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COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Maya Arulpragasam
Maya Arulpragasam
Songwriter
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Dave Taylor
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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
A, ni, ni, ni, ni
A, ni, ni, ni, ni
A, ni, ni, ni, ni
A, ni, ni, ni, ni
A, ni, ni, ni, ni
A, ni, ni, ni, ni
A, ni, ni, ni, ni
[Verse 2]
Sick of all this shit that's keeping me down
If you're dead from the waist down
It's easy staying down
I never thought about it twice
But you do pay a price
It ain't your weekly cash
That feeds my mum the rice
[Verse 3]
Yo, don't be calling me desperate
When I'm knocking on the door
Every wall you build
I'll knock it down to the floor
[Verse 4]
See me, see me bubbling quietly
See me, see me acting like you ain't met me
See me, see me bubbling quietly
See me, see me acting like you ain't met me
See me, see me
[Verse 5]
Hands up, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
Guns out, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
Represent, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
The world town, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
Hands up, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
Guns out, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
Represent, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
The world town, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
[Verse 6]
Hands up, guns out
Represent the world town
Hands up, guns out
Represent the world town
Represent the world town
Represent the world town
Represent the world town
Represent the world town
[Verse 7]
Look at what you done, you done it before
Every little dollar just keeps me down more
I never had you on my side
Bubbling on my side
Why them tell me different
When they make me explodified?
[Verse 8]
Yo, don't be calling me desperate
When I'm knocking on the door
Every wall you build
I'll knock it down to the floor
[Verse 9]
See me, see me bubbling quietly
See me, see me acting like you ain't met me
See me, see me bubbling quietly
See me, see me acting like you ain't met—
[Verse 10]
Hands up, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
Guns out, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
Represent, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
The world town, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
Hands up, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
Guns out, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
Represent, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
The world town, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
[Verse 11]
Hands up, guns out
Represent the world town
Hands up, guns out
Represent the world town
Represent the world town
Represent the world town
Represent the world town
Represent the world town
[Verse 12]
Hands up, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
Guns out, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
Represent, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
The world town, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
Hands up, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
Guns out, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
Represent, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
The world town, a, ni, ni, ni, ni
[Verse 13]
Hands up, guns out
Represent the world town
Hands up, guns out
Represent the world town
Represent the world town
Represent the world town
Represent the world town
Represent the world town
Written by: Charles Jamal Smith, Dave Taylor, Maya Arulpragasam

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