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Starting Again
00:54
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Starting again
I’m Starting again
Right from scratch
I’m starting again
Brand new friends
I’m starting again
Don’t mean to offend
But I’m starting again
Whole new job
Whole new fob
I’m leaving the mob
I’m starting again
Out with the old
leaving the fold
Not trying to be Cold
But I’m starting again
Brand new links
I’m starting again
Brand new kinks
I’m starting again
I kissed some tings
And this one’s leng
Then realised I
Kissed all of them
Few less drinks
Less drugs I think
All down the sink
I’m starting again
Not rassing again
Not clarting again
I met my match
I’m starting again
Right from scratch
A train to catch
I’m leaving the ends
I’m starting again
To live or leave
It all depends
Before it ends
I’m starting again
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2. |
Happy For You
00:47
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I’m happy for you
Actually so
Not just saying it
Like most
I heard you were buying a flat
And I’m happy for you
Heard you made a million pounds before tax
And I’m happy too
I know what jealousy
Feels like
I really do
But I’m genuinely happy for you
You’re having a baby
And I’m happy for you
A whole new life
And a soon to be wife
For the peace on your mind
And the joy that you’ll find
When the papers are signed
I’ll be happy for you
Lottery prize
New shades for your eyes
Five points for your tries
And sauce for your fries
The meat’s in your stew
The vegetables too
The cutlery’s silver
And everything’s new
Not merely indifferent
Hell I want it to
But I’m actually genuinely
Happy for you
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3. |
Different Things
01:57
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Different things
On different things
I’m moving on
To different things
New exercise
I'm in the gym
On different things
On different things
It’s different now
In all the ways
What hasn’t changed
Not much I say
It’s different times
And different days
We’re living life
In different ways
I see you now
And can’t believe
That you and I
Were once a we
You’re not who I want to see
And I weren’t how you wanted me
Always how I want to be
And now look what’s in front of me
A different love
A different date
A different night
A different place
A different fish
A different plaice
A different dish
A different plate
A different house
A different car
A different whip
A different Yard
A different way
We’ve gone so far
Different futures
Different pasts
Different takes on how it went
Different takes on what was meant
Different takes on what was spent
But now we’re paying different rent
When I’d see you
Heart would sing
But then we both want
Different things
Aint the same
that’s how it seems
I think that we’re both
On different teams
Keeping score
With different goals
Taking shots
At Different holes
Me’s a loss
For you’s a win
Different things
On different things
Grown apart
And distancing
On different things
On different things
Pushing kids
On different swings
In different parks
With different rings
On different fingers
who is him
Who is they
And what’s their thing
A different person
Different life
Different partner
Different wife
A different life
A different day
Maybe we’d have
Been okay
But this how it went
We’re in
To different things
On different things
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4. |
Outgoings
00:29
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Outgoings need to come down
Need to go calm down
Need to stay in
Need to go straight
Need to not spin
Going out but in
Imagining
Watch story posts
Then tuck him in
I’m watching lives
A camera ting
I’ll never pay
I might one day
Make money go
In different ways
Make money come
And make me too
It’s coming out
You’re coming to
Need to come down
And back to you
Out
Going in
And coming too
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5. |
Rushing
00:45
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Mash down the heel back
And rass on my shoe
I’m rushing I’m rushing
I’m rushing to you
Rushing to you
I’m rushing to you
Rare are the days
I’ve got nothing to do
But I’m clearing the schedule
And copping the food
If he takes long
Then I’m blocking the dude
I’m clocking the time
And booking the Ubes
I’m rushing I’m rushing
I’m rushing to you
Locking the door
And licking the thumb
Looking the face
The wing mirror one
Wiping the sleep
A spot that I missed
Kissing the teeth
Know I’m better than this
I’ll be all the better
For seeing of you
At least know I’m fresh
When it comes to the kiss
A kiss with a tongue in the street
“How d’you do?!”
Yes I’m rushing I’m rushing
I’m rushing to you
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6. |
So Fast
00:58
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My new bike goes
So fast so fast
My new life goes
So fast so fast
The days are filled
They always were
But now I’d kill
To chill with her
I work I work
I work I work
I rest for six
Then hit the curb
I’m bussin shots
I’m on the block
I’m lawyering
I’m in the dock
So fast so fast
Formula One
I’m driving soon
The test has come
So fast so fast
Around it came
I’m switching to
A quicker lane
So fast so fast
It’s ever change
So fast so fast
No thing’s the same
My old bike goes
My old life goes
My old wife goes
My old knife goes
So fast so fast
So fast so fast
So fast so fast
So fast so fast
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Top celebrity
To me
That’s thee
You are a
Top celebrity
On the A-list
In my messages
Top searched
I want to know
Where you go
What you do
“They’re with who?”
