Imagine an island where the party never ends Where it's less about money and it's more about friends Where the vibes can't done It's less about fundin' and and more about fun Tropical sun, that's life in the '60s comin' from the Caribbean You know Ian, Delroy, Vivian, Winston Who got drafted to England Windrush babies from Kingston to Brixton To say they're the life of the party, you're wrong My Jamaicans the entire party, you can't see? Big Notting Hill carni, you can't see? And the ride's fiber glass, G, you wan' see? Imagine a place where you raise your kids The only place you live says you ain't a Brit They're deportin' our people and it makes me sick 'Cause they were broken by the country that they came to fix It's like They came at the invitation of the British Government The passports were stamped indefinitely to remain But for some who were children then, that was a false promise "Thirty-seven years of paying taxes And I got a letter saying I was an illegal immigrant I came to England at the age of ten and I've lived here all my life" Look, imagine a world that's flawed and full of evil Where dictators and leaders are persecutin' your people The bodies of the innocent are pilin' to the steeples The ironic part is they're preyin' on the feeble That's life in the 90's, you're Eastern European And you seein' people dyin' 'cause they're fightin' for their freedom And show you violence for havin' a voice You move out with your kids in hope of havin' a choice Life throws you a spanner, you can't handle the pain So you gamble and you drink and then you gamble again You argue with your wife and then you sleep on the couch You hit your children, then start freezin' 'em out You try and work things out, but it's never the same All the women in your household are livin' afraid When you look into the mirror you're reminded again That you've become the dictator you were fightin' against It's like We're fightin' for our rights, for all our mothers And then we, we We are fighting for our homes We are fighting for our own Look, imagine a world that's fucked and untrue Where the many pay a price for the few And every day the sun rises a little later That's how it is when your oppressor is your liberator That's right now livin' in the Middle East Praise Allah for the peace Death from a sky littered with stars You run away with your kids so you can give them a chance But your asylum has got you in a different war Because the British wanna know what you're livin' here for We rely on migration more than ever before They're key workers, but they couldn't even get in the door When you're at Heaven's Gates, what you tellin' the Lord? You wouldn't even let a kid into some steadier shores That's a life they may never afford Surely you would wanna give your people chances That were better than yours? No? "In ten years of conflict More than twelve-thousand children have been killed or injured" "The children here are just a tiny fraction Of the estimated six-million In need of emergency humanitarian assistance It's thought perhaps, as many of three-million No longer live in their own homes And up to two-million children no longer attend school The opportunities of this generation Have been changed forever by this conflict" "I went to silence when I need to who the, who the fuck I was, bro Like, I won't hear anyone else, shut everyone else out So I could just hear myself, bro You know what I'm sayin'? 'Cause we live in this world, yeah You stand still, the way the tides set up It will take you away from yourself, you feel me? So then I was like "Aight, cool" But, I had to get silent, but it's not like mans goin' against the tide 'Cause goin' against the tide still makes it about them Still makes it about the poison That you've internalized in your mind, you feel me? It's like "Bro, why am I in this water? Man, this water doesn't even like me, it's not even for me It's not takin' me where I wanna go, it's not takin' me where I wanna go It's who the fuck I am, bro, you know I'm sayin'? It's like the tide will tell me that bein' black is an obstacle See what I'm sayin'? I had to, switch rivers, bro It's like bein' black is an asset I am who I am because I'm black And I love everything about it, you feel me? And that's who the fuck I am"
tension centred round the pain in my chest times i spent lying in my room i tried pretending i'm dead then i wrote about the scars until the pen lines bled getting better from the words it's like my therapist said but i know from where i've been, if you talk about your struggles that's a cry upon some deaf ears nobody cares bout your life unless it's better for theirs i couldn't face what i was dealing with i'd hide from the tears but lying to yourself becomes a cycle of fear so i got stronger from the cycle, i've been liking the gear but now it's giving me a heart attack done with all the crying i just wanna get the laughter back state of mind's grief, i've been through 50 but the stars are black i see pain like i'm living where the harbours at scars that i ain't healing, hearts broke i got the shards to match a class act, but i ain't joking when theres lessons i've been writing lines like i'm doing bart for the raps i learned a little from a lot, but learned a lot from the real gifted with the words but worked a lot for the skill burdened with my mental i've been searching for peace - s (pieces) had a dream it's just my night times sleepless jesus, keep the peace, i need freedom
