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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Abra Cadabra
Vocals
Krept & Konan
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Abdul Nelson
Songwriter
Casyo Johnson
Songwriter
Karl Wilson
Songwriter
Rudez Beats
Songwriter
Vincent Desrosiers
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Rudez Beats
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
(Rudez Beats)
[Verse 2]
See, lately I've been thinking
I've been through war, forgot I'm still grieving
Taking the life as it comes and I'm fighting my demons
Plus I've got war in these streets and I know they won't leave it
Mike Amiri, Mike Amiri, Christian Dior Dior
I've seen it all, seen it all, my people still in these streets
So I'm only rapping what matters to me
[Verse 3]
Let you suffering, sketchy government
Evil, illegal, you see me stuttering
Deceiving people with shootings, lethal
Deserve an electric chair or needle
But that wouldn't bring the people back to those innocent families grieving that
Take the voice of the people seriously, need justice immediately
Flats, councils, trap bound to
Please look around you, look where they house you
What the fuck you think's gonna happen?
Why the fuck you think man are trapped in when they give man a ration?
Had a mask before they said two metres
Wap in the car, petrol, two litres
Cah we had minimal choices, minimal voices
Click, bang, critical noises
Man nearly lost life in the streets, but the brothers got life in the streets
Man's gotta fight for life in the streets
What it's like in the streets
Why you think they got a knife in the streets?
Cah it's kill or be killed, ****, never had a fucking free meal, ****
That way, rat race, trapped in that hole, ****
Flats full of real ****, cats and them real dinners
Never had a equal chance, so they steal, ****
[Verse 4]
Running the streets, man doing revision
Locking a man in for numerous killings
We were just young in the hood tryna make it
Felt like the chances were two in a million
Praying to God while we still doin' sinning
They want us dead, but we still keep on living
You know
[Verse 5]
See, lately I've been thinking
I've been through war, forgot I'm still grieving
Taking the life as it comes and I'm fighting my demons
Plus I've got war in these streets and I know they won't leave it
Mike Amiri, Mike Amiri, Christian Dior Dior
I've seen it all, seen it all, my people still in these streets
So I'm only rapping what matters to me
[Verse 6]
(Sorcerer)
Mind in a dark place, things that I can't change
Pain and the heartache, thoughts that I can't shake
All of the trauma, cats on the corner
Eighth and a quarter, I came up the hard way (Facts)
Gotta change for Allah's sake, it's either rap or the bando (It is)
How can I tell these kids "Put the knives down" when akh came with a rambo? (Behave)
Yeah, we know how to handle a threat
But I don't know how I handle the stress
PTSD coulda had me in a mental home
But I'd rather a mansion instead
Why did they wanna put gang to the test?
Akh said, "Do music, I'll handle the rest"
So I follow the bread like Hansel and Gretel
The dirt that I've done, I don't have no regret (Nah)
I don't have no regrets
All the times I gambled with death
Came from dirt, so I'm thankful and blessed
Send a young G around, better have some respect
Lately I've been thinking
Then it sinked in
All the fuckery that I've been in
All the ride-outs and the chingins
[Verse 7]
See, lately I've been thinking
I've been through war, forgot I'm still grieving
Taking the life as it comes and I'm fighting my demons
Plus I've got war in these streets and I know they won't leave it
Mike Amiri, Mike Amiri, Christian Dior Dior
I've seen it all, seen it all, my people still in these streets
So I'm only rapping what matters to me
Written by: Abra Cadabra