2 minute silence

You said that you love me through all of my flaws and I'm the cure and the cause

And I'm the reason you grew up to fight the system and war

You loved me when I was there, but love me more now I'm gone

And often you shed a tear, but there's no point crying, it's fine

I'ma start by saying how much im proud

Of how much you've grown and how much you sold

I'm losing count of how much you won't fold under pressure

You hold it down with the family on your shoulders you carry the name around

But your walking with strength

I came here with your grandad we were fortunate then

'Cause it was roundabout the time when all the poor people fled

Heard that England was the promise land, with pounds instead of dollars

So we windrush to the promise in the hope of finding solace

Build a family was the project, and buy a mortgage with the money

So as soon as we die you can argue with your brothers about inheritance and numbers

Like this is why we suffered

The problem with your generation, is you benefited from the renovations

You just moved in like you had reservations

In a basin where i used to wash stood on a stone

Western union where I had to go when calling home

You got it all all at your fingertips

If you had it hard and you really had to graft, would I see one of your fingerprints?

We had to walk so you could run, so i don't want to hear bout you're fighting for any slums

There's a war going on outside, and it's my grandsons

They frighten the neighbors with all their handguns

The government send the police in to kill the badman

It's funny cause they fighting for places they both abandoned

My son went to jail, then his son went to jail, is there love in the trail are they all of the rails

So they buy and they sell, out of love with themselves say the family is fake but the diamonds are real

All I see is bad bitches chatting gyal business and some gang business funny we nah even have business

All I hear is rap **** take a man's figures and his trap business, funny thats some real trap business

I speak from a position of love 'cause everyone wants to judge

And everyones as sensitive as it comes

But when it's all said and done, what we done was enough

I hope you all can say the same to your sons, granny.