See pain is what you make it its better feeling pain then feeling nothing so be grateful its better feeling pain then being dead inside a car crash with you friend you both got wasted had n accident the party never ends pains better then the addiction than my uncle had with meth pain is not a final destination its a path you gotta trek its like one minute sitting their happily with your family the net fucking minute over half of em are dead all i ever felt was pain when i was chilling with my friends because imagine being with them but your lonely in your head questioning everything around you am i really fitting in do these people really like me they consider me a friend? or should i just dont say it bro your uncle nearly did and then the other one succedded it still fucks with all our heads it really fucked the family up and at the family events everytime that theres an empty chair where memorys are kept it turns from happiness to misery to tears that had been shed
Let me paint u a picture, I'm a loner like dave Growing up I had it hard I was scraping the grave I was trapped in my life I was stuck in a cave And I was in a moment where I thought I would pray Got me thinking bout decisions will I enter my fate I was asking myself questions every regular day See I'm a prick There's no denying But every day improving cmon at least I'm trying And I'm tired of lying
Head up. You got this 💯 never stop! We endure the pain, take it day by day. See, Eve took a bite now we all have a price to pay. Lord forgive us our sins and make our day. See, we lie in the bed but it still needs to be made. One day we’ll meet again and you’ll make my day. We ride as one and leave as one, it remains the same. This music got it taking away the pain, hard to see clear sometimes but it still gotta rain, we take it day by day. Let us all pray 🙏🏻
![Wretch 32 Fire In The Booth [FITB] Instrumental](/img/1.gif)
Imagine an island where the party never ends
Where it's less about money and it's more about friends
Where the vibes can't done
It's less about fundin' and and more about fun
Tropical sun, that's life in the '60s comin' from the Caribbean
You know Ian, Delroy, Vivian, Winston
Who got drafted to England
Windrush babies from Kingston to Brixton
To say they're the life of the party, you're wrong
My Jamaicans the entire party, you can't see?
Big Notting Hill carni, you can't see?
And the ride's fiber glass, G, you wan' see?
Imagine a place where you raise your kids
The only place you live says you ain't a Brit
They're deportin' our people and it makes me sick
'Cause they were broken by the country that they came to fix
It's like
They came at the invitation of the British Government
The passports were stamped indefinitely to remain
But for some who were children then, that was a false promise
"Thirty-seven years of paying taxes
And I got a letter saying I was an illegal immigrant
I came to England at the age of ten and I've lived here all my life"
Look, imagine a world that's flawed and full of evil
Where dictators and leaders are persecutin' your people
The bodies of the innocent are pilin' to the steeples
The ironic part is they're preyin' on the feeble
That's life in the 90's, you're Eastern European
And you seein' people dyin' 'cause they're fightin' for their freedom
And show you violence for havin' a voice
You move out with your kids in hope of havin' a choice
Life throws you a spanner, you can't handle the pain
So you gamble and you drink and then you gamble again
You argue with your wife and then you sleep on the couch
You hit your children, then start freezin' 'em out
You try and work things out, but it's never the same
All the women in your household are livin' afraid
When you look into the mirror you're reminded again
That you've become the dictator you were fightin' against
It's like
We're fightin' for our rights, for all our mothers
And then we, we
We are fighting for our homes
We are fighting for our own
Look, imagine a world that's fucked and untrue
Where the many pay a price for the few
And every day the sun rises a little later
That's how it is when your oppressor is your liberator
That's right now livin' in the Middle East
Praise Allah for the peace
Death from a sky littered with stars
You run away with your kids so you can give them a chance
But your asylum has got you in a different war
Because the British wanna know what you're livin' here for
We rely on migration more than ever before
They're key workers, but they couldn't even get in the door
When you're at Heaven's Gates, what you tellin' the Lord?
