[Intro: child]
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Ladies and gentleman,
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Welcome to the end of the beginning,
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My name is Sway,
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A.k.a Little Derek.
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And right now,
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I'm about to take you,
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To the very beginning,
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Before the after,
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Prior to the present,
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Before the hype,
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Before the magazines,
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Before the buzz,
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And before the mix tape,
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Back to the blood, sweat and tears.
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Growing up I had too much on my mind,
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So I needed a way to get,
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All of this crap out of my head,
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So I chose music.
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This is my beginning,
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This is my introduction,
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This is my dream.
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Listen very carefully,
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This is my demo.
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[Sway:]
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It's da arrival of Decihper,
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Live from this london dungeon,
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(Underground)
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Dats where I've been puttin' it,
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Down for my people on the,
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North side,
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(Get up)
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East side,
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(Get up)
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West side,
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(Get up)
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South side,
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(Get up)
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Inside,
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(Yeah)
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Outside,
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(Yeah)
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Get up, Get up, Get up, Get up.
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Un-der...
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(Underground)
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Dats wot I'm sayin yeah?
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And for years,
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Dats how long I waited here,
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And I'm prepared,
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Back then people never wanted to hear me though,
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Dats wen I had to shoot a lil video,
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Now I'm giving you the album,
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Here we go!
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Ever since I was a 'lil kid about 6 7 8 9 or 10,
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I always wanted to be bigga than Big Ben,
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But dreams can easily come to an end when your livin' in the big l.o.n.d.o.n.,
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The city dat never sleeps so how do we dream?
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'Lil kids forced to think like men and the big smoke just gets you lean,
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To get a good start in life I took a run up instead of pickin' a gun up,
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I picked up a pen and I shoot for the sky,
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Run up on the clouds,
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Dats why I got one up on you clowns,
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Now I'm becomin da talk of da town,
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Just yesterday I was walkin around,
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Tryin to figure out how I'm gonna come up on the crown,
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Now I'm in the middle when the gathering crowds are sayin:
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(Sway)
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The beginning is still in my memory,
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(Sway)
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I was sittin' in my school assembely,
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(Sway)
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Never listen to what da teachers tellin' me,
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(Sway)
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I was thinkin' "will I live to seventy?",
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(Sway)
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And if I die will the world remember me?
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(Sway)
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Whos my frends and whos my enemys?
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(Sway)
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Who will love and who will envy me?
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(Sway)
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Now I'm ready for whatever is ment to be.
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(Sway [x20])
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I put my blood sweat and tears in this music,
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I will not fail,
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Your listening to,
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This is my demo.
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Once upon a time in a place called Harrogate,
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Lived this average african black kid tryin' to get up in this,
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(Industry)
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Flat 23 brook road he would practice rapping rapidly,
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This rap MC had a lot to say with a little time so he rapped quick,
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Not to say he never had any frends but he never had many never had a penny to acces the industry,
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05/09/82: Flew back to the mother land where he grew flew back to the other land he was too english boy with an african accent,
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05/09/92: Using the music rooms at his school recording rythems then he rid 'em with riddles now hes an african boy with an english accent,
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Now hes twenty two,
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And your listening too,
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His first official lp debut,
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And I got the energy (Uh),
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I'm not jus' an n.I.g.(Uh),
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I'm still hungry and I'm eag (Uh),
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And I'm more ready than I've ever been (Uh),
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Because I've been persuading this thing from school,
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Since commodore,
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Atari and Amiga,
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Remember me sir?
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I ain't in it to be number two,
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Five albums that's what I'm gunna do,
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Five albums then I'm done,
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Then I'm through,
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The enemies (Uhhh),
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Can bite the dust,
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This is all before the hype,
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The buzz,
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This is all before the wife,
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The lust,
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The lies the thugs with knives and guns,
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It's entertainment for you but it's life for us,
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It's time to buzz my niggas.
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(Sway)
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The beginning is still in my memory,
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(Sway)
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I was sittin' in my school assembely,
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(Sway)
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Never listen to what da teachers tellin' me,
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(Sway)
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I was thinkin' "will I live to seventy?",
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(Sway)
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And if I die will the world remember me?
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(Sway)
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Whos my frends and whos my enemys?
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(Sway)
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Who will love and who will envy me?
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(Sway)
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Now I'm ready for whatever is ment to be.
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(Sway [x20])
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I put my blood sweat and tears in this music,
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I will not fail,
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| Your listening |
