Small Town Livin

Small town living on the isle next to Britain I've been here for minute Barely living just existin 18 years on the mission Looking out for better living Catholic schools full of sinning Full of youths chasing women Saw it all from the beginning Never drowned stayed swimming Never drowned stayed swimming In a small place came a fresh face ace with a big ambition to be great New playground and I couldn't wait just to integrate Make some mates, gravitate, to the lifestyle of this foreign place Play my role and then raise my stakes The reality is life don't wait I'll make 'em realise Make 'em know my name I'll make 'em realise Big dreams before the pen hit a page before I hit a stage Just youths running free years beyond our age Chris, Young Roche, Big J and me Livin life carefree, didn't think that I was different I thought I was me Then I saw my pigment was the source of the ignorance Came through with the quickness Give a fuck about a witness Young boys with the chin checks No breaks, no recess Did our own thing give a damn about a prefect - never played defence Earphones in our sleeves never heard a damn thing that the teacher said It gets me upset, that life rolls by but our guy's in the skies One day when the stars align young king we'll see you again in due time till then I'm Small town living on the isle next to Britain I've been here for minute Barely living just existin 18 years on the mission Looking out for better living Catholic schools full of sinning Full of youths chasing women Saw it all from the beginning Never drowned stayed swimming Never drowned stayed swimming Life turns colder as you grow There's things we didn't know That's the way life goes we found out there's darkness out in this tiny town Since back when it was pounds There's tweakers shooting brown Dope sales, in mass amounts There's lies people telling and the consequences got Stefen sent to heaven it's upsetting Lots of lessons Outside of the classroom Life sucks you deep like a vacuum Full of razor blades that'll slash you Years go by and it blast you In the chest with some news that a vest cant protect No ready, set, no So many faces, ages, races used to live here and then left this place Nothing can replace, the feelin of somebody you were G's with Knowing that the last time you spoke was the last time you'd see him Next day, Chris called me and told me I got vexed Till it all just sunk in - the upset from his breath Four down to three but from then until death we a team to the end Four down to three but from then until death We a team to the end Real shit don't bend see it all through the lens Real shit don't bend see it all through the lens Real shit don't bend see it all through the lens See it all through the lens