You wouldn't even let a kid into some steadier shores
That's a life they may never afford
Surely you would wanna give your people chances
That were better than yours?
No?
"In ten years of conflict
More than twelve-thousand children have been killed or injured"
"The children here are just a tiny fraction
Of the estimated six-million
In need of emergency humanitarian assistance
It's thought perhaps, as many of three-million
No longer live in their own homes
And up to two-million children no longer attend school
The opportunities of this generation
Have been changed forever by this conflict"
"I went to silence when I need to who the, who the fuck I was, bro
Like, I won't hear anyone else, shut everyone else out
So I could just hear myself, bro
You know what I'm sayin'?
'Cause we live in this world, yeah
You stand still, the way the tides set up
It will take you away from yourself, you feel me?
So then I was like "Aight, cool"
But, I had to get silent, but it's not like mans goin' against the tide
'Cause goin' against the tide still makes it about them
Still makes it about the poison
That you've internalized in your mind, you feel me?
It's like "Bro, why am I in this water?
Man, this water doesn't even like me, it's not even for me
It's not takin' me where I wanna go, it's not takin' me where I wanna go
It's who the fuck I am, bro, you know I'm sayin'?
It's like the tide will tell me that bein' black is an obstacle
See what I'm sayin'?
I had to, switch rivers, bro
It's like bein' black is an asset
I am who I am because I'm black
And I love everything about it, you feel me?
And that's who the fuck I am"
Legend
tension centred round the pain in my chest
times i spent lying in my room i tried pretending i'm dead
then i wrote about the scars until the pen lines bled
getting better from the words it's like my therapist said
but i know from where i've been, if you talk about your struggles that's a cry upon some deaf ears
nobody cares bout your life unless it's better for theirs
i couldn't face what i was dealing with i'd hide from the tears
but lying to yourself becomes a cycle of fear
so i got stronger from the cycle, i've been liking the gear
but now it's giving me a heart attack
done with all the crying i just wanna get the laughter back
state of mind's grief, i've been through 50 but the stars are black
i see pain like i'm living where the harbours at
scars that i ain't healing, hearts broke i got the shards to match
a class act, but i ain't joking when theres lessons i've been writing lines like i'm doing bart for the raps
i learned a little from a lot, but learned a lot from the real
gifted with the words but worked a lot for the skill
burdened with my mental i've been searching for peace - s (pieces)
had a dream it's just my night times sleepless
jesus, keep the peace, i need freedom
Yesssss‼️‼️
Love bro ❤️
All I felt was love now all I feel is hate..
See pain is what you make it its better feeling pain then feeling nothing so be grateful
its better feeling pain then being dead inside a car crash with you friend you both got wasted had n accident the party never ends
pains better then the addiction than my uncle had with meth
pain is not a final destination its a path you gotta trek
its like one minute sitting their happily with your family the net fucking minute over half of em are dead
all i ever felt was pain when i was chilling with my friends
because imagine being with them but your lonely in your head
questioning everything around you am i really fitting in
do these people really like me they consider me a friend?
or should i just dont say it bro your uncle nearly did
and then the other one succedded it still fucks with all our heads
it really fucked the family up and at the family events
everytime that theres an empty chair where memorys are kept
it turns from happiness to misery to tears that had been shed
L O V E I T
How can I get license to use the instrument in my next project
I only want 1:04 version
Let me paint u a picture, I'm a loner like dave
Growing up I had it hard I was scraping the grave
I was trapped in my life I was stuck in a cave
And I was in a moment where I thought I would pray
Got me thinking bout decisions will I enter my fate
I was asking myself questions every regular day
See I'm a prick
There's no denying
But every day improving cmon at least I'm trying
And I'm tired of lying
Head up. You got this 💯 never stop! We endure the pain, take it day by day. See, Eve took a bite now we all have a price to pay. Lord forgive us our sins and make our day. See, we lie in the bed but it still needs to be made. One day we’ll meet again and you’ll make my day. We ride as one and leave as one, it remains the same. This music got it taking away the pain, hard to see clear sometimes but it still gotta rain, we take it day by day. Let us all pray 🙏🏻