Before I Was Gone
CYP Cyprus
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I never was the type to exaggerate the taste My life turned so sour so I spat it in your face My life's purpose was to eradicate the fakes Coz most of these rappers talking shit ain't got the pace Now I don't know shit about a lifestyle like Drake's But I know a lot about a life on the estate Some things will make you shake Even test your resolve and break your spirit Make you a beast until you can't take or hear it So we kept in near home A couple B, couple phone Couple dank bars So they ain't leaving me alone And Mum used to moan But she never knew what really happened That I was living everything that I was really rapping Around here my skin was a real problem A couple racist breddas thought a knife could probably solve them Am I really different Mum coz that is what they say She promised I was normal She said "You're special ok" Yeah That's what Mum said before I was gone Before I was gone Before I was gone Yeah Momma That's what Mum said before I was gone Before I was gone Before I was gone Momma That's what Mum said before I was gone Before I was gone Before I was gone She said she loved me But I've gone wrong That's what she said There was a geeky photo of me up on our wall My friends took the piss They see it one day when we bunked off school Yep And kids can be cruel and make you feel like a fool Haha I asked my Mum to take it down She said they're hatin' coz I look cool Damn I said I hate that picture They're calling me a dick Ma She just cracked jokes and laughed it off with my sister Haha I ran to my pal's with a head full of whispers Yep So sick of running Shoes full of blisters Damn I got high that night and snuck in through the window Word My Mum was waiting up She was in the corner, I thought I missed her Nope She could tell I was high She saw the red in my eye Damn She said she'll send me back to my Dad's And get rid of me twice No She pointed to the picture and said that boy was nice Yeah? Where is my son Would you look at your life She said use your head But don't live to regret So I took the picture, smashed it on the floor And said that boy was dead That's what I said before I was gone Before I was gone Before I was gone Yeah Momma That's what I said before I was gone Before I was gone Before I was gone Momma I said I love her but she don't know where I'm from Before I was gone You know where I'm from? I said I love her but she don't know what I'm on But she knew what I'm on Educate myself, and street knowledge is strength Yep Lengthen my sentence Sentenced to a life in the trench In my defence I needed every pound and pence I gotta go hard body Banging out the cracks and dents On my ends, there's enemies but no friends People want you to stay in the gutter with them So I'm living on my own You're back at Momma's yard again Saying you will sort it But I'm thinking when If I didn't have dope I'd have no money to spend You've got a job But can't cope Asking for money to lend But this is real out here You can't fucking pretend Nope South London, the Lion's Den You can get your head kicked in For trying to sit on the fence Be consumed by the filth or the stench Where homeless people sleep on a bench I love my street But our problems are hench Yeah That's what I said before I was gone Before I was gone Before I was gone That's what I said before I was gone Before I was gone Before I was gone I said I love her but she don't know where I'm from Where I'm from You know where I'm from I said I love her but she don't know what I'm on Nope But she knew what I'm on Yeah she knows that I'm strong She can't save me from myself I told her that I'm out to see the world They're gonna see me Momma Gonna get you out the gutter Yeah And that's what I said
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