Probably me
You are a
Top celebrity
Any friend of mine
Top celebrity
On the silver screen of my smartphone
Top streams in my heart’s DSP
Playing all day on my heart’s radio station
I’m watching your films
Videos we shot
Paparazzi style
Coming out the car
Crotch
Even when they snap us
Not looking hot
You’re still atop the FHM
Still on the frow
That’s my friend
They’re my friends
And we call them something
Like the Chipping Norton Set
Or the Native Tongues Posse
Or the Antwerp Six
Or the Roll Deep Entourage
Or the Peel Dem Crew
Or the Kardashian clan
Or
PDA
You don’t know them?
You don’t know they?
Come out from under
Whatever rock
You’ve been sniffing
Wake up and smell
The sparkling water
They’re a star
One day you’ll know who they are
Or maybe you won’t
But they’re huge to me
They are a top celebrity
You are a celebrity to me
All of my family
Celebrities
All of my crew, see?
Celebrities
Even my enemies
Celebrities
But only because they’re in beef with me
If you dress nice
You’re a celebrity
If you talk nice
You’re a celebrity
If you love self
You’re a celebrity
Look after your health
You’re a celebrity
Check in on your friend
You’re a celebrity
Ride till the end
You’re a celebrity
If you check me
You’re a celebrity
If I know thee
You’re a celebrity
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8. |
Ride It
00:24
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Ride it till the wheels fall off
And they do
Trust me I know
I’m a riding dude
Trust me I know
I’m a riding guy
I Rode it hard
I almost died
Rode it
Almost killed a friend
Rode it
Had to change the stem
Rode it
Not as fast as them
Rode it
Till the bitter end
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9. |
Lychee
00:59
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Lychee
Sometime it sour
Sometime it sweet
Lychee
Affi buss it open same way
Each time
Each time
Each day
Each day
I eat the fruit
See how it taste
I bite my tongue
Contort my face
It sour so
Oh why that way
Oh why lychee
You sour me
Why you must
Be so sour so
No see me sweet
No sweet me no
Why you no sweet
You hurt me so
I lay me down
A sour day
Tomorrow though
I rise again
To meet my fate
And buss the skin
Sink in my teeth
To feel the stone
It’s sweet today
Not sour so
Full of fructose
Sour no
It’s sweet today
You sweet me so
It’s sweet you know
It’s sweet you know
Sweet me so so sweet me so
You’re sweet you know
You’re sweet you know
I glad
I stay
I taste
I see
Sour
Sweet
Lychee
Lychee
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10. |
I Know Who I Told
00:41
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I know who I told
And it weren’t you
So how do you know
Who put it through
Whole heap of lies
I'm full up of truth
Heart on my sleeve
Say as I do
Out saying less now
I'm barely to talk
Who can I trust now
Alone as I walk
Stalker I see
I hear what you say
Chalk around thee
And an end to your days
Talking of me
In the wickedest
I hope that your slain
I hope that your slain
Never my name
Don't speak it again
I'm saying it once
And never again
I could have died
From the rumour they spew
But how did they know
And what if its true
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11. |
Someone I'm Seeing
00:41
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Saying something to someone I’m seeing about
Someone I’m seeing like
Seen
We should probably all get seen
Seeing as we’re all seeing other people
And those people are seeing people too
Probably all the same people secretly
All people in the same scene see each other
In the scene and off the scene
Wonder how close you really are off screen
Seen
Maybe I should say something
Seeing as I haven’t seen you in so long
Last time I saw you something went wrong
Either you or I was just like
Seen
So long sucker
I suppose I’ll just find someone else to see
Off the scene
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12. |
Church Days (I Remember)
01:20
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I remember
Dominy
Marissa
Kedesha
Shanneka
Shakira
Makeda
I remember
Ulla
Fiona
Sabrina
Kiera
Christina
Mulenga
I remember
Peckham
Brixton
Croydon
Balham
Norbury
Kennington
I remember
Lewisham
Greenwich
Mitcham
Battersea
Wimbledon
Eltham
I remember
Andrew
Andrew
And
Andrew
Kenneth
Chike
And
Stephen
I remember
Ishmael
Reuben
Candon
Nicholas
Malachi
Jamal
I remember
Then
I wonder
Was it easier
Was I happier
Was it clearer
Was I sane
Then
I remember
That
I was me
I was me
I was me
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James Massiah London, UK
James Massiah is a poet and musician from London, UK
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