white

But I don't get to see it much these days 'cause I'm always out takin' a flight

Thinkin' about before it all went bad

And if I got dissed off my real dad

Now he tells people that I never give him anything

As if he was there from scratch

How did it get so negative between old friends and fake-relatives

I've come quite far when I reminisce

To get rid of these toxic energies

An old friend tells people that I put money on his head

As if I'm still pissed off

And we was friends from about year 9

He tried to get my door kicked off

Cocaine is one hell of a drug

Yeah, I seen what it does

I watched man fall from the mountains

Turn from a badboy to a scruff

I'm still out here holdin' it up

I'm still backstage holdin' a cup

Dark is still my co-defendant

I'm in a film about money and drugs

I told my agent, tell Guy Ritchie he don't need to pay me

As I was watching Snatch, that's my all-time favorite gangster movie

I ended up in the GR singin' Irish songs to the Ukelele

Sophisticated conversation had me feelin' so creative

I feel detached from reality

Now I'm on a footballer's salary

I flew to Rome and the roof of the Sistine chapel look like an art gallery

Me, I got close to insanity

On the roadside, movin' raggedy

Now I'm in the Vatican thinkin' strategy

Can't think of an MC in my category

All this from a one-bedroom flat

I wanted a reminder not to look back

That's the reason why I got "King of the North" tattoo'd right across my six-pack

And the artist came from Italia

The home of the mafia

I'm never in debt, I'm a Lannister

They know I'm of a different calibre

I climbed to the top without a banister

And last year got smashed, no manager

Man can say what they want, but I'll never let anyone assassinate my character

Some relationships don't work

And the separation hurts

I know these are simple words, but I always told her I loved her first

I used to be so immature

Even though the love was pure

I was never always all yours

Some of them nights on tour, you coulda walked out through the open door

When the love turned into a war

And now I'm gonna buy you a house

Just so you know you're secure

Let me get it off my chest

Turns out no matter how much money I make, I still can't pay to correct

All of the trauma, it still feels fresh

But never again will that get me depressed

Don't mind goin' out as a legend

As long as I'm known as Manchester's best