Craiz M19

Now Im out on road with the man dem
But the man dem aint tellin me sh!t
Got about 20 quid to my name
And even that score aint legit
See when it rains it pours and im drowning
Got me thinking about jumping ship
But these youts stood beside me are family
And without them I probably won’t swim
But the means to an ends is a myth
And I'm cold to my bones on this corner
See the way that we live is a time bomb
And i cant hear no more ticks
And right from wrong aint a question
But round here right dont pay
If u knew about the way we were cornered
You’d probably see this a whole different way
See mum never raised no badboy
No mum never raised no thug
We were kids being kids, no fear of the world,
Good intentions misunderstood
Let me take this closer to home
Explain how i speak from the heart
‘Cos the me that you see is a process
From the me that you saw at the start
Grew up in a 2 point Family
Surrounded by nothing but love
See my oldest bro was my idol
And the 2nd oldest was just ffffff...
So it was me, my mum, my aunties
My grandma, grandad and bros
In a place that you call Levenshulme
But a place that i call home
I was a typical kid
Always in trouble at school
But we’ll come back to that later
Yeh we’ll call that part 2
See I told you my bro was my idol, without knowing i copied every move
We used chill all day playin saga
Slaughter house and road rash 2
But ma bro was harnessing demons
Im still mad that i couldnt even see
Until one day he started being different
And taking everything out on me
See i told you my bro was my idol
The sickest guy id ever known
He could ball, climb, and was rapid
A king on Levenshulme throne
One time he had beef with his bregin
Got half of his face caved in
He just tucked him in and walked home casual
Normal. Didnt even blink
See i told u ma bro was my idol
Everything i wanned to be
But he started acted all scary
And seein things that i couldnt see
My 2nd oldest was a madders
I was like big bro to him
He couldn’t read or right
Or swing or fight
So i was protective over him
He used to do the crazyiest madness
Half of it I cant even tell
But if say his name then I bet ya
Half of you lot will know him as well
Turns out big bro was mental
Well thats what they said at the time
Nowadays its schizophrenic
But das tomayto tomato to I
So now hes all west on a mad 1
Cant say much apart from a M
And Im 8 years old and mad confused
But i know i lost my best friend
Same time now I’m onna road ting
Seein things that you won’t believe
I seen a guy get an axe in his arm
And just left on the floor to bleed
I guess Im just sayin im conditioned
Not 1 day in my life have i ever
Tried to hood or a gangster
Or a bad man, not once never
But I seen straps and shanks n koshes
Shettis and boxes and os
Ive scrapped and pulled and swung
And sliced
Simply ‘cos i was on road
Simply cos i was just me
A product of everyday life
So i know bout war, and I know bout pain,
But i also know wrong from right
So i guess this is kind of a lesson
Cos regardless of how u come up
You re a product of your ambition
Not a product of how you grew up
So i guess this is kind of a lesson
Cos regardless of how you come up
You’re a product of your ambition
Not a product of how you